At a Glance
- Tasks: Take charge of budgets, contracts, and subcontractor management on a major residential project.
- Company: Growing contractor and housebuilder with exciting development opportunities.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, bonus structure, generous holiday, and pension plan.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with strong potential for permanent position and career growth.
- Why this job: Join a key role in a high-profile project and make an impact from day one.
- Qualifications: Degree in Quantity Surveying and 3-5 years' experience in residential development.
The predicted salary is between 50000 - 65000 £ per year.
We're supporting a growing contractor and housebuilder with an established development arm, delivering high-quality residential and mixed-tenure schemes across the region. Under new ownership and guided by an experienced senior leadership team, the business is entering a new phase of growth with a strong pipeline of housing and future medium- to large-scale developments.
To support a major live scheme in Leeds, we're looking for a Quantity Surveyor who can take clear commercial ownership, bring structure, and support confident decision-making across cost, contracts and subcontract management. This is an 18-month fixed-term contract with a strong likelihood of becoming permanent, offering the chance to step into a key role on a high-profile project and make a meaningful impact from day one.
You'll operate as a core commercial lead on the project - managing budgets, valuations, variations, procurement and subcontractor accounts - while working closely with design, technical and operational teams to protect cost, quality and programme. We're looking for someone experienced, proactive and commercially aware, who can work through complexity, maintain control and support the wider team with clarity and consistency.
Key Responsibilities:- Full commercial responsibility for a major residential development in Leeds
- Prepare and manage development budgets, cost plans, valuations and monthly cost reports
- Lead procurement: scopes, tender packages, tender lists, subcontract tendering and contract documentation
- Manage subcontractor accounts including valuations, variations, payments and final accounts
- Work closely with design/technical teams to align proposals with budgets, buildability and value engineering
- Identify and manage commercial risks and opportunities, proposing solutions that protect cost and programme
- Maintain strong supply chain relationships and onboard new subcontractors where required
- Provide regular site presence to validate progress, spend and commercial accuracy
- Attend design team meetings, subcontractor progress meetings and internal commercial reviews
- Manage client-side commercial elements including customer variations and extras quotations
- Degree-qualified or equivalent in Quantity Surveying
- 3-5+ years' experience in housebuilding, residential development or mixed-tenure schemes
- Strong capability across cost planning, procurement, subcontract management and financial reporting
- Confident working with multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced environment
- Proactive, solutions-focused and commercially sharp
- Strong communicator with credibility across consultants, subcontractors and senior leadership
- Able to manage competing priorities and maintain control under pressure
- Available to start quickly
- £50,000-£65,000 salary
- Bonus structure
- 20-25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Pension
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