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# Managing Quantity Surveyor (Construction) – 4 Day Work Week at Laminar Projects

- **Company:** Laminar Projects
- **Location:** United Kingdom
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2025-10-02
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-18
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/laminarprojects/53e90eb9-eaf8-4307-a3ac-4538b2f40278

## Job description

We are Shape.Construction !

## About the job

Contractors bleed margin on every project.

Unmanaged change. Disputed claims. Missing records. When field teams don't follow processes, events go undocumented. Commercial teams scramble for evidence that doesn't exist. Disputes drag on. Recoverable profit vanishes. On high-value projects, millions of pounds disappear.

Why?

- Field teams use clunky tools that are too complex and too slow. Critical events never get recorded. The audit trail has gaps.
- Commercial teams fight disputes with weak evidence, chase missing records, and lose recoverable margin while the business faces unnecessary claims.

Shape fixes this once and for all.

Shape is the only platform simple enough for field teams to adopt instantly, yet powerful enough to drive real commercial outcomes.

Site teams capture every issue, event, and change in real time. Shape automatically builds the bulletproof evidence commercial teams need to defend and recover claims.

The result: Fewer lost disputes. Faster resolutions. Full subcontractor accountability. Commercial teams manage change proactively instead of reacting to it.

This is the problem we solve. But to really help our customers, we need experts who understand their pain first-hand. Many of our customers are Quantity Surveyors. Who better to consult them than other Quantity Surveyors?

That's where you come in.

We are looking for a seasoned Managing Quantity Surveyor ready not just for a change of role, but a change of industry. This is your opportunity to break away from the grind of construction and step into the fast-growing world of construction SaaS.

As our Manager of Commercial Strategy, you'll use your hard-won expertise to guide other commercial teams through the biggest challenge they face: change and claims. Instead of battling over margins on a single project, you'll be leading conversations that transform how entire companies protect their profit. This is consultative sales and customer success at the highest level - where your becomes the product and your impact scales far beyond any single contract. _________________________________________________________________________________________

Purpose of the role To partner with our customers' commercial teams, helping them take control of change, disputes and claims using Shape. You will use your industry expertise to show them how to protect margin, build defensible records, and prevent the losses that most projects suffer today.

## Your top 5 responsibilities

1. Consult with commercial leaders to uncover where they are losing profit to change and disputes, and show how Shape stops margin leakage.
2. Support customer adoption ensuring site and office teams use Shape consistently to capture changes, issues and claims.
3. Coach customers on strengthening claims and defending disputes with documented, auditable records.
4. Act as the commercial voice inside Shape, shaping product development to better match the realities of construction projects.
5. Share best practice and lessons learned across our customer base, raising standards and outcomes for the entire industry.

## Your Capabilities

- Significant experience as a Commercial Manager or in a similar construction role.
- Deep understanding of how unmanaged change and poor records erode project profitability.
- Strong communication skills - able to win trust and explain complex issues simply.
- Strategic thinker who can move from diagnosing problems to implementing solutions.
- Desire to make an industry-wide impact, not just improve a single project or business.

Nice to Have (If you don’t have it now you will after joining):

- Experience advising or consulting with multiple stakeholders.
- Knowledge of SaaS platforms or digital transformation in construction.
- Comfortable leading workshops, training sessions, or customer presentations.
- Ability to link commercial pain points to practical technology solutions.

Shape isn’t the place for you if any of the following is true:

- You want an easy, chilled-out role without much challenge
- You like to be the smartest person in the room
- You don’t like continuously receiving honest candid feedback
- You prefer to do your own thing rather than work with a team

At Shape we value diverse experiences and perspectives, empowering each member to contribute their unique capabilities towards our collective success, so if you don’t think you meet all the criteria but still are excited about this role we encourage you to apply anyway! _________________________________________________________________________________________ Salary and Benefits

Standard Stuff

- Extremely competitive
- Paid annual leave (varies by location) + statutory bank holidays
- Private health insurance
- In-house coaching sessions
- Discretionary bonus scheme for all team members

The Life-Changing Stuff

- 4 Day Weeks: that’s right, every week
- Flexibility: We care about outcomes, not clock-watching
- Grow your whole self: Access to a coach, mentor, well-being therapist and a development-focused environment designed to give you 5 years of growth in 1 year
- Be surrounded by the best: We only hire the top talent; progression is fast and development is unbounded.
- Long-term impact: Shape is tackling the single biggest issue in construction delivery, with solutions designed to spread and outlast us.

*Please do not book a demo via the Shape website as part of the application.

## About Laminar Projects

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Laminar Projects is a global project management consultancy that combines deep construction engineering expertise with advanced digital skills to deliver high-tech infrastructure, data centres, and complex building projects.
- **Entity Type**: Private
- **Headquarters**: London, United Kingdom
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: David Nash (CEO & Managing Director) and Jono (co-founder)

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Construction, Project Management, High-tech Infrastructure
- Target customers: Large-scale project owners in data centres, high-tech facilities, energy & power, civil infrastructure, and high-rise buildings (Enterprise/B2B)
- Mission or purpose: To enable everyone in the team to flourish in a high-impact community that connects us with meaningful relationships, inspires us to develop into better humans, and empowers us to pursue our own learning adventures.

## Products & Services
- **Project & Programme Management**: End-to-end delivery management for complex construction projects, achieving up to 30% time and cost savings.
- **Integrated Project Controls & PMO**: Integrating project processes and information for complete clarity and control across planning, scheduling, cost management, estimating, risk and change management.
- **Data & Digital Solutions**: Implementing turnkey digital systems that create full visibility and control, leveraging advanced digital skills within the construction industry.
- **Specialised Sector Delivery**:
    - Data Centres: Over 130 data centres delivered globally representing more than 3,000MW of capacity.
    - High-tech Facilities: Over $12B+ of facilities delivered globally, including advanced robotics, chemical processing, and clean rooms.
    - Energy & Power: Over $30B USD of power generation and transmission projects delivered.
    - Civil Infrastructure: $12B+ of transport, environmental and water infrastructure delivered.
    - High-rise Buildings: 50+ projects delivered globally.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (Private company)
- **Key Metric**: Not publicly available (Revenue not disclosed). Headcount of approximately 157 employees (+2.0% YoY) as of recent data, though the company website claims over 200 people.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly available. Key clients include major construction and infrastructure firms (talent sources include Balfour Beatty plc, Siemens, Costain Group PLC, Shape Construction).
- **Growth Signals**: Rapid international expansion to over 14-16 countries; strong headcount growth; high employee rating (4.7/5.0 on LinkedIn); a rigorous 8-hour selection process indicating strong talent acquisition focus.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep Expertise + Technology**: Uniquely combines deep construction engineering knowledge with the most advanced digital skills in the industry for complete project control and transparency.
- **Rigorous Talent Model**: Only recruits from the top 5% of capability, with an 8-hour selection process and an equally rigorous development program, creating a high-performance culture.
- **Proven Efficiency**: Delivers up to 30% time and cost savings on complex projects through a compassionately candid culture and rigorous delivery models.
- **Global Scale with Local Precision**: A team of over 200 people across 15-16 countries enables global delivery while maintaining control over every detail.

## Strategic Focus
- Continue rapid global expansion (already in UK, Portugal, Philippines, Germany, Spain, France, Australia, Italy, Romania, India, and more).
- Deepen presence in high-growth sectors: data centres, high-tech facilities, and energy/power including sustainable energy projects.
- Maintain the unique high-performance, education-focused culture as a key differentiator in the construction industry.

## Why Work Here
- **Exceptional Culture**: Rated 4.7/5.0 on LinkedIn (119 reviews) with a stellar 4.8 for Work-Life, 4.8 for Culture, and 4.5 for Career development. The company describes itself as a "transformative educational experience" rather than just a job.
- **Growth & Development**: Fast growth means diverse and interesting challenges. Any role is "only as a starting point," with rapid career progression. Employees are encouraged to see challenges as exercises to strengthen themselves.
- **4-Day Work Week**: The company offers a 4-day work week (noted on their careers page), a standout perk in the consulting industry.
- **Hybrid Working**: Roles are advertised as "Hybrid" across the UK and Europe, offering flexibility.
- **Global Opportunities**: Work across multiple countries and continents (UK, Norway, Poland, Germany, Philippines, and more), with a diverse team from over 14 nationalities.
- **Compensation**: Transparent salary ranges listed (e.g., Lead Planner: £65,116/annum; Planning Engineer: £54,346/annum). Strong compensation rating of 4.2/5.0.
- **Values-Driven**: Emphasises "compassionate candor," authenticity, meaningful relationships, and long-term thinking over short-term decisions.

## Sources
1. [laminarprojects.com](https://www.laminarprojects.com/)
2. [laminarprojects.com/join-us](https://www.laminarprojects.com/join-us)
3. [laminarprojects.com/our-philosophy](https://www.laminarprojects.com/our-philosophy)
4. [jobs.lever.co/laminarprojects](https://jobs.lever.co/laminarprojects/)
5. [linkedin.com/company/laminarprojects](https://linkedin.com/company/laminarprojects)

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