Quantity Surveyor – New Build Apartments

Site Quantity Surveyor (Project QS)

Large-Scale Residential Development – 263 Units (Townhouses & Apartments)

Location: Leeds (Site-Based)

Contract: Full-time, Fixed Term (Project Duration)

Reporting to: Commercial Manager / Development Director

Project Overview

Major residential development comprising 263 units across multiple apartment blocks and townhouse plots. Phased construction with overlapping workstreams and multiple concurrent trade packages. Mixture of traditional, design & build, and specialist subcontract packages. Standard forms of contract (JCT or similar) used depending on package complexity.

Role Summary

The Site Quantity Surveyor is responsible for end-to-end commercial management of multiple trade packages, providing robust cost control, procurement, and contract administration across the scheme. Working closely with the site and commercial teams, the QS ensures cost certainty, value for money, and contractual compliance while supporting programme delivery and quality objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Commercial & Cost Management

Maintain overall control of budgets, committed costs, and forecasts

Produce and update live cost plans and cashflow forecasts

Report cost position, risks, and opportunities to senior management

Identify and implement value engineering and cost mitigation strategies

Procurement & Tendering

Break the scheme into logical trade and work packages

Prepare tender documentation including scopes, drawings, specifications, BoQs / schedules, and programmes

Manage tender enquiries, RFIs, and clarifications

Carry out tender analysis and prepare recommendation reports

Lead negotiations to agree scope, price, and programme

Prepare CSAs and assemble subcontract agreements

Let packages in line with phasing and build sequence

Contract Administration

Select and administer appropriate forms of subcontract

Issue and manage contractual notices and instructions

Maintain accurate records and audit trail

Support management of extensions of time and claims

Valuations & Payments

Measure and value works on site

Assess subcontractor applications and certify monthly valuations

Issue Payment Notices / Pay Less Notices in accordance with legislation

Liaise with finance to ensure timely and accurate payments

Variations & Change Control

Identify, record, price, and negotiate variations

Maintain variation registers

Ensure formal instruction and client approval prior to implementation where possible

Site Interface

Attend site progress and coordination meetings

Undertake regular site walks to verify progress

Work closely with Site Managers, Engineers, and Planning teams

Ensure commercial alignment with construction sequencing

Records & Dayworks

Control and monitor dayworks and time-and-materials activities

Ensure works are instructed, agreed, and signed off

Maintain supporting records

Final Accounts

Prepare and agree final accounts for trade packages

Reconcile variations, provisional sums, and adjustments

Issue final payment recommendations

Assist with overall project cost close-out

Experience & Profile

5+ years’ Quantity Surveying experience

Experience on large-scale residential or mixed-use schemes

Strong knowledge of JCT contracts and subcontract procurement

Commercially astute with strong analytical and negotiation skills

Organised, proactive, and comfortable working in site-based environments

Strong communicator with collaborative approach