Quantity Surveyor - Build Residential

Overview

Site Quantity Surveyor (Project QS) – Large-Scale Residential Development, 263 Units (Townhouses & Apartments).

Location:

Leeds (Site-Based).

Contract:

Full-time, Fixed Term (Project Duration). Reporting to:
Commercial Manager / Development Director.

Major residential development comprising 263 units across multiple apartment blocks and townhouse plots. Phased construction with overlapping work streams and multiple concurrent trade packages. Mixture of traditional, design & build, and specialist subcontract packages. Standard forms of contract (JCT or similar) used depending on package complexity.

The Site Quantity Surveyor is responsible for end-to-end commercial management of multiple trade packages, providing robust cost control, procurement, and contract administration across the scheme. Working closely with the site and commercial teams, the QS ensures cost certainty, value for money, and contractual compliance while supporting programme delivery and quality objectives.

• Commercial & Cost Management
  • Maintain overall control of budgets, committed costs, and forecasts
  • Produce and update live cost plans and cashflow forecasts
  • Report cost position, risks, and opportunities to senior management
  • Identify and implement value engineering and cost mitigation strategies
• Procurement & Tendering
  • Break the scheme into logical trade and work packages
  • Prepare tender documentation including scopes, drawings, specifications, BoQs / schedules, and programmes
  • Manage tender enquiries, RFIs, and clarifications
  • Carry out tender analysis and prepare recommendation reports
  • Lead negotiations to agree scope, price, and programme
  • Prepare CSAs and assemble subcontract agreements
  • Let packages in line with phasing and build sequence
• Contract Administration
  • Select and administer appropriate forms of subcontract
  • Issue and manage contractual notices and instructions
  • Maintain accurate records and audit trail
  • Support management of extensions of time and claims
• Valuations & Payments
  • Measure and value works on site
  • Assess subcontractor applications and certify monthly valuations
  • Issue Payment Notices / Pay Less Notices in accordance with legislation
  • Liaise with finance to ensure timely and accurate payments
• Variations & Change Control
  • Identify, record, price, and negotiate variations
  • Maintain variation registers
  • Ensure formal instruction and client approval prior to implementation where possible
• Site Interface
  • Attend site progress and coordination meetings
  • Undertake regular site walks to verify progress
  • Work closely with Site Managers, Engineers, and Planning teams
  • Ensure commercial alignment with construction sequencing
• Records & Dayworks
  • Control and monitor dayworks and time-and-materials activities
  • Ensure works are instructed, agreed, and signed off
  • Maintain supporting records
• Final Accounts
  • Prepare and agree final accounts for trade packages
  • Reconcile variations, provisional sums, and adjustments
  • Issue final payment recommendations
  • Assist with overall project cost close-out

• 5+ years' Quantity Surveying experience
• Experience on large-scale residential or mixed-use schemes
• Strong knowledge of JCT contracts and subcontract procurement
• Commercially astute with strong analytical and negotiation skills
• Organised, proactive, and comfortable working in site-based environments
• Strong communicator with collaborative approach