Quantity Surveyor

INTERNAL ONLY VACANCY. This post is open to existing Leeds City Council employees only. Applications will not be considered from external candidates.

Job Title: Quantity Surveyor

Salary: PO2 £ 39,862 - £42,839

Hours: 37 per week

Contract: Permanent

Location: Print Unit, Limewood Approach, LS14

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a forward‑thinking, experienced and motivated Quantity Surveyor within Asset Management (Housing).

The role is responsible for the commercial management of significant and innovative investment projects to the city’s housing stock. You will be responsible for all commercial aspects of a project from feasibility stage, through to completion on site.

Reporting to the Senior Quantity Surveyors, you will be required to carry out a full pre and post contract role including procuring new contracts, producing monthly financial statements for budget managers accurately reflecting the current financial state of each project, ensuring that interim valuations are accurately checked and producing project cost estimates for option appraisal purposes. It is therefore essential you have good commercial skills and have the experience of supporting a variety of high‑value, complex and multi‑stranded projects within tight deadlines.

You must possess highly developed specialist knowledge across a range of commercial procedures underpinned by theory and experience. In addition, a working knowledge or experience of procuring large contracts will also be advantageous.

The post holder will be required to inform and make effective decisions to meet individual, team and overall businesses objectives in line with delegated authority levels, Financial Procedures Rules (FPR’s) and Contract Procedure Rules (CPR).

The role will require strong leadership to embed a culture of risk management which will continually assess, monitor and mitigate operational risks. Whilst ensuring all aspects of the projects comply with legal and statutory requirements and compliance.

Able to proactively communicate information, risks, issues and dependencies, including briefing and reports to programme/project teams, sponsors and a range of internal and external stakeholders.

The role is a 37‑hour post although other flexible working patterns will be considered.

The position carries a range of attractive benefits which include a pension scheme, 26 days holiday (rising after 5 years service) and 8 statutory bank holidays.

For more information on this role please contact Julie Bucknell, Principal Quantity Surveyor on .

To apply please complete the online application form.

We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care‑experienced people.

This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria.

Ensure you are eligible before applying.

Job purpose: To assist the Senior Quantity Surveyor in ensuring value for money and consistency of approach across the Quantity Surveying section. To ensure all commercial aspects of projects are managed in the Council’s best interests. To ensure all commercial management activities are rigorously and diligently undertaken to provide the best possible value for money for the authority.

• To effectively evaluate all tenders ensuring they are accurate and reflect the works requirements whilst maintaining a consistency of approach across the Quantity Surveying section.
• To work closely with project teams to facilitate the swift evaluation of…