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Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Overview
Shape the future of the built environment across Edinburgh and the East of Scotland.
Join our Buildings and Places team and play a leading role in delivering some of the region's most high-profile and transformative projects. You'll be part of a collaborative, high-performing environment where your expertise is valued, your contribution matters, and you're supported to maximise your potential.
We are seeking a highly motivated, experienced, and commercially driven Senior Quantity Surveyor to take on a key role within our Cost and Commercial team. This position will support and lead the delivery of major projects across Edinburgh and the wider East of Scotland, contributing to a region undergoing significant investment and growth.
This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious professional ready to take ownership of complex, high-value schemes across sectors including education, residential, infrastructure, and public sector developments. You will play a central role in driving project success, influencing commercial outcomes, and strengthening our presence in the local market.
Your role
We are looking for a confident and capable individual who combines technical expertise with strong commercial acumen and a proactive, leadership-led approach. You will:
- Lead the commercial delivery of major projects, ensuring strong cost control, risk management, and performance outcomes.
- Take ownership of key project relationships, engaging effectively with clients, stakeholders, and senior leadership teams.
- Provide clear, structured reporting on financial performance, risks, and opportunities.
- Mentor and develop junior team members, supporting capability growth and fostering a high-performing team culture.
- Drive best practice in commercial management across multidisciplinary project teams.
- Contribute to the strategic growth of the business as part of a regional practice covering Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Location
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Job Type
Full time
Ref
R-156703
Salary range
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About you
- Degree qualified (BSc) in Quantity Surveying or a related discipline.
- Ideally Chartered (MRICS) or working towards chartership.
- Strong experience across pre- and post-contract duties.
- Proven track record delivering complex projects within a consultancy or client environment.
- Working knowledge of SBCC/JCT and NEC contracts.
- Solid understanding of NRM and cost planning methodologies.
- Digitally literate and adaptable to using different software interfaces, use of Microsoft suite of application, PowerBI etc.
- A proactive, driven individual with the confidence to lead, influence, and deliver.
Your Impact Beyond the Role
While delivering high-quality commercial outcomes for our clients is central to this role, you will also play an active part in shaping our wider business. You'll have opportunities to contribute across:
- People Leadership – through mentoring and coaching.
- Business Development – supporting bids, strengthening client relationships, and identifying growth opportunities.
- Technical Leadership – sharing knowledge, driving standards, and promoting best practice.
Why choose AtkinsRéalis?
Wherever you are in your career – and whoever you are – AtkinsRéalis is for you. Here, support and collaboration are a vibrant part of a culture that lets you choose where – and how far – your career can go. Take on projects that push boundaries and drive sustainable impact, surrounded by colleagues who believe there's no limit to how brilliant you can be. It's time to join a like-minded team where you'll be rewarded, supported, and free to be your kind of brilliant.
Rewards & benefits
Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.
Make it brilliant, a career with AtkinsRéalis
Our supportive, collaborative culture inspires us as a global community every day.
Watch this short film and imagine what you could achieve here, too.
About AtkinsRéalis
We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's'infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.
Additional information
Security clearance
This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.
We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to all applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria. If you would like to be considered under this commitment, please let us know at the application stage.
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