Lead Quantity Surveyor - Affordable Housing Projects (Leeds)

Lumsden & Carroll Civil Engineering; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Working

Pension and Pension Advice

ULEV Car Lease Scheme

Benefit Hub

Buy and Sell Holidays

Cycle to Work

Enhanced Holidays & Birthday Leave

Job summary

Esh Living in Leeds is seeking a skilled Quantity Surveyor to lead the commercial management of contracts in our new build housing division, delivering medium-to-large affordable housing developments.

You will build relationships with supply chain, manage sub-contractor procurement, valuations, variations, and final accounts to keep projects financially on track and compliant with NEC/JCT. This role requires strong cost control and stakeholder management.

Qualifications

• Relevant HND, Degree in Quantity Surveying, Built environment or equivalent, desirable
• Minimum of three years’ experience working on projects within construction sector
• Working knowledge of contract conditions such as NEC,JCT
• Proficient in the use of MS Office
• Appropriate CSCS card -desirable
• Valid Driving licence

Responsibilities

• Build working relationships with supply chain, consultants, and clients where appropriate
• Procurement of sub-contractors in line with target programme and company policy
• Contract administration of sub-contracts
• Timely and accurate assessment and payment of sub-contractors’ applications and issue of payment notifications to sub-contractor
• Preparation and submission of external valuations in a timely manner to align with the contract requirements
• Management and accurate forecasting of the external valuations through to the final account agreement with our Clients
• Measurement of quantities both on site and from drawings, where required
• Timely and accurate evaluation of variations/provisional sum expenditure and monitoring of the same
• Civils -Weekly direct labour & plant subcontractor payments if required
• Accurate production of internal valuations, sub-contract liabilities and cost value reconciliations in line with the Commercial reporting timetable
• Ensure good quality & accurate records are maintained
• Delay identification/notification/ in tandem with project team
• Effective change management in line with contract
• Manage and minimise non recoverable costs on projects
• Price and effectively agree all project variations

Skills

Communication

Attention to detail

Planning and organising

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Cost control

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying or Built Environment

Tools

MS Office

NEC/JCT contracts

Job description

Esh Living in Leeds is seeking a skilled Quantity Surveyor to lead the commercial management of contracts in our new build housing division, delivering medium-to-large affordable housing developments.

You will build relationships with supply chain, manage sub-contractor procurement, valuations, variations, and final accounts to keep projects financially on track and compliant with NEC/JCT. This role requires strong cost control and stakeholder management.