Principal Quantity Surveyor in London

Starting salary: PO7 (61,476 - 64,839)

Work location: Alexandra House, 10 Station Road, Wood Green, London, N22 7TR

Hours per week: 36 per week

Contract type: Permanent

Closing date: Sunday, 4th October 2026 at 23:59

Expected interview date: W/C 19th October 2026

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.

Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the role

We are seeking an experienced and commercially driven Principal Quantity Surveyor to lead the quantity surveying function within Haringey's Housing Major Works and Asset Management service. This role within our Housing Investment Programme provides commercial oversight across a significant portfolio of planned maintenance and capital investment projects. You will lead a team of Quantity Surveyors, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, proactive and value-focused quantity surveying services that support the improvement and maintenance of the Council's housing stock.

Working closely with Asset Management, Investment Delivery, Contract Management and Project Management colleagues, you will take responsibility for commercial performance across multiple contracts and programmes. You will oversee cost planning, valuations, financial reporting, cashflow forecasting and final account settlement, ensuring robust financial control and transparency throughout the project lifecycle.

A key aspect of the role will be monitoring contractor and consultancy fees, reviewing monthly valuations, auditing costs and agreeing task prices, taking corrective action where necessary to ensure projects remain within approved budgets and fee allocations. You will lead the production of monthly financial reports, expenditure forecasts and budget outturn projections, providing confidence that programmes are being delivered in a cost-effective and financially sustainable manner.

You will act as the Council's senior commercial adviser on housing investment projects, providing expert guidance on procurement, contract management, building contracts and commercial risk. This includes preparing tender documentation, undertaking tender analysis and reporting, providing expert advice on forms of building contract, and ensuring contracts are administered in accordance with the Council's Procurement Code, contract law and internal governance requirements.

The role will also involve leading commercial negotiations with contractors and consultants, including reviewing and negotiating loss and expense claims, extension of time claims and other contractual matters to ensure contracts are administered effectively and in accordance with contractual requirements. You will build effective relationships with contractors, consultants and stakeholders while providing robust commercial challenge to secure value for money and support the successful delivery of housing investment projects.

You will play a key role in embedding a strong commercial culture across Housing Property Services, ensuring value for money remains a core driver of current and future investment programmes. You will lead continuous improvement initiatives, develop processes and procedures that strengthen contract management, and work with contractors and project teams to secure best value from the Council's housing investment contracts.

This is an exciting opportunity to influence major investment decisions, lead a high-performing team and contribute to projects that improve the quality, safety and sustainability of homes across the borough.

About the team

You’ll join the Asset Management team within Haringey’s Adults, Housing and Health directorate, working closely with colleagues across Housing Services, Building Safety, Procurement, Legal, Finance and other enabling services. The team is responsible for delivering the council’s annual housing investment programme, valued at up to 40 million, and is committed to improving the quality, safety and sustainability of homes across the borough. Collaboration is at the heart of how the team works — you’ll be supported by experienced project managers, senior leaders and technical specialists, and will contribute to a culture focused on continuous improvement, resident-centred delivery and strong partnership working.

About you

You will be an accomplished Quantity Surveying professional with substantial experience delivering commercial and cost management services across major construction, housing, regeneration or property investment programmes. You will have experience leading and developing professional teams, providing strategic commercial advice and managing complex projects simultaneously. You will be confident working with senior stakeholders, contractors, consultants and project teams, building strong relationships while providing robust commercial challenge where required.

You will bring significant expertise in cost management, budgeting, forecasting, procurement and contract administration, together with a detailed understanding of construction contracts, contract law and procurement requirements. You will have experience of reviewing contractor costs, managing valuations and final accounts, monitoring consultancy and project fees and taking proactive action to address commercial risks and budget pressures.

We are looking for someone with a strong track record of delivering value for money on complex capital projects, ideally within social housing, local government or a similarly regulated environment. Experience of managing projects exceeding 3 million in value, negotiating claims and disputes, and working with commonly used social housing and construction contract forms will be particularly valuable.

You will be commercially astute, highly organised and solutions-focused, with excellent analytical, negotiation and communication skills. Most importantly, you will be committed to delivering high-quality investment programmes that improve residents' homes, strengthen communities and support the Council's wider housing objectives.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community. Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.

Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role, please ensure that you do so as soon as possible. Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may be diverted through to junk email folders. Please continue to check these through the application process. If you have any questions about the status of your application, please contact.