Quantity Surveyor - Super Prime Residential

Premises Recruitment Ltd; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Life cover

Additional benefits

Job summary

An experienced Quantity Surveyor is sought for a London-based role in high-end residential and heritage construction. You will manage project costs, valuations, cost reports, and final accounts, while overseeing subcontractor packages, payments, and commercial performance.

The role requires strong commercial awareness and experience with variations, budgets, and client negotiations. You will work on bespoke private residences and specialist refurbishments, collaborating with project teams to

Qualifications

• Experience in prime residential construction.
• Exposure to high-end refurbishments, period properties, or heritage projects.
• Strong commercial awareness and understanding of traditional building methods.
• Experience managing subcontractor packages, variations, and final accounts.

Responsibilities

• Managing project costs, valuations, cost reports, and final accounts.
• Overseeing subcontractor packages, payments, and commercial performance.
• Pricing, negotiating, and agreeing variations with clients and subcontractors.
• Monitoring budgets, cash flow, and project profitability.
• Building strong relationships with clients, architects, and project teams.
• Maintaining tight commercial control while identifying opportunities to improve performance.

Skills

Commercial awareness

Proactive

Project costing

Client relationship management

Job description

Quantity Surveyor - Super Prime Residential

Central London | Super Prime Residential & Heritage Construction

We're working with a highly successful and long-established construction business that continues to go from strength to strength, delivering some of the most impressive high-end residential and heritage projects in the market.

Due to continued success and a strong pipeline of work, they're looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join their London team.

This is an opportunity to be part of a business known for its quality, attention to detail and commitment to excellence, working on bespoke private residences and specialist refurbishments where no two projects are the same.

What will you be doing?

• Managing project costs, valuations, cost reports, and final accounts.
• Overseeing subcontractor packages, payments, and commercial performance.
• Pricing, negotiating, and agreeing variations with clients and subcontractors.
• Monitoring budgets, cash flow, and project profitability.
• Building strong relationships with clients, architects, and project teams.
• Maintaining tight commercial control while identifying opportunities to improve performance.

What are we looking for?

We're keen to speak with Quantity Surveyors who have experience in prime residential construction, ideally with exposure to high-end refurbishments, period properties, or heritage projects.

You’ll have strong commercial awareness, a good understanding of traditional building methods and experience managing subcontractor packages, variations, and final accounts. You’ll also be proactive, commercially minded and take pride in the quality of your work.

Why consider this opportunity?

• Work on standout projects across the high-end residential and heritage sectors.
• Join a business that's going places, with an excellent reputation and a strong pipeline of work.
• Develop your career with ongoing training and professional development.
• Enjoy a competitive package, including pension, life cover and additional benefits.
• Work with people who care about quality, craftsmanship and doing things properly.

If you're a Quantity Surveyor looking for something beyond the usual construction projects, this could be the opportunity you've been waiting for.