Associate Director Quantity Surveying Education Sector Cambridge, UK

Description

• Managing scope, programme, and commercial frameworks to ensure delivery meets quality, safety, and performance standards.
• Overseeing planning, procurement, delivery, and risk mitigation activities across multidisciplinary teams.
• Brings a strategic mindset to delivery, balancing day-to-day oversight with long-range planning and market awareness.
• Supporting pursuit planning and proposal preparation to help secure follow-on or new work.
• Leading and managing project teams, including resourcing, delegation, performance oversight, and development of team members.
• Overseeing project resources, budgets, and reporting to support financial control and delivery outcomes.
• Contributing to initiatives that improve project delivery capability, enhance tools and systems, and build TSA Riley's service excellence.
• Leading project delivery from initiation to close-out, ensuring alignment with client expectations and TSA Riley's delivery objectives.
• Taking an active role in growing the business by strengthening client relationships, identifying opportunities, and helping convert pipeline into secured work.
• Acting as the primary client contact for assigned projects, resolving issues and aligning expectations across diverse stakeholders.

Requirements

• Strong commercial capability, with a clear understanding of risk, programme, cost, safety, and stakeholder complexity.
• Professional membership to a relevant professional body such as the RICS is required.
• Excellent technical ability, capable of carrying out a full remit of pre and post contract responsibilities on complex projects.
• A tertiary qualification in a field relevant to this job role, such as Quantity Surveying or a similar equivalent.
• A recognised industry presence and network, with the credibility to represent TSA Riley externally, build client interest, and convert relationships into opportunities.
• A proven track record of delivering large or complex projects in consulting or client-side environments, including strong experience within the educational sector.
• Deep understanding of client drivers and strategic priorities, with the ability to shape delivery to support long-term relationships and account growth.
• Proven ability to lead with intention, actively managing team capability, resourcing, performance, and development across both direct reports and broader project teams.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance