47 quantity surveyor local authority jobs found

Quantity Surveyor Hourly Rate: £35-£40 Location: Manchester, M60 Job Type: Temporary (6 Months Initial) Working Pattern: Hybrid (3 days office / 2 days home) We are seeking a Quantity Surveyor to support peaks in workload relating to the Annual Capital Programme of Works for Manchester City Council's housing stock. This role involves major schemes across approximately 13,000 properties, providing full commercial oversight of planned improvement programmes. The Quantity Surveyor will deliver cost control, contract management, and financial reporting to ensure value for money and successful project delivery. Day-to-day of the role: Commercial & Cost Management Prepare feasibility studies, detailed cost plans, and procurement reports. Lead estimating, cost planning, lifecycle costing, and value engineering activities. Manage tender processes including pre-qualification, tender documentation, analysis, and contractor selection. Oversee post-contract cost...

Quantity Surveyor Hourly Rate: £35-£40 Location: Manchester, M60 Job Type: Temporary (6 Months Initial) Working Pattern: Hybrid (3 days office / 2 days home) We are seeking a Quantity Surveyor to support peaks in workload relating to the Annual Capital Programme of Works for Manchester City Council's housing stock. This role involves major schemes across approximately 13,000 properties, providing full commercial oversight of planned improvement programmes. The Quantity Surveyor will deliver cost control, contract management, and financial reporting to ensure value for money and successful project delivery. Day-to-day of the role: Commercial & Cost Management Prepare feasibility studies, detailed cost plans, and procurement reports. Lead estimating, cost planning, lifecycle costing, and value engineering activities. Manage tender processes including pre-qualification, tender documentation, analysis, and contractor selection. Oversee post-contract cost...

Quantity Surveyor Hourly Rate: £35-£40 Location: Manchester, M60 We are seeking a skilled Quantity Surveyor to join our Investment & Strategic Asset Management team within the Neighbourhoods - Housing Services directorate. This role is pivotal in managing the commercial aspects of allocated construction projects from initiation to completion, ensuring high-quality outcomes across feasibility, procurement, cost management, and contract administration. Day-to-day of the role: Pre-Contract: Prepare feasibility studies and procurement reports. Apply Value Management techniques at the outset of projects. Lead estimating and cost planning activities, owning and presenting cost plans. Support all procurement stages under the direction of the Project Manager, including pre-qualification, tender analysis, contractor selection, and contract preparation. Produce comprehensive tender documentation. Contract & Cost Management: Manage post-contract commercial...

Quantity Surveyor Hourly Rate: £35-£40 Location: Manchester, M60 We are seeking a skilled Quantity Surveyor to join our Investment & Strategic Asset Management team within the Neighbourhoods - Housing Services directorate. This role is pivotal in managing the commercial aspects of allocated construction projects from initiation to completion, ensuring high-quality outcomes across feasibility, procurement, cost management, and contract administration. Day-to-day of the role: Pre-Contract: Prepare feasibility studies and procurement reports. Apply Value Management techniques at the outset of projects. Lead estimating and cost planning activities, owning and presenting cost plans. Support all procurement stages under the direction of the Project Manager, including pre-qualification, tender analysis, contractor selection, and contract preparation. Produce comprehensive tender documentation. Contract & Cost Management: Manage post-contract commercial...

Assistant Quantity Surveyor We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Quantity Surveyor to join a reputable family-owned business in Portsmouth. The business carries out projects across Hampshire / Surrey across the residential, education, care homes, commercial and local authority valuing typically up to £10mil click apply for full job details

CLC, part of Axis CLC, is a national maintenance and refurbishment provider with over 1,000 employees and 13 UK offices. We support clients across the healthcare, defence, leisure, heritage, commercial and education sectors, delivering essential building services. As part of the Axis CLC group, backed by over 110 years of combined experience across the organisation, we offer responsive repairs, planned maintenance, compliance, decarbonisation and refurbishment solutions nationwide. CLC is delivering a long-term programme of planned refurbishment works on behalf of Norwich City Council, working across occupied residential properties. We re looking for an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor to support the commercial management and financial performance of this programme. This is a key role within the commercial team, responsible for ensuring cost control, value for money and robust commercial governance across the contract. The role suits a Quantity Surveyor who is comfortable...

A well-regarded, multi-disciplinary property and construction consultancy is currently seeking an experienced Quantity Surveyor to join their Essex-based team. With a strong presence across the South East, this consultancy works extensively within the public sector, particularly across education, healthcare, blue light and local authority projects. This is an excellent opportunity for a Quantity Surveyor looking to grow within a supportive team delivering meaningful, community-focused schemes. The role offers clear career progression, ongoing CPD, and the chance to work across all project stages from feasibility through to final account. Quantity Surveyor - The Role The successful Quantity Surveyor will join a dynamic cost consultancy team, providing both pre- and post-contract services on new build, refurbishment and extension projects. You'll work directly with clients, stakeholders and contractors, taking responsibility for your own projects while being supported...

Senior Quantity Surveyor Cambridge based£62K+ package We are looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join a leading contractor based in Cambridge, who are currently enjoying a substantial period of growth due to recent contract wins. This role is working on planned maintenance and retrofit refurbishments within Social Housing, on behalf of Local Authority and Housing Association clients. Reporting to the Commercial Manager, you will take responsibility, ownership and accountability of the successful management of the commercial / financial and contractual elements of projects. You will control and maximise the company's profitability, protect the company's legal and contractual obligations under the contract and manage all day to day commercial issues. Senior Quantity Surveyor Key responsibilities: Provide commercial expertise to contracts, to include the production and submission of valuations, claims, budget monitoring, and contract/work-stream performance data...

Following our clients successful launch of their Newbury (Reading) unit earlier this year they are proud to already expand their commercial team there. The Newbury team has flourished, having secured further long term cyclical contracts beyond its budget, creating an even more stable order book for its' bright future. They are looking for a Quantity Surveyor with direct labour experience who can share in this growth ethos. Honesty, integrity and teamwork will be at the heart of what they do. As well as a perm full time option they can look at someone working part time if thats a preferred option that works better for you . Ideally they are looking for QS experience dealing and working with direct labour teams of people , time sheets etc . Any background in brickwork or plastering or roofing , painting or civils or new builds in terms of QS would work for this role along with tendering ,estimating and refurbishments but dealing and working with direct teams is a big tick ....

Ian Williams continues to have a fantastic year full of growth and opportunity company wide. We are excited to announce a long-term contract win has been secured within the Capital (planned works/ Refurbishment) division. Ultimately, we are a commercially focused business, but we focus on people, sustainability, and exceptional client delivery/customer satisfaction to achieve this. We seek a Quantity Surveyor to genuinely share in this ethos and to actively impact our commercial success from the very beginning of a new contract set up. You will thrive in collaborating with the operational team, while managing the full commercial responsibility for the financial and commercial aspects of our planned works for our local authority client. Benefits: Be part of the company profit share scheme (14% of base salary achieved last year) Private mileage scheme and fuel card Let us help you prepare for your future with an enhanced employer pension contribution of up to 7% OR a savings...

Interim Highways Quantity Surveyor Support a Local Authority in the East of England (just outside London) as part of their Highways team, providing essential commercial and contractual expertise across a portfolio of infrastructure and improvement schemes. This role is ideal for an experienced QS with strong NEC contract knowledge and a background in highways or civil engineering. Start: ASAP Duration: 3-6 Months Initially Rate: Negotiable Day Rate (Inside/Outside IR35 via Umbrella) Location: East of England / Hybrid Working Key Responsibilities Manage cost estimates, valuations, interim payments, and final accounts for highways projects Provide robust commercial advice and ensure compliance with NEC contract conditions and council governance Monitor project budgets and produce accurate financial and commercial reports for senior stakeholders Support procurement activity, tender evaluations, and supplier/contractor negotiations Identify, manage, and mitigate...

A client within the Public Sector , based in Manchester , is currently recruiting for a Quantity Surveyor to join their Investment & Strategic Asset Management Team (Housing Services) as soon as possible. The client is offering a full-time, temporary position on an ongoing basis , with the ideal candidate having experience of working within a local authority construction / housing environment . The Role Key purpose of the role: To provide end-to-end commercial and quantity surveying support across a portfolio of construction and housing investment projects, ensuring effective cost control, procurement, and value for money in line with Council objectives.Key responsibilities will include but not be limited to: Preparing feasibility studies, cost plans, and procurement reports for construction and housing projects Managing the commercial elements of projects from pre-contract through to final account Applying value management, value engineering, and life cycle...

Our clients are expanding their commercial team out of their Watford office. They are looking for a Quantity Surveyor who can share in this growth ethos. Honesty, integrity and teamwork will be at the heart of what they do. Ideally they are looking for Quantity Surveyor with experience dealing and working with direct labour teams of people , time sheets etc . Any background in painting, brickwork or plastering or roofing , or civils or new builds in terms of QS would work for this role along with tendering ,estimating and refurbishments but dealing and working with direct teams is a big tick . £66,538 inc car allowance ( 6700) plus fuel card , Profit share (last year 14% ), private health, pension, life etc They are looking for an enthusiastic, people focused and entrepreneurial Quantity Surveyor to join their dedicated commercial and operational team, who specialise in Painting and Decorating and associated planned refurbishment works to the public, private, residential...

Local authority in the Northwest requires a Quantity Surveyor for an initial period of 6 months. Purpose of the role: A temporary Quantity Surveyor is required to assist with peaks in workload of delivering the Annual Capital Programme of Works, which includes Major schemes. The successful candidate will work as part of a Design & Delivery Team delivering planned, programmed works to part of the council's Housing Stock, including a range of tenanted High Rise, Low Rise, Sheltered blocks etc, delivering improvement works such as replacement kitchens, bathrooms, rewires, heating, Fire - Risk Assessments works, zero-carbon schemes, external cladding and insulation works, ad-hoc remedial works. Day Rate Negotiable Inside IR35 5 days per week Hybrid 3-2 split Initially 6 months If you would like to discuss the role further please apply for the role and one of the property team will call you to discuss.

Quantity Surveyor Liverpool (L24) £56,565 inc car allowance ( 6700) plus fuel card , Profit share last year 14% , private health, pension, life etc Our client are expanding their commercial team out of their Liverpool office. ( Speke ) They are looking for a Quantity Surveyor who can share in this growth ethos. Honesty, integrity and teamwork will be at the heart of what they do. People-focused and entrepreneurial, you'll join the dedicated commercial and operational team, which specialises in painting, decorating and associated planned refurbishment works in the Liverpool area. You'll be working for clients across a variety of sectors including hospitals, higher education and social housing. Ideally they are looking for Quantity Surveyor with experience dealing and working with direct labour teams of people , time sheets etc . Any background especially in Painting, brickwork or plastering in terms of QS could work for this role along with tendering ,estimating and...

Quantity Surveyor Manchester ( Rochdale ) OL12 £56,565 inc car allowance ( 6700) plus fuel card , Profit share last year 14% , private health, pension, life etc Our client are expanding their commercial team out of their Rochdale office. Their Manchester Painting business is flourishing and looking to add another Quantity Surveyor to their small commercial team. They have an established, stable order book of cyclical painting and other varied project-based works - for clients including universities, property managers and in social housing - and set for future growth in the Northwest. The work is varied - and we'd be particularly interested to hear from you if you have experience on site, pricing and dealing with direct labour and subcontractors. They are looking for a Quantity Surveyor who can share in this growth ethos. Honesty, integrity and teamwork will be at the heart of what they do. Ideally they are looking for Quantity Surveyor with experience dealing and...

A transparent and ambitious, multi-disciplinary construction consultancy is seeking a team-focused Senior Quantity Surveyor (ideally with CostX experience) to carry out a QS/EA role from their head office in London. The Senior Quantity Surveyor's role The successful Senior Quantity Surveyor will be joining a sociable and diverse Surveying team delivering QS, EA, and PM services across a range of residential, local authority, and housing projects. As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you'll be responsible for managing projects from inception to completion, acting as a QS and Employers Agent. The Senior Quantity Surveyor MRICS or completed a Construction / Quantity Surveying degree Quantity Surveying or Employers Agent background 5+ years QS or EA experience CostX knowledge Housing / residential project experience would be ideal PQS / Consultancy background In Return? 65,000 - 75,000 Flexible office location 25 days annual leave + bank holiday Christmas closure...

Our clients are expanding their commercial team out of their Tonbridge office located between Tonbridge and and Maidstone . A driven, people-focused and entrepreneurial Quantity Surveyor, you'll join the dedicated commercial and operational team, which specialises in painting, decorating and associated planned refurbishment works in the South London and Kent areas. You'll be working for clients across a variety of sectors including commercial property development, education and social housing. They are looking for a Quantity Surveyor who can share in this growth ethos. Honesty, integrity and teamwork will be at the heart of what they do. Ideally they are looking for Quantity Surveyor with experience dealing and working with direct labour teams of people , time sheets etc . Any background in painting, brickwork or plastering or similar in terms of QS could work for this role along with tendering ,estimating and refurbishments but dealing and working with direct teams is a big...

Our clients are expanding their commercial team out of their Epsom office. They are looking for a Quantity Surveyor who can share in this growth ethos. Honesty, integrity and teamwork will be at the heart of what they do. Ideally they are looking for Quantity Surveyor with experience dealing and working with direct labour teams of people , time sheets etc . Any background in painting, brickwork or plastering or roofing , or civils or new builds in terms of QS would work for this role along with tendering ,estimating and refurbishments but dealing and working with direct teams is a big tick . £66,538 inc car allowance ( 6700) plus fuel card , Profit share (last year 14% ), private health, pension, life etc They are looking for an enthusiastic, people focused and entrepreneurial Quantity Surveyor to join their dedicated commercial and operational team, who specialise in Painting and Decorating and associated planned refurbishment works to the public, private, residential and...

Local authority in the Northwest requires a Quantity Surveyor for an initial period of 6 months. Purpose of the role: A temporary Quantity Surveyor is required to assist with peaks in workload of delivering the Annual Capital Programme of Works, which includes Major schemes. The successful candidate will work as part of a Design & Delivery Team delivering planned, programmed works to part of the council's Housing Stock, including a range of tenanted High Rise, Low Rise, Sheltered blocks etc, delivering improvement works such as replacement kitchens, bathrooms, rewires, heating, Fire - Risk Assessments works, zero-carbon schemes, external cladding and insulation works, ad-hoc remedial works. Day Rate Negotiable Inside IR35 5 days per week Hybrid 3-2 split Initially 6 months If you would like to discuss the role further please apply for the role and one of the property team will call you to discuss.