Quantity Surveyor
Location: Calder House, Elland. HX5 9DX (Office). Predominantly site based (regional travel).
Hours: 42 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8.00am-5.00pm, Friday 8.00am-4.30pm, with 30 minute lunch break
Salary: Dependant on experience
Closing Date: 8 May 2026
Role Overview
Reporting to the Managing Surveyor and Contracts Manager, the Quantity Surveyor will be responsible for managing all commercial and contractual aspects of project delivery, across a range of projects generally valued between £200k and £10m, whilst ensuring compliance to all legal and quality standards.
The Quantity Surveyor will also be required to support cost development and commercial management during the pre-construction phase of projects as necessary, particularly those with which are developed on a two-stage or negotiated basis.
Working collaboratively with the wider project delivery team, the Quantity Surveyor will ensure full co-ordination with the operational team and work in harmony with the Contracts Manager or Project Manager to ensure commercial success and client satisfaction on each project.
The successful candidate will be required to commercially manage several projects at once taking full commercial responsibility for the projects allocated.
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Key Responsibilities
- Develop a detailed understanding of the client requirements and contractual obligations for each project and advise of any key risks to the bid team.
- Undertake high level cost planning and estimates during pre-construction phase.
- Manage and maintain procurement schedule(s) to ensure visibility and timely procurement across all projects.
- Prepare robust tender documents and subcontract enquiries to meet all requirements of the project, including our commitment to local supply chain spend.
- Undertake due diligence of supply chain members in line with company governance procedures, ensuring suitability of each supply chain member.
- Develop and implement suitable contracts, both with the client and supply chain.
- Ensure contract administration is undertaken throughout the lifecycle of each project to adequately protect the business and ensure compliance with contractual obligations.
- Prepare and submit project valuations and final accounts to the client, including pricing and agreeing variations.
- Monthly commercial reports to Managing Surveyor (CVRs, profit forecasting, cash flow etc).
- Actively manage the risk and opportunity identification process throughout to ensure visibility and adequate mitigations and forecasting can be implemented.
- Ensure compliance with all internal commercial processes.