Senior Quantity Surveyor
CV-LibraryNewcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & WearpermanentPosted: 2 July 2026
Apply NowElvet Recruitment have been appointed to recruit a Senior Quantity Surveyor for a leading house builder in the North East, with a typically excellent retention rate within it's staff.
This role of Senior Quantity Surveyor is responsible for managing the commercial aspects of each development. This includes managing the costs for each site and ensuring that targets are met by managing and controlling the budgets and valuations.
Main duties will include:
* To produce draft budgets and site start budgets for each site allocated to the Senior Quantity Surveyor.
* Producing quarterly valuations and complete material ‘cost to complete’ exercises for each site the Quantity Surveyor is responsible for.
* To produce sub-contract payments and final accounts, ensuring that the sub-contractor has signed these off.
* Produce sub-contract orders, ensuring they are authorised by the authorised representative, together with all necessary documentation to comply with Group Commercial Policy.
* Completing on-site measurements and assess payments to contractors.
* Attend and contribute to various meetings, such as pre-order meetings, quarterly valuation meetings and project review meetings with senior management, construction team as well as external contractors.
* Manage all sub-contract orders on site, meeting sub-contractors as and when required.
* Maintain trade specifications.
* Price customer extras and liaise with sales department as necessary.
* Manage Professional Fees Budget.
* Assist with material buying when required.
* Assist the Estimator and / or Commercial Manager with take-off’s for land appraisals when required
To be considered, applicants must:
* Relevant industry requirements, RICS, Quantity Surveying Degree or HND
* Ideally have worked for a house builder with experience in NHBC standards
Please call Michael Dufferwiel at Elvet Recruitment to discuss in more detail
This role of Senior Quantity Surveyor is responsible for managing the commercial aspects of each development. This includes managing the costs for each site and ensuring that targets are met by managing and controlling the budgets and valuations.
Main duties will include:
* To produce draft budgets and site start budgets for each site allocated to the Senior Quantity Surveyor.
* Producing quarterly valuations and complete material ‘cost to complete’ exercises for each site the Quantity Surveyor is responsible for.
* To produce sub-contract payments and final accounts, ensuring that the sub-contractor has signed these off.
* Produce sub-contract orders, ensuring they are authorised by the authorised representative, together with all necessary documentation to comply with Group Commercial Policy.
* Completing on-site measurements and assess payments to contractors.
* Attend and contribute to various meetings, such as pre-order meetings, quarterly valuation meetings and project review meetings with senior management, construction team as well as external contractors.
* Manage all sub-contract orders on site, meeting sub-contractors as and when required.
* Maintain trade specifications.
* Price customer extras and liaise with sales department as necessary.
* Manage Professional Fees Budget.
* Assist with material buying when required.
* Assist the Estimator and / or Commercial Manager with take-off’s for land appraisals when required
To be considered, applicants must:
* Relevant industry requirements, RICS, Quantity Surveying Degree or HND
* Ideally have worked for a house builder with experience in NHBC standards
Please call Michael Dufferwiel at Elvet Recruitment to discuss in more detail