Job Description

Title: Project Quantity Surveyor

Contract Type: Permanent, Full time, 35 hours per week

Salary: 55,270 to 61,018pa depending on experience plus essential car user allowance

Grade: 10

Reporting Office: London, Stratford
Persona: Agile Worker: 20% - 40% of contractual hours to be worked from reporting office/working location (hybrid working)

Closing Date: 21st November 2025 at 11pm.

Interview Dates: TBC



Role Profile - Project Quantity Surveyor.docx

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

...

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.

Join our Commercial Team at L&Q:

L&Q are looking for a proven Project Quantity Surveyor with extensive Quantity Surveying experience to join the Property Services Commercial team. The vacancies exist within either the Voids or Responsive Repairs / Minor Works Workstreams. Our Project Quantity Surveyors have up to 3 direct reports and the role reports to the Managing Quantity Surveyor.



The Project Quantity Surveyors are responsible for the financial and contractual administration of projects carried out by L&Q, ensuring that general quantity surveying duties are performed to the highest standard and ensuring full contractual and monetary entitlement in the most advantageous terms L&Q. Plus will be accountable for savings on projects.

If this sounds like you, we would love for you to apply!

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.



Being confident in supporting operational colleagues and all other relevant colleagues to ensure that all significant project issues and correspondence and all necessary contractual processes have been observed.

You'll be able to take control of the management of subcontractors and suppliers to always achieve best value to a programme whilst protecting the business contractually and providing accurate financial forecasting.

What you'll bring:

Providing mitigation strategies for immediate implementation of 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 will be highly numerate with data interrogation skills

Experience of managing principal and subcontractor arrangements

Be confident in managing poor performance.

You will have a good understanding of Cost value reconciliation for a workstream

Commercial Awareness with good legal/contractual knowledge

Competent in use of standard methods of measurement and use of NHF SoR's

Degree or HNC level in a related discipline or equivalent substantial experience

It is desirable for candidates to be professionally qualified member of CIOB/RICS but not essential.*





If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, including application stage, please email lqcareers@lqgroup.org.uk

About L&Q:

We're one of the UK's leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people's health, happiness and security. Everyone deserves a quality home that gives them the chance to live a better life.



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.


At L&Q, people are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. The foundation of everything that we are is built on our corporate values and behavioural framework, which outlines our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times, and all levels, when representing L&Q.



L&Q strongly believe a diverse and inclusive workforce is important, and inclusion is part of our core values and everyday working practices. We make hiring decisions based on your experiences, skills and merits and we are recognised externally for our commitment to inclusion. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident (Committed) employer and have signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge to demonstrate our commitment to end mental health discrimination in the workplace. Click here to read more.


At L&Q, sustainability is at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UK's largest housing associations.



Click here to find out more about L&Q and why you should join us!


ECU Allowance is paid in accordance




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Project Quantity Surveyor - 7258

Location:

London - Stratford

Posted:

07/11/2025

Closing date:

21/11/2025

Closing time:

23:00