Title: Project Quantity Surveyor x2 (Compliance and Reactive Maintenance)
Contract Type: Permanent, Full time, 35 hours per week
Salary: £57,094 per annum to £63,032 per annum (London weighted salary) or £49,502 per annum to £55,106 per annum (Regional salary), dependant on experience plus £1,300 essential car user allowance**
Grade: 10
Reporting Office: London, Stratford or Manchester, Trafford
Persona: Agile Worker: 20% - 40% of contractual hours to be worked from reporting office/working location (hybrid working)
Closing Date: 10th August 2026 at 11pm
Interview Dates: 17th, 18th, 21st August 2026 face to face in our Stratford Office
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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…
L&Q reserve the right not to progress applications from candidates with 3 or more unsuccessful applications/interview processes with L&Q in the previous 24 months
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 a Project Quantity Surveyors with extensive Quantity Surveying experience to join the Property and Investment Services Commercial team.
There are two vacancies available:
The first within the Compliance (London based only) workstream who lead and coordinate building compliance activities across fire safety, gas, electrical, water hygiene, asbestos, lifts and statutory inspections, some key activities will be - application management, invoice assessment and key contractual controls, thus ensuring regulatory compliance and resident safety.
The second within our Manchester Reactive Repairs Workstream (Candidate can be Manchester or London based). Whilst the primary responsibility of this role will be to support our North West operations based in Manchester, we welcome applications from candidates located in both the Manchester and London regions. The role will require occasional travel between these locations to support business and operational requirements.
Project Quantity Surveyors are responsible for the financial and contractual management of works delivered by L&Q, ensuring that all quantity surveying activities are carried out to the highest professional standards. The role is focused on securing and maximising L&Q's contractual and commercial entitlement, whilst providing robust cost control, accurate financial reporting, and effective contract administration. In addition, Project Quantity Surveyors are accountable for identifying and delivering cost savings across projects, supporting the achievement of business objectives and value-for-money outcomes.
Our Project Quantity Surveyors have up to 3 direct reports and the role reports to the Managing Quantity Surveyor.
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.
- You'll be able to take control of the management of subcontractors and suppliers to always ensure we achieve best value to a programme whilst protecting the business contractually and providing accurate financial forecasting.
- You’ll be able to provide input on continuous Commercial Process Improvement and be integral to the delivery of our annual Commercial Strategies.
- 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 provide input on continuous Commercial Process Improvement and be integral to the delivery of our annual Commercial Strategies.
If this sounds like you, we would love for you to apply!
What you'll bring:
- Identifying and providing mitigation strategies for immediate implementation for 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 both internally and externally.
- 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. Our purpose is simple – to provide social homes and landlord services that everyone can be proud of.
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.
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, which outline our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times, and all levels, when representing L&Q – click here to read more.
At L&Q, we know that diversity and inclusion make us stronger – and they’re at the heart of everything we do.
When we recruit, we look at what really matters: your skills, experience, and potential. We’re proud to be recognised for creating an inclusive workplace. We’re a Disability Confident Leader (Level 3) and we’ve introduced our own Recruitment Advocate scheme to make sure every step of our hiring process is fair, transparent, and consistent. It’s all part of our commitment to ending discrimination and making L&Q a place where everyone feels welcome. Find out more here.
Sustainability is also 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 with requirements of the relevant policy as updated from time to time.
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