Faversham, Kent | Hybrid working | Full-time
Salary: £53,000–£67,000 depending on experience
Looking for a senior consultancy role where you're trusted to lead and able to influence?
We're looking for an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor / Senior Cost Consultant to join our team in Faversham.
At Modus, our Senior Surveyors lead projects, build long-term client relationships, develop other surveyors and have a genuine influence on how we deliver our services and develop the business.
You'll take responsibility for a varied portfolio of projects across the South of England, working directly with clients and project teams from the earliest stages through procurement, construction and final account.
A significant proportion of our work is within healthcare, education, local government and the wider public sector. These are projects with a clear purpose — improving hospitals, schools, public buildings and community facilities — where the advice we provide can have a tangible impact on the people who ultimately use them.
Why join Modus?
Modus is independently owned and Director-led. The people leading the business are the people who own it and work in it every day.
That means decisions are made close to our clients, projects and team, without layers of external ownership or corporate management. It gives us the freedom to make decisions based on what we believe is right for our clients, our people and the long-term development of the business.
For a Senior Surveyor, that means you'll have:
- The trust and autonomy to lead your own projects and client relationships.
- Direct access to the people making decisions within the business.
- The opportunity to influence how we deliver our services and develop the team.
- Exposure to projects from early cost advice through procurement, construction and completion.
- A diverse mix of clients, sectors and project values.
- Opportunities to work beyond traditional cost consultancy through Contract Administration and Employer's Agent services.
- The opportunity to mentor and develop less-experienced surveyors.
- A visible role in the continued development of Modus.
What you'll be doing
As a Senior Quantity Surveyor / Senior Cost Consultant, you will typically:
- Lead multiple commissions from feasibility and early-stage cost planning through procurement, construction and final account.
- Act as the client's principal day-to-day contact and trusted commercial adviser.
- Prepare, manage and present estimates, elemental cost plans and other cost advice.
- Lead procurement and tendering processes, including preparation of tender documentation, tender analysis, negotiation and contract formation.
- Prepare and present financial and cost reports to clients and project stakeholders.
- Manage valuations, variations, change control, loss and expense and final accounts.
- Advise clients and design teams on cost, value, procurement, contractual matters and project risk.
- Proactively identify project issues and provide clear, practical advice on solutions.
- Undertake Contract Administrator and/or Employer's Agent roles where appropriate.
- Lead client, design-team and contractor meetings.
- Review work produced by others and support the development of junior members of the Modus team.
About you
We're more interested in your capability and breadth of experience than simply counting years.
You'll already have sufficient construction consultancy experience to independently manage projects through both pre- and post-contract stages and provide confident advice directly to clients.
Ideally, you'll have:
- A degree in Quantity Surveying or another relevant RICS-accredited discipline.
- Strong client-side Quantity Surveying / Cost Consultancy experience.
- Experience independently managing projects and client relationships.
- Strong pre- and post-contract cost management capability.
- Good knowledge of procurement and construction contracts.
- The confidence to advise clients, challenge where necessary and take responsibility for your professional advice.
- Experience supporting, mentoring or managing less-experienced surveyors.
MRICS would be advantageous but is not essential. We are equally interested in strong candidates who are actively progressing towards chartership.
Previous Contract Administrator and/or Employer's Agent experience would also be advantageous, although we recognise that different consultancies structure their services differently.
You may currently be working as a Senior Quantity Surveyor, Senior Cost Consultant or Senior Project Quantity Surveyor. We're more interested in your capability than your current job title.
What you'll get
Alongside a salary of £53,000–£67,000 depending on experience, our Senior Surveyor package includes:
- 34 days' annual leave, inclusive of Bank Holidays and the Christmas shutdown.
- Flexible Bank Holiday arrangements.
- Hybrid working following successful completion of probation.
- Flexible start and finish times.
- Private healthcare following successful completion of probation.
- Workplace pension.
- Professional membership fees.
- Structured APC and chartership support where required.
- Ongoing technical and professional development.
- Regular career and development reviews.
- Modern open-plan office with gym, pool table and breakout/chill-out areas.
- Free on-site parking.
- Regular team lunches, social events and whole-team development/alignment days.
At Senior level, flexibility comes with responsibility. We trust our senior people to manage their own time while ensuring their clients, projects, deadlines and team are properly supported.
About Modus
Modus is an independently owned, Director-led construction consultancy providing Quantity Surveying / Cost Consultancy, Contract Administration, Employer's Agent and wider construction consultancy services.
We have built the business around long-term relationships, quality professional advice and doing the right thing for our clients and our people.
We want to create an environment where talented people are trusted, challenged and supported; where they can use their professional judgement, continue developing and make a visible contribution to the business.
Our values — Integrity, Excellence, Collaboration, Community and Innovation — shape how we work with our clients and with each other.
Interested?
You don't necessarily need to be actively looking for a new job.
The best career moves don't always begin with a job search. Sometimes they begin with a conversation about what else might be possible.
If you'd like an informal and confidential conversation about the role before deciding whether to apply, we'd be very happy to talk.
To Apply: Send your CV to [email protected]
Pay: £53,000.00-£67,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Company events
- Free parking
- On-site gym
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- Work from home
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Faversham ME13 8GD: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Education:
Language:
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Faversham ME13 8GD
