Johnson Controls
Quantity Surveyor
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Quantity Surveyor
What You Will Do
As a Quantity Surveyor at Johnson Controls, you will take ownership of the commercial delivery of projects from contract award through to final account, playing a pivotal role in driving profitability and protecting the business from risk. Working closely with Sales and Projects teams, you will provide expert commercial and contractual guidance across a diverse portfolio of projects.
Reporting to the Managing Quantity Surveyor, you will have accountability for key projects within your region, making a direct impact on business performance, customer satisfaction, and long-term growth. This is an excellent opportunity to step into a role where your decisions influence outcomes and your expertise shapes project success.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary and bonus plan
- 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
- Company car
- Pension and comprehensive benefits package
- Ongoing training and professional development
- Career progression within a global organisation
What You Will Do It
- Manage the full commercial lifecycle of projects from award through to completion
- Administer contracts in line with company policies and procedures
- Lead variation management, ensuring timely agreement and maximisation of project value
- Prepare, submit and agree final accounts to achieve positive financial outcomes
- Identify, develop and substantiate claims and entitlement opportunities
- Monitor project budgets, forecasts and financial performance
- Escalate commercial risks and implement corrective actions where required
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to resolve commercial challenges
- Drive continuous improvement and best practice across commercial processes
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What We Are Looking For
Required:
- Experience as a Quantity Surveyor or an Assistant Quantity Surveyor ready to step up
- Proven track record working on projects ranging from £50k to £10m
- Strong commercial and financial acumen with the ability to manage risk effectively
- Experience within Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) environments
- Ability to lead and manage complex commercial projects
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present technical information clearly
- Strong problem-solving capability and ability to make independent decisions
Preferred:
- Experience across disciplines such as HVAC&R, Security, Fire Detection/Suppression, or BMS/Controls
- RICS accreditation or working towards it
About Us
Johnson Controls is a global leader in smart, healthy and sustainable building solutions. We specialise in thermal management, mission-critical building systems, energy efficiency and decarbonisation, helping customers use energy more productively, reduce carbon emissions and operate with greater resilience and precision. We support a wide range of industries, including data centres, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, advanced manufacturing and higher education.
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For more than 140 years, Johnson Controls has delivered performance where it matters most. Backed by advanced technology, lifecycle services and an industry-leading field organisation, we help our customers achieve real-world results, enhance operational performance and move society forward.
Johnson Controls: Enhancing the Intelligence of Buildings
Your buildings have a purpose. They are places for people to live or work. Facilities for learning or healing. Venues for entertainment and shopping. Sites for the specialized storage of tangible goods or mission-critical data. Your buildings have a huge variety of functions; they are central to your mission. This is where Johnson Controls comes in, helping drive the outcomes that matter most.
Through a full range of systems and digital solutions, we make your buildings smarter. A smarter building is safer, more comfortable, more efficient, and, ultimately, more sustainable. Most important, smarter buildings let you focus more intensely on your unique mission. Better for your people. Better for your bottom line. Better for the planet.
At Johnson Controls, we’ve been making buildings smarter since 1885, and our capabilities, depth of innovation experience, and global reach have been growing ever since. Today, we offer the world’s largest portfolio of building products, technologies, software, and services; we put that portfolio to work to transform the environments where people live, work, learn and play.
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