At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage project costs and contracts while ensuring compliance and safety standards.
- Company: Join L&Q, a leading housing association dedicated to quality and community.
- Benefits: Enjoy 28-31 days annual leave, excellent pension, and lifestyle perks.
- Other info: Diverse and inclusive workplace with strong career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in housing while developing your career in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: Degree or HNC in a related field; experience in quantity surveying preferred.
The predicted salary is between 45000 - 55000 £ per year.
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.
Join our Commercial Team at L&Q: L&Q are looking for proven Project Quantity Surveyors with extensive Quantity Surveying experience to join the Property and Investment Services Commercial team. There are two vacancies available:
- The first within the Compliance (London based only) workstream who lead and coordinate building compliance activities across fire safety, gas, electrical, water hygiene, asbestos, lifts and statutory inspections. Key activities will include application management, invoice assessment and key contractual controls, ensuring regulatory compliance and resident safety.
- The second within our Manchester Reactive Repairs Workstream (Candidates can be Manchester or London based). The primary responsibility of this role will be to support our North West operations based in Manchester, with occasional travel between these locations to support business and operational requirements.
Project Quantity Surveyors are responsible for the financial and contractual management of works delivered by L&Q, ensuring that all quantity surveying activities are carried out to the highest professional standards. The role focuses on securing and maximising L&Q's contractual and commercial entitlement, whilst providing robust cost control, accurate financial reporting, and effective contract administration. In addition, Project Quantity Surveyors are accountable for identifying and delivering cost savings across projects, supporting the achievement of business objectives and value-for-money outcomes.
Our Project Quantity Surveyors have up to 3 direct reports and the role reports to the Managing Quantity Surveyor.
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.
- You will manage subcontractors and suppliers to achieve best value while protecting the business contractually and providing accurate financial forecasting.
- You will provide input on continuous Commercial Process Improvement and be integral to the delivery of our annual Commercial Strategies.
- You will support operational colleagues and ensure that all significant project issues and correspondence and all necessary contractual processes have been observed.
What you'll bring:
- Identifying and providing mitigation strategies for immediate implementation for 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.
- Strong analytical skills and high numeracy with data interrogation skills.
- Experience of managing principal and subcontractor arrangements.
- Confidence in managing poor performance both internally and externally.
- Good understanding of Cost value reconciliation for a workstream.
- Commercial Awareness with good legal/contractual knowledge.
- Competence in the use of standard methods of measurement and NHF SoR's.
- Degree or HNC level in a related discipline or equivalent substantial experience.
- Desirable for candidates to be professionally qualified members of CIOB/RICS but not essential.
If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, including application stage, please email.
About L&Q: We're one of the UK's leading housing associations and developers. Our purpose is to provide social homes and landlord services that everyone can be proud of. 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.
People are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. We are committed to diversity and inclusion, making L&Q a place where everyone feels welcome.
Sustainability is also at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UK's largest housing associations.
Quantity Surveyor employer: London and Quadrant Housing Trust
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Contact Details:
London and Quadrant Housing Trust Recruitment Team
