Leeds Quantity Surveyor – Housing Developments

Esh Group; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

Esh Group seeks a skilled Quantity Surveyor to lead the commercial management of contracts for its Leeds-based projects within Esh Living. You will oversee financial performance, ensure timely payments, valuations, and effective change control across medium to large housing developments.

Join a team delivering affordable housing, multi-apartment retirement living and on-site delivery, with a focus on accuracy, collaboration, and value creation for clients.

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
• 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

Quantity surveying

Contract management

Valuations

Measurement on site

Procurement

Communication

Budgeting

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying

HND / Built environment or equivalent

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Esh Group seeks a skilled Quantity Surveyor to lead the commercial management of contracts for its Leeds-based projects within Esh Living. You will oversee financial performance, ensure timely payments, valuations, and effective change control across medium to large housing developments.

Join a team delivering affordable housing, multi-apartment retirement living and on-site delivery, with a focus on accuracy, collaboration, and value creation for clients.