Quantity Surveying

Develop Your Career in Quantity Surveying

A career as a Quantity Surveyor can be rewarding and offer very diverse job duties and locations in which to work around the world.

Quantity Surveyors can be employed by companies in the construction and property industries to save them money or to maximise the money they seek to receive.  They can also work closely on contractual and legal matters in close association with claims consultants and lawyers or closely with architects to cost project or draft scheme designs.

Quantity Surveyor jobs can be found within a range of sectors including building, civil engineering, M&E and property related construction to name but a few.

Quantity Surveying professionals are in great demand with jobs available to work on projects in London, across the South East of England, across the UK and in Middle East locations such as Dubai as well as in Hong Kong and a number of parts of Asia.

The Career Progression of a Quantity Surveyor

This link provides a brief overview of the progression path a quantity surveying career can take, and an outline of the different industry sectors within which quantity surveyors can work.

If the above information has given you a few ideas to consider, why not search our database of live quantity surveying vacancies to find a suitable position? 

 

Read Quantity Surveying articles

Quantum Delay Claims & Dispute Jobs

We are a market leader in construction disputes recruitment. If you are an experienced QS, Planner or Engineer this might be for you.

Learn Why

Search Jobs

Get Jobs in Your Inbox

Save time searching and get notified when a job in the right role, sector, location, salary range comes up.

Register for Job Alerts

Newsletter

Get construction industry news relating to the UK, Canada, Asia, the Middle East and other worldwide locations.

Subscribe

Maxim Insights

What Top Delay and Quantum Experts Value When Joining A Consultancy

For employers looking to attract senior delay analysts, quantum consultants, claims specialists and testifying experts, understanding what these candidates value is essential.…

Read more »

Should I Stay Or Should I Go? | Construction Disputes Industry Special

Moving from mainstream construction into claims, disputes, and expert witness work can be a good move for some people and a bad move for others. Here we look at the pros and cons.…

Read more »

How To Hear About Jobs Before They Are Advertised

If you're open to a new role (or even if you're not) in construction, quantity surveying, cost management, claims, disputes, civil engineering or project management, waiting for the right job advert to appear is not always the most effective strategy.…

Read more »

The Hidden Cost of Leaving a Key Role Vacant

In construction and consultancy environments, the absence of a key person can affect far more than the organisation chart. The impact can extend across programme delivery, commercial performance, team morale, client confidence and future contract wins.…

Read more »

Construction Productivity | Improving Performance Through People, Process and Planning

GUEST POST | BBI Services work with contractors, clients and supply chain organisations to improve productivity, programme delivery and business performance. Across the projects they support, one thing consistently stands out.…

Read more »

Industry News

Barratt Redrow promises £400m share buyback

Barratt Redrow, in a trading update announcing the completion of 17,667 homes in its 2026 financial year and profits before tax 'in line with expectations', has proposed to return £400m to shareholders.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 16 July, 07:45

Read more »

Helical proposes share buyback

Helical, sharing a trading update for the period from 1 April to 15 July 2026, has proposed to extend a share buyback programme, supported by recent sales and leasing agreements.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 16 July, 07:30

Read more »

Solomons announces partners for collaboration collective

Quantity surveyors Solomons Europe and NEC expert Dr Jon Broome have announced that AVRS and Meldrums will be partnering in a recently launched initiative, the Clause 10 Collective, focused on industry collaboration.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 16 July, 07:14

Read more »

JCB updates telematics

JCB has updated LiveLink, its telematics platform, with expanded safety and security functions, and new remote management features for its Hi-Viz Loadall telehandlers.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 16 July, 07:03

Read more »

Jacobs wins National Highways contracts

Jacobs will deliver works on the M32 and M5 for National Highways, and has been awarded a role on the agency's Project Management Services Framework.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 16 July, 06:51

Read more »