Quantity Surveyor

Quantity Surveyor - Social Housing

Location: Oldham & surrounding areas

We're looking for an experienced Quantity Surveyor to manage commercial delivery on a major public-sector social housing contract. This role involves overseeing cost control, subcontractor procurement, and payment management across multiple live sites, ensuring strong commercial governance throughout the project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage commercial aspects of social housing works
• Procure and appoint subcontractors
• Administer payments, valuations, and final accounts
• Forecast costs, manage budgets, and report financially
• Handle variations, change control, and cost recovery
• Ensure compliance with public-sector requirements
• Collaborate with site teams and clients to mitigate risk

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Proven Quantity Surveyor experience in construction or maintenance
• Strong subcontractor procurement and payment management background
• Exposure to social housing or public-sector frameworks
• Commercial acumen and ability to manage multiple workstreams
• Confident communicator and IT-literate

Desirable:

• Experience in social housing refurbishment or maintenance
• Familiarity with eVision or similar systems
• Previous work on long-term public-sector frameworks

Working Pattern: Site-based preferred, hybrid considered.