Managing Quantity Surveyor

Job Title: Managing Quantity Surveyor

Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF

Lead Commercial Excellence of Projects That Shape National Security

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Managing Quantity Surveyor at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As a Managing Quantity Surveyor, you’ll take a senior role in steering the commercial success of large‑scale, complex construction and infrastructure programmes that are central to the UK’s defence capability. Working in a highly regulated environment, you’ll influence billion‑pound portfolios, protect commercial outcomes, and ensure governance, contract compliance and risk management are carried out with precision.

Day-to-day, you’ll develop your expertise across major civils projects, work alongside specialist engineering and project management teams, and grow your career at the forefront of defence, aerospace and engineering, sectors that are meaningful, innovative and vital to national security.

• Provide commercial leadership and governance across tenders, contract reviews, change control and risk management.
• Prepare and validate cost estimates, budgets, forecasts, cashflows and value‑of‑work‑done for multiple project work packages.
• Lead subcontract tendering, bid evaluation, negotiation and contract award activities.
• Negotiate NEC4 terms confidently to secure strong commercial outcomes and manage contract scope.
• Support, mentor and develop Senior Quantity Surveyors, Quantity Surveyors and junior commercial team members.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with a minimum of 2 days in the office/onsite.

Essential experience of the Managing Quantity Surveyor

• Experience managing large, complex construction contracts and bids in regulated environments.
• Proven experience delivering major civils packages across full project lifecycles.
• Strong negotiation skills with the ability to influence internal and external stakeholders.
• In‑depth knowledge of NEC4 ECC, PSC and ECSC (Options A–E).
• Robust commercial and contractual risk management expertise.

Qualifications for the Managing Quantity Surveyor

• Degree‑level qualification in Quantity Surveying, Business, Law, Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Construction Management or equivalent experience.
• Professional qualifications such as MRICS, World Commerce & Contracting (WCC) or MCIPS - Highly desirable.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE organisation with over 26, people working together to make a difference.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

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