Senior Quantity Surveyor - 7373

We build homes for sale or rent across the country; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading housing association is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to oversee financial and contractual administration of projects. This role requires extensive experience in quantity surveying and strong analytical skills. The successful candidate will take ownership of project costs, manage subcontractors, and ensure contractual compliance. Benefits include a comprehensive pension plan, generous annual leave, and additional lifestyle benefits. Join a company that values diversity and inclusion while impacting communities positively.

Benefits

Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution)

28 days Annual Leave, rising to 31 with service

Westfield Health Cash Plan

Non-contributory life assurance

Paid volunteering days

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Extensive Quantity Surveying experience.
• Experience managing principal and subcontractor arrangements.
• Understanding of cost reconciliation for a workstream.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of project costs and contracts.
• Manage subcontractors for best value.
• Provide mitigation strategies for contract matters.

Skills

Analytical skills

Data interrogation skills

Commercial awareness

Budget management

Contractual knowledge

Education

Degree or HNC in a related discipline

CIOB/RICS qualification (desirable)

Job description

L&Q are looking for a proven Senior Quantity Surveyor with extensive Quantity Surveying experience to join the Property and Investment Services Commercial team. The vacancy exists within the Reactive Repairs and Minor Works Commercial Team. Our Senior Quantity Surveyors have up to 3 direct reports and the role reports to the Senior or Managing Quantity Surveyor.

The Senior Quantity Surveyors are responsible for the financial and contractual administration of projects carried out by L&Q, ensuring that general quantity surveying duties are performed to the highest standard and ensuring full contractual and monetary entitlement in the most advantageous terms for L&Q. The Project Quantity Surveyor will also be accountable for the identification, securing and recording of savings on projects.

If this sounds like you, we would love for you to apply!

Your impact in the role:

• The post holder will take full ownership of the project and work stream to ensure all costs and required contracts are in place.
• Being confident in supporting operational colleagues and all other relevant colleagues to ensure that all significant project issues and correspondence and all necessary contractual processes have been observed.
• You’ll be able to take control of the management of subcontractors and suppliers to always achieve best value to a programme whilst protecting the business contractually and providing accurate financial forecasting.

What you’ll bring:

• Providing mitigation strategies for immediate implementation of all matters relating to contract and subcontract for review by Managing Quantity Surveyor or Head of Commercial.
• Managing budgetary constraints using forensic cost control techniques, A Recruitment Advocate will join this recruitment process as a panel member.
• Strong analytical skills and will be highly numerate with data interrogation skills.
• Experience of managing principal and subcontractor arrangements.
• Be confident in managing poor performance.
• You will have a good understanding of Cost reconciliation for a workstream.
• Commercial Awareness with good legal/contractual knowledge.
• Competent in use of standard methods of measurement and use of SoR's.
• Degree or HNC level in a related discipline or equivalent substantial experience.
• It is desirable for candidates to be professionally qualified member of CIOB/RICS but not essential.

We’re one of the UK’s leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people’s health, happiness and security. Everyone deserves a quality home that gives them the chance to live a better life.

250,000 people call our properties ‘home’, and we’re proud to serve diverse communities across London, the South East and North West of England.

At L&Q, people are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. The foundation of everything that we are is built on our corporate values and behavioural framework, which outlines our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times, and all levels, when representing L&Q.

L&Q strongly believe a diverse and inclusive workforce is important, and inclusion is part of our core values and everyday working practices. We make hiring decisions based on your experiences, skills and merits and we are recognised externally for our commitment to inclusion. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident (Committed) employer and have signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge to demonstrate our commitment to end mental health discrimination in the workplace. Click here to read more.

At L&Q, sustainability is at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UK’s largest housing associations.

Benefits include:

• Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution)
• 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays
• Westfield Health Cash Plan
• non-contributory life assurance
• up to 21 hours volunteering paid days
• lifestyle benefits
• Employee Assistance Programme and many more…