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An established, multidisciplinary construction consultancy is looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join their team in Exeter or Plymouth. This is a fantastic opportunity for a driven Senior Quantity Surveyor who wants to take full ownership of projects, lead from the front, and play a key role in delivering successful outcomes across a diverse portfolio. The Senior Quantity Surveyor The successful Senior Quantity Surveyor will be involved in projects spanning commercial, residential, education, health, heritage, and both public and private sector schemes. As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you'll be responsible for providing cost consultancy, procurement advice, contract administration, and value management from inception to completion. This position is ideal for a Senior Quantity Surveyor looking to take the next step in their career within a forward-thinking consultancy that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous development. Responsibilities: • Full lifecycle cost management and project delivery., • Provide expert advice on procurement and contract strategy, including NEC and JCT forms., • Manage project budgets, risk, and value engineering to ensure profitability and performance., • Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, contractors, and consultants., • Minimum of 2 years' experience in a consultancy setting as a PQS., • MRICS qualification, equivalent professional qualification, or working towards chartered status., • Strong understanding of construction techniques, procurement routes, and contract administration., • Proficient in cost management software such as CADMeasure or iTWO CostX., • Excellent communication and client-facing skills., • Proven experience in delivering projects on time and within budget. What's in it for you? • £50,000 - £65,000, • 25 Days holiday + Bank holidays, • APC Programme, • Health insurance, • Hybrid working, • Generous Pension Plan, • Life assurance, • Mobile and Laptop, • Car allowance, • Regular socials, • Cycle to work scheme, • Supportive culture, • Flexible working conditions, • Great work-life balance, • Income protection, • Internal training programmes, • Death in Service contribution 01628 334 719 Reference #DJ1028 Employers Agent / Surveying / Construction / MRICS / FRICS / Quantity Surveyor / Contract Administration / Associate Director / Construction Consultancy / Fee Generation / Pre-Construction Planning / Quantity Surveying / QS / Cost Manager / Cost Consultant / Consultancy

An established, multidisciplinary construction consultancy is looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join their team in Exeter or Plymouth. This is a fantastic opportunity for a driven Senior Quantity Surveyor who wants to take full ownership of projects, lead from the front, and play a key role in delivering successful outcomes across a diverse portfolio. The Senior Quantity Surveyor The successful Senior Quantity Surveyor will be involved in projects spanning commercial, residential, education, health, heritage, and both public and private sector schemes. As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you'll be responsible for providing cost consultancy, procurement advice, contract administration, and value management from inception to completion. This position is ideal for a Senior Quantity Surveyor looking to take the next step in their career within a forward-thinking consultancy that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous development. Responsibilities: • Full lifecycle cost management and project delivery., • Provide expert advice on procurement and contract strategy, including NEC and JCT forms., • Manage project budgets, risk, and value engineering to ensure profitability and performance., • Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, contractors, and consultants., • Minimum of 2 years' experience in a consultancy setting as a PQS., • MRICS qualification, equivalent professional qualification, or working towards chartered status., • Strong understanding of construction techniques, procurement routes, and contract administration., • Proficient in cost management software such as CADMeasure or iTWO CostX., • Excellent communication and client-facing skills., • Proven experience in delivering projects on time and within budget. What's in it for you? • £50,000 - £65,000, • 25 Days holiday + Bank holidays, • APC Programme, • Health insurance, • Hybrid working, • Generous Pension Plan, • Life assurance, • Mobile and Laptop, • Car allowance, • Regular socials, • Cycle to work scheme, • Supportive culture, • Flexible working conditions, • Great work-life balance, • Income protection, • Internal training programmes, • Death in Service contribution 01628 334 719 Reference #DJ1028 Employers Agent / Surveying / Construction / MRICS / FRICS / Quantity Surveyor / Contract Administration / Associate Director / Construction Consultancy / Fee Generation / Pre-Construction Planning / Quantity Surveying / QS / Cost Manager / Cost Consultant / Consultancy

HM Land Registry (HMLR) is undertaking one of the largest transformation programmes in government, modernising the digital systems that support over £7 trillion of property ownership. As a Senior Data Engineer, you will help establish a new data engineering capability, contributing to the development of reliable data pipelines and products that improve data access, integrity and value across the organisation. Your work will support programmes that shape how HMLR manages and uses its data for years to come. Salary up to £60,800, 29% employer pension contribution plus full Civil Service benefits. Flexible, hybrid working from Plymouth, Croydon or Coventry. About the role This role has come to fruition as HMLR embarks on a significant modernisation of its core services and data infrastructure. With new funding secured and a dedicated Data Engineering capability being formed for the first time, there is a crucial need to build strong, reliable data systems that can support future services and national programmes. As a Senior Data Engineer, you'll design and deliver robust data systems, pipelines and products that support analytics and operational decision-making. Working in agile teams, you'll provide technical leadership, guide colleagues and help shape solutions across the organisation. You'll also support opportunity discovery, develop prototypes and production-ready solutions, and continually improve data engineering practices and systems in production. If you would like to find out more about the role, the Data Engineering capability and what it's like to work at HMLR, a Hiring Manager Q&A session where you can virtually 'meet the team' will be held via Teams on Tuesday, 6th of January at 12:30pm. Follow the apply link to register your interest. Key Responsibilities Identify opportunities to reuse and optimise data flows, including building streaming systems, managing databases and improving code performance. Lead the development and maintenance of data engineering solutions, advising teams as a subject matter expert and ensuring alignment with HMLR standards and approved technologies. Collaborate with senior colleagues to understand where data engineering adds value, supporting strategic and operational decision-making. Support and guide junior team members, contribute to the data engineering community and advocate for data quality, maintainability and reusable components. Continuously improve data systems and maintain awareness of best practice and emerging approaches Essential Skills Experience with large-scale analytics engines (e.g. Spark/PySpark) and scripting languages such as Python or Scala. Hands-on use of cloud data stacks (e.g. SageMaker Notebooks, S3, Glue, Athena) and modern storage formats or frameworks (e.g. Parquet, Delta Lake, Fabric). Experience with DevOps/DataOps tooling and practices (e.g. Terraform) and testing data pipelines, including end-to-end, data quality, monitoring, unit and contract testing. Experience managing the full data lifecycle, including development, analysis, modelling, integration and metadata management. Communicating clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders, leading discussions in multidisciplinary teams and managing differing viewpoints Profiling data, analysing source systems and creating data models that suit different organisational need Desirable Skills IBM DB2/QREP BMC Control-M Experience of Talend Data Integration (e.g. ETL build and deployment using Talend Cloud. Experience of leadership Experience of metadata management Experience of testing Location Expectation is to be working from any of the advertised locations 60% of your time across the month (typically three days per week). Hours are flexible and condensed hours are an option. Locations available: Croydon, Coventry, Plymouth Salary Civil Service Grade: SEO Dependent upon assessment at interview, your starting salary will be one of the following: Developing: £49,600 Proficient: £55,200 Accomplished: £60,800 Benefits Over 29% employer pension contribution Annual leave of 28.5 days per year plus 8 public holidays A clear progression pathway including personalised training and development plans Expensed accreditations with dedicated training days Flexi-time scheme (you decide what working hours work best for you) Opportunity to work condensed hours Social and sports clubs Access to an Employee Assistance Programme for counselling and support Interest-free season ticket loan Cycle to Work scheme (salary sacrifice) HMLR has a strong and positive culture, a commitment to inclusivity, a focus on continuous learning and development, and flexible ways of working. Further Information Application deadline: 11:55pm Thursday 8th of January 2026 Please apply with a CV that provides evidence against the essential skills. HMLR does not hold a UK Visa & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker Licence and is unable to sponsor individuals for Skilled Worker sponsorship. If you are a motivated and experienced data professional who enjoys leading on complex data challenges, shaping technical approaches and working collaboratively in agile teams, this is your chance to make a significant impact. Join HM Land Registry and play a crucial role in developing and guiding the data capabilities that support property ownership and public services across England and Wales. Apply now in complete confidence. TPBN1_UKTJ

Senior Project Engineer (Mechanical) Plymouth Permanent Competitive Salary Car/Car Allowance Flexible Benefits Please Note - due to the nature of work on our project, the successful candidate will be required to obtain security clearance, therefore we are only able to accept applications from British nationals who ideally have not worked outside the UK in the last 5 years. Summary We have an exciting new opportunity for a Project Engineer or Manager with mechanical bias to join our team based in Plymouth. This role will work on our project on the dockyard, therefore security clearance will be a requirement so we can only consider applications from British Nationals. In this role you will control the overall operational delivery of a project (or part thereof), taking account of the safety, technical, commercial and managerial requirements through the whole lifecycle of the project through bid and pre-commencement to successful completion. You will ensure that profitability is maintained or improved through effective leadership and management of the support functions, and high quality customer relationships. Some of the key deliverables for this role includes : Ensure that our safety first and foremost message is visible and alive through all activities on the project Participate in bid activities to ensure a professional, profitable, successful bid which meets customer expectations Manage pre-commencement activities in conjunction with the Pre-construction Manager Maximise opportunities, efficiency and profitability in the delivery phase of the project Ensure precise provision of customer requirements by effectively reviewing the scope of works and installation methods. Identify and manage risks Lead the team, including specialist sub-contractors, through all stages of the project through to successful completion Lead contract reviews, including preparation and submission of reports and any project related data. Prepare and update business plans with the Commercial Director Develop and maintain positive long-term customer relationships What we're looking for: To be successful in this role you will have demonstrable mechanical building services experience in a construction environment, with previous experience in a similar role. Industry recognised trade or professional qualification Apprenticeship in mechanical discipline Specific experience of working on high value projects Benefits: We're always evolving our benefits to ensure we're attracting and retaining great people. Some of what you can expect includes: Car/Car allowance Salary sacrifice car scheme (Hybrid/Electric Vehicle) Pension with a leading provider and up to 8% employer contribution Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days Private Medical Insurance Free 24/7 365 Employee Assistance Program to support mental health and well-being (including counselling sessions and legal advice) Flexible benefits to suit from Dental Insurance, Gym Memberships, Give As You Earn, Travel Insurance, Tax Free Bikes. Personal development programme Next Steps: As a business, we’re on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation. We’ll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met. About Us: We are one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training. Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward-thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies. Progression is something we value, and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be. LI-LO1 LI-onsitec272c101-f45c-4783-b4a0-50ad222b87c0