🏗️ Project Quantity Surveyors – Major London Residential Developments
📍 Multiple London Locations
🏢 Leading Residential Developers
💰 Up to £75,000 Basic + Comprehensive Package
🔍 The Opportunities
I’m currently recruiting for a number of Project Quantity Surveyor positions with some of London’s leading residential developers, offering the opportunity to work on major new-build developments across the capital.
The projects range from circa £50m to £400m+ and include landmark high-rise, multi-phase RC frame schemes across Private Residential, Build-to-Rent (BTR), Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) and Mixed-Use Regeneration, with current opportunities spread across all areas of London from premium residential developments through to major regeneration schemes delivering hundreds of new homes across multiple towers.
My clients include established market-leading developers as well as ambitious, rapidly growing businesses. Across the board, they offer strong financial backing, substantial live project pipelines, further developments progressing through planning and continued investment in new land opportunities.
For an ambitious Project QS, these are roles where you can genuinely build your career rather than simply move from one project to another.
💠 The Role
These positions offer considerably more than traditional package management.
As Project Quantity Surveyor, you’ll be trusted with commercial ownership of significant packages and workstreams, managing them from early procurement strategy and tendering through delivery, account management and final account.
You’ll operate with a high degree of autonomy while working closely with experienced Senior Quantity Surveyors, Commercial Managers and Commercial Directors.
You’ll be expected to understand the commercial position of your packages in detail, challenge costs and performance, identify risks before they become issues and actively contribute to the wider commercial strategy of the project.
🚀 Genuine Progression to Senior QS
A major attraction of these opportunities is the level of responsibility available.
Rather than waiting for a Senior QS title before being given greater ownership, the right candidates will have the opportunity to progressively take on larger packages, junior team management, greater reporting responsibility and increased exposure to Commercial Managers and Directors.
The objective is to develop into a Senior Quantity Surveyor capable of commercially leading major packages, project phases and ultimately complete developments.
🧩 Key Responsibilities
- Take full commercial ownership of major packages from procurement to final account
- Develop procurement strategies and manage tender processes
- Lead subcontractor negotiations, appointments and account management
- Manage valuations, variations, change control and contractual matters
- Produce accurate CVRs, forecasts, cash-flow projections and cost reports
- Maintain strong control of budgets, commitments and project expenditure
- Identify, manage and report commercial risks and opportunities
- Challenge costs and drive value engineering throughout delivery
- Protect commercial margins while supporting programme and quality objectives
- Build effective relationships with subcontractors and the wider supply chain
- Work closely with construction, design, technical and development teams
- Provide clear commercial information and recommendations to senior management
- Support and mentor Assistant Quantity Surveyors where appropriate
🎓 About You
- Degree-qualified in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management or a related discipline
- 6+ years’ Quantity Surveying experience within the UK construction industry
- Strong residential or mixed-use construction background
- Experience across Private Residential, BTR or PBSA beneficial
- High-rise / multi-storey RC frame experience highly desirable
- Proven experience independently managing substantial packages
- Strong knowledge of procurement, subcontractor management, CVRs and forecasting
- Comfortable managing packages through to final account
- Commercially sharp with the confidence to challenge and make decisions
- Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills
- Ambitious and ready to take the next step towards Senior Quantity Surveyor
🌟 Why Consider These Roles?
- Multiple opportunities across London
- Major developments ranging from £50m to £400m+
- Work directly for leading residential developers
- High-rise and multi-phase RC frame construction
- Private Residential, BTR, PBSA & Mixed-Use Regeneration
- Significant commercial ownership rather than a support-based QS role
- Exposure to senior commercial leadership
- Strong live and future development pipelines
- Long-term stability with financially secure businesses
- Genuine progression towards Senior QS and beyond
💼 What’s on Offer
- Basic salaries up to £75,000
- Comprehensive benefits packages
- Car / travel allowances
- Performance-related bonuses
- Private healthcare and pension
- Major project exposure
- Long-term career development and progression
💬 Interested or know someone who might be?
For a confidential discussion about this opportunity, please apply.
Please note that all conversations will be treated in the strictest confidence. Any CV or personal information shared will remain confidential and will not be sent to any client or third party without your prior written consent.