Project Surveyor

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Are you a Project Surveyor looking to work on building projects that can change the world, projects that are always more complex and innovative than the last?

If so, we are looking for an experienced Project Surveyors to join our team in London to work on projects where you will provide a comprehensive, accurate and value driven service for large, high profile and exciting key Clients in the Commercial, Residential, Life Science, Corporate End User  and Social Infrastructure Teams

About Us:

AECOM plays a critical role in the conceptualisation and creation of amazing spaces, delivering projects and buildings that define skylines and communities. AECOM Buildings & Places is made up of dedicated teams delivering projects in Commercial, Residential, Hospitality, Sports Venues, Work Places, Education, Government and Healthcare.

We are friendly, busy and motivated with an established track record of successfully delivering local and overseas projects. Some of our flagship work in recent years include;

Palace of Westminster, One Undershaft, The Lazari Building (formerly known as Fenwicks), Salisbury Square for the City Of London, Apple’s retail portfolio and the London Cancer Hub to name but a few.

About Our Team:

Our London Cost Management team is part of one of the largest multi-disciplinary practices in the UK. We have over 120 professionals from Trainees to Directors. We work on award winning and industry leading projects, have a diverse team, with a high performing culture, a Training and Career Development Plans for all including supportive and nurturing line managers. You will be joining a team of like-minded experts that have a passion for innovation and delivering cutting edge solutions. 

As a Project Surveyor, you will work as part of the team to help deliver all aspects of quantity surveying from inception of a project through to completion. You will work on a number of projects, varying in complexity, ranging in value from £5m – £500m.

Job Responsibilities:

Approach to all projects requires a high degree of flexibility and creativity, excellent presentational skills and an ability to communicate effectively with clients and consultants.  The successful candidate shall be charged with the delivery of Cost Management Services within our Client focused and highly motivated professional team.  They should:

• Lead Cost Management commissions, taking responsibility for their successful delivery.
• Provide effective support and mentoring to Graduates and Apprentices.
• Develops strong reciprocal relationships with clients and members of the project team.

• Manage the delivery of cost management team outputs, in accordance with agreed timescales and quality standards.
• Provide full Cost Management duties to AECOM clients.

Enjoy the Perks.

At AECOM, you'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

Minimum Requirements:

• Degree Qualified – BSc or MSc – in Quantity Surveying / Cost Management.
• Proven experience in a consulting environment providing the full spectrum of CM services including Pre Contract Estimating; Procurement; Contract Administration, Cost Reporting and Final Account resolution.
• Passionate about delivering high quality consulting services to our clients.
• Understanding of JCT and NEC standard forms of contract.
• Proven ability to advise clients and design teams on cost, value and risk, not just cost in isolation.
• Excellent IT Skills and the ability to utilise digital measurement, cost planning and tender document tools shall be essential.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Professionally Qualified – ideally Chartered Quantity Surveying Status with the RICS, CIOB or other equivalent institution.
• Active member of local networking groups.
• CSCS Card

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For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn Ben Green.

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

 

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address ReasonableAccommodationsUKI@aecom.com  if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.