Quantity Surveyor
Tetra Tech Europe
Date: 2 weeks ago
City: Newcastle upon Tyne
Contract type: Full time

Tetra Tech’s Cost Consultancy is responsible for some of the most strategically important projects in the UK. We provide our clients with high quality cost advice on the capital and whole life cost of their buildings with an increasing focus on carbon reduction. Due to our continued success in securing major projects in the north-east we have identified a need for a Quantity Surveyor to join our team.
Based in our Newcastle team, you will become an important part of a high-performance multi-disciplinary team utilising the latest technology to deliver cost advice to design colleagues and our clients. There are opportunities to work within the Residential, Defence and Government Property sectors.
The Role
You will work closely with other TT regional offices, forging strong working relationships internally and externally with our clients, becoming part of their integrated project teams. You’ll be involved in a large portfolio of exciting development opportunities ranging from private to public sector, small scale to in excess of £100m and from feasibility and assessment stage through to completion. You will have the opportunity to work autonomously and as part of a wider thriving team, enhancing your existing skill set and ensuring your role and responsibilities remain diverse.
Tetra Tech is a leading provider of high-end consulting and engineering services for projects worldwide. We combine the resources of a global, multibillion dollar company with local, client-focused delivery in more than 400 locations around the world. We are Leading with Science to provide sustainable and resilient solutions for our clients.
Tetra Tech is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity/shared parental leave, in line with the Equalities Act 2010.
We are very happy to discuss flexible working, including the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times, or compressed hours. We can offer a range of solutions to help you to get the most out of your work / life balance.
Based in our Newcastle team, you will become an important part of a high-performance multi-disciplinary team utilising the latest technology to deliver cost advice to design colleagues and our clients. There are opportunities to work within the Residential, Defence and Government Property sectors.
The Role
You will work closely with other TT regional offices, forging strong working relationships internally and externally with our clients, becoming part of their integrated project teams. You’ll be involved in a large portfolio of exciting development opportunities ranging from private to public sector, small scale to in excess of £100m and from feasibility and assessment stage through to completion. You will have the opportunity to work autonomously and as part of a wider thriving team, enhancing your existing skill set and ensuring your role and responsibilities remain diverse.
- Development of a cost plans for a complex project utilising Cost X estimating software
- Advising design colleagues on the cost implications of alternative design options
- Monthly reporting on cost movement to the Client
- Engagement in Value Engineering and risk workshops and providing strategic cost advice to both
- Advising on and supporting procurement of a contractors
- Delivering the full range of construction stage cost management services
- Building relationships with design colleagues, Client stakeholder and the Contractor
- Other duties related to the role
- Full membership of a recognised professional body or working towards full membership (eg RICS)
- Sound knowledge and proven experience in guiding and developing quantity surveying, employer's agent best practice and innovation
- Able to deliver a contemporary quantity surveying and employer's agent service focused on client satisfaction
- Able to provide an efficient, collaborative, well governed service using modern management techniques to deliver our projects successfully
- Experience working on projects with a demonstrable track record of a high standard of technical delivery
- Experience managing both internal and external project teams
- Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills, with the capacity to build strong working relationships at all levels
- A strategic thinker, able to convey ideas both verbally and in report form to clients, external stakeholders and the design team
- Able to adapt strategies in line with changing priorities
- Have SC clearance or able to obtain clearance
Tetra Tech is a leading provider of high-end consulting and engineering services for projects worldwide. We combine the resources of a global, multibillion dollar company with local, client-focused delivery in more than 400 locations around the world. We are Leading with Science to provide sustainable and resilient solutions for our clients.
Tetra Tech is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity/shared parental leave, in line with the Equalities Act 2010.
We are very happy to discuss flexible working, including the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times, or compressed hours. We can offer a range of solutions to help you to get the most out of your work / life balance.
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