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