Location: London, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid)
Job Type: Full-time
Salary/Package: Competitive + Exceptional Benefits (including Private Medical, Digital GP, and Professional Fees)
Security Clearance: UK Background Check / Vetting Required
About Our Client:
Our client is a global leader in engineering, science, and project delivery, tackling major infrastructure, sustainability, and clean energy challenges across the world. They are highly regarded for their collaborative, people-first culture that champions work-life balance, positive mental health, and professional growth.
They provide a top-tier corporate benefits package, including free single private medical cover, digital GP access, enhanced parental leave, and full reimbursement for professional development and industry memberships. Flexible and hybrid working models are fully supported to balance individual and business needs.
About the Opportunity:
Operating within our client's rapidly growing Nuclear Power Programmes division, this role supports major clean energy initiatives critical to the UK's long-term energy security and Net Zero targets.
This position is a key client-side assurance role embedded within a major heavy civil infrastructure programme. The focus is on conducting detailed commercial and technical reviews of contractor Target Outturn Cost (TOC) submissions, ensuring that procurement strategies, cost estimates, and pre-construction plans are robust, transparent, and aligned with overall programme delivery objectives.
Key Responsibilities:
TOC Submission Review: Conduct thorough commercial and technical reviews of TOC submissions, including cost build-ups, underlying assumptions, pricing methodologies, and risk allowances.
Risk & Opportunity Identification: Spot potential cost, commercial, and delivery risks, as well as opportunities and inconsistencies within contractor submissions.
Procurement Support: Assist with tender evaluations, scope and Bill of Quantities (BoQ) reviews, contractor clarifications, and high-level commercial discussions.
Commercial Monitoring: Track ongoing commercial performance, cost trends, and emerging risks, ensuring procurement outcomes align with TOC development.
Collaboration & Reporting: Work closely with cross-functional commercial, engineering, and delivery teams; support assurance workshops and governance forums while providing clear data analysis and reporting to senior leadership.
Candidate Requirements:
Industry Experience: Solid background in heavy civils or major infrastructure projects, ideally within a Tier 1 contractor, consultancy, or client-side delivery partner environment.
Commercial Acumen: Strong background in quantity surveying, cost estimating, pre-construction planning, and overall commercial management.
Target Cost Environment: Proven experience working within target cost contracting frameworks and a strong knowledge of infrastructure delivery.
Analytical Skills: Excellent commercial judgement with the ability to analyze, interrogate, and challenge complex cost data and contractor submissions.
Qualifications: Degree-qualified in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, Civil Engineering, or a related technical discipline. A professional accreditation (such as RICS) is highly desirable
Salary description
£50000.00 - £70000.00 per year