Senior Quantity Surveyor

The Role: Senior Quantity Surveyor

The Location: Leeds

Salary: £Very competitive plus car/allowance and package - Neg depending on experience

Employment: Permanent

Role Search is working with a well-established and highly reputable construction company who due to growth is looking for an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor to join their team based in Leeds

This is an excellent opportunity to join a company that can offer a secure permanent role, competitive salary, and career progression

Role

This is a key senior appointment within the commercial department. You will work closely with the company directors, estimators, site teams, and supply chain, taking ownership of the commercial performance of multiple projects from pre-contract through to final account.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Take full commercial responsibility and ownership for the projects
• Work closely with the Contracts Manager/Project Manager and the construction team to ensure a successful project is delivered
• Maintain relationships and maximising commercial returns and managing risk.
• Liaise with commercially influence/challenge the other members of the team and the construction process
• Take ownership for, administer represent the company in commercial contractual issues
• Preparing tenders, analysing, selecting appropriate s/c finalising s/c orders, financial commercially manage to Final Account completion
• Prepare agree valuations, including generating certificates invoice/payments
• Update projected Final Accounts on regular basis and prepare, submit agree Final Account in a timely manner.
• Take responsibility for control of traditional contracts contracts over €/£15m
• Manages the recording and submission
• Lead the commercial management of multiple projects concurrently
• Play a hands-on role in pre-construction, procurement, and contract setup
• Produce and manage CVRs, cashflows, valuations, and final accounts
• Work collaboratively with estimators throughout the tender process
• Provide clear, accurate monthly commercial reporting
• Support best practice and continuous improvement across the business
• Managing an Assistant Quantity Surveyor
• Attending scope, pre-start, and client meetings
• Liaising with clients, consultants, and internal teams
• Preparing subcontractor enquiries and conducting cost comparisons
• Procuring and placing subcontractor orders
• Subcontractor valuation analysis and payment management
• Preparing budgets, bills of quantities, and cost plans
• Managing client valuations, variations, and final accounts
• Cashflow forecasting and CVR setup and management
• Managing multiple projects simultaneously

Competitive Salary with yearly increase

• Company Car or Car Allowance
• Healthcare
• 26 days holiday (option to purchase 5 more)
• Employer pension
• Death in service - life assurance
• Competitive mileage rate
• Travel expenses
• Flexible and remote working
• Enhanced parental leave
• Professional and Educational development

Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age