Job description
An excellent opportunity for an MRICS qualified Associate Quantity Surveyor to join a growing cost consultancy team in Birmingham.
This Quantity Surveyor job offers strong long-term career prospects, exposure to a variety of private sector projects, and a clear pathway towards team leadership for the right individual.
The successful Associate Quantity Surveyor will work on a range of construction projects across Birmingham and the wider West Midlands.
Projects include commercial, mixed-use and development-led schemes, providing full cost management and cost consultancy services from inception through to completion.
Responsibilities and Duties
This is a senior-level quantity surveying and cost management job with both technical and business development responsibilities.
Key duties are expected to include:
- Delivering cost consultancy and quantity surveying services on private sector construction projects
- Leading projects and managing cost control from early design stages through to final account
- Providing accurate cost advice, reporting and commercial guidance to clients
- Supporting business development activity, including networking and growing a local client base
- Contributing to overall turnover and profitability in line with agreed business targets
- Supporting the growth of the Birmingham office with the potential to move into a leadership role
Desired Skills and Experience
The employer is seeking a confident Associate Quantity Surveyor who can operate autonomously while contributing positively to a growing consultancy environment.
Suitable candidates are likely to demonstrate:
- Proven experience delivering cost management and quantity surveying services in a consultancy environment
- Strong experience leading cost consultancy services on construction projects
- Commercial awareness with the ability to generate repeat business
- Excellent interpersonal and client-facing communication skills
- The ambition and capability to progress into a future team leadership role
Qualifications/Educational Requirements
- Degree qualified in Quantity Surveying or a related construction discipline
Employing Company Overview and Profile
Maxim Recruitment is acting as a recruitment consultancy on behalf of a well-established and growing construction consultancy with a strong regional presence in the Midlands.
The employer provides professional cost consultancy and quantity surveying services to private sector clients across a diverse portfolio of construction projects.
A full client overview will be given to shortlisted candidates.
Additional Benefits Package and Incentives
- Competitive salary, negotiable based on experience
Hugh Duffield is our specialist consultant managing this position
0116 473 5358
(Office hours 8.30am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday)
Extra information
- Status
- Open
- Education Level
- Secondary School
- Location
- Birmingham
- Type of Contract
- Full-time jobs
- Salary indication
- Between £40,000 and £60,000 Per Month
- Published at
- 01-11-2026
- Full UK/EU driving license preferred
- No
- Car Preferred
- No
- Must be eligible to work in the EU
- No
- Cover Letter Required
- No
- Languages
- English
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