Jacobs
Principal Project Quantity Surveyor
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Your Impact
- Play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering projects large and small including major infrastructure programmes across energy & power, transportation, and water - contributing to work that positively impacts communities and transforms the built environment
- Join a dynamic, diverse consultancy team with a clear, supported career path, where your professional growth truly matters
- Gain cross-sector exposure, building both your capability and your CV as you work within multiple high-profile infrastructure domains
- Contribute to some of the most influential programmes and landmark projects across the UK & Ireland - and experience genuine job satisfaction as a result
We Offer
- Competitive salary aligned to your experience and professional accreditations
- Flexible working arrangements — hybrid, part-time, flexible hours and locations
- 24 days holiday plus the option to buy up to 10 additional days
- Up to 10% employer pension contributions
- Comprehensive health cover including single medical cover & Digital GP (with options to add dependants)
- Family planning support including fertility healthcare
- Employee Networks to support colleagues from all backgrounds
- Enhanced parental leave and free access to support programmes
- Life assurance at 4x salary
- Income protection for long-term security
- Wellbeing Hub with free access to Calm, Daily Burn and more
- Professional Development — we pay your professional membership fees and offer extensive CPD opportunities
- Community Engagement — matched charity funding, paid volunteering days, and corporate giving schemes
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About The Opportunity
As an experienced Consultancy Quantity Surveyor with several years post-degree experience, you will bring strong reasoning skills, strong and clear communication, and polished client facing capability to a team delivering nationally significant infrastructure.
You may work on short-term localised projects or long-term national programmes across:
- Large-scale Local Authority transportation and highways schemes
- Clean energy and renewable power developments
- Strategic water infrastructure programmes
- Advanced facilities, science and technology estates
There may also be opportunities to contribute to major flagship civil infrastructure projects such as:
- Lower Thames Crossing
- King Salman International Airport
- Dublin BusConnects
Highways experience is preferred but not essential — strong consultancy experience and NEC familiarity are key.
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Role Details
Grade: Principal Consultant
Location: Glasgow | Scotland Region
Discipline: Consultancy Quantity Surveying (RICS Accredited)
Department: Commercial Funding & Finance (Programmes & Advisory)
Requirements
- RICS or equivalent accredited degree in Quantity Surveying
- MRICS Chartered status or actively working towards it
- QS experience in a Consultancy environment with proven client facing exposure
- Experience in energy & power, transportation, water, highways, or wider infrastructure sectors
- Proficiency in delivering early cost estimates, cost plans, and supporting budget management
- Understanding of measurement techniques, market factors, risk allowances and preliminaries
- Demonstrable experience of managing end-to-end procurement aligned to NEC principles
- Ability to evaluate supplier capability, conduct negotiations, and provide accurate cost analysis
- Proficiency with CostX or equivalent measurement/estimating tools
- A passion for delivering value through cost engineering and commercial insight
Jacobs operates a Hybrid work environment and a 40-hour working week as standard.
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