Managing Quantity Surveyor - MEP

Soben is an award-winning construction consultancy with bold ambitions and a clear trajectory for growth. Since launching in 2011, we’ve built a reputation for technical excellence, client focus, and delivery certainty. Now, we’re entering a transformative new chapter. 

 

In March 2025, Soben became part of Accenture’s Infrastructure and Capital Projects practice, within its Industry X division. This strategic acquisition combines our deep expertise in cost and commercial management with Accenture’s global scale and digital innovation. 

For our team, this unlocks a wealth of opportunity: 

 

- Access to world-class resources and technology, enhancing how we deliver capital projects 

- Involvement in high-profile programmes across sectors such as data centres, energy, and pharmaceuticals 

- Career development at scale, with exposure to international clients and cutting-edge project environments 

- A platform for innovation, as we continue to challenge traditional consultancy models and lead digital transformation 

 

If you’re ready to play a key role in delivering exceptional consultancy services across the EMEA region, and want to grow your career in a supportive, dynamic, and high-impact environment, we’d love to hear from you. 

- Act as the client-facing Project Manager for your commission, maintaining regular contact and leading formal pre-start and mid-term review meetings. 

- Understand client requirements and desired outputs and communicate these effectively to internal teams. 

- Lead internal pre-start briefings, set achievable targets, and prepare supporting documentation. 

- Hold daily progress meetings with billing teams, resolving technical issues and ensuring alignment with client expectations. 

- Manage technical queries (TQs), liaise with clients for responses, and apply reasonable assumptions when needed to maintain programme momentum. 

- Conduct detailed QA reviews and gap analyses of BQs and pricing documents to ensure compliance with scope and Soben standards. 

- Ensure full execution of Soben systems and QA procedures by billing teams. 

- Maintain a detailed working knowledge of prepared documents and lead the handover process, acting as the point of contact for post-submission queries. 

- Build strong working relationships with client estimators to support repeat business. 

- Achieve high level security clearance to allow participation in classified or restricted projects, enter restricted areas to carry out first-hand measurement, verification, and commercial review without delay or reliance on third-party reporting. 

- Be willing to travel occasionally within the UK and Europe to support client engagement. 

- Champion continuous improvement in service delivery and support UK Directors in business matters as required. 

- Provide effective coaching and mentoring to junior team members. 

- Uphold and promote Soben’s core values in all aspects of work. 

- Educated to degree level (or equivalent) standard in Quantity Surveying, a minimum of ten years’ post-qualification experience, ideally including exposure to complex projects. 
- Strong commercial experience across Mechanical, Electrical and Public Health (MEP) works, including cost planning, procurement, change management and valuation of specialist packages.

- Management or team leadership experience is highly desirable, particularly where you’ve overseen technical delivery, coordinated multi-disciplinary teams, or acted as a client interface. 

- Your communication and negotiation skills will be first-rate—capable of building trust with clients, resolving technical queries, and guiding internal teams with clarity and confidence. 

- You’ll combine a pragmatic, common-sense approach with the flexibility to adapt to changing project demands, tight deadlines, and evolving client expectations. 

- A proactive mindset, attention to detail, and a commitment to continuous improvement will be key to your success in this role.