Project Quantity Surveyor Social Housing Refurbishment
?? North Manchester
?? £40 £55k DOE + £4,500 Car Allowance & Benefits
Type: Full-time | Permanent | Hybrid Working
The Company
Our client is a reputable and growing construction contractor working across social housing refurbishment and planned maintenance throughout the North West. With a secure pipeline of work, they specialise in upgrading and maintaining occupied homes to meet modern safety, compliance, and energy efficiency standards.
They are now looking to appoint a Quantity Surveyor to support live refurbishment schemes and contribute to continued business growth.
The Role
As Quantity Surveyor, you will manage the day-to-day commercial aspects of social housing refurbishment projects, supporting delivery teams from pre-construction to final account.
Projects include planned maintenance, fire safety upgrades, M&E improvements, and energy efficiency works in occupied properties. Refurbishment often uncovers hidden issues such as ageing services, legacy pipework, structural defects, or historic compliance gaps.
Intrusive works, particularly around M&E and fire safety systems, often require upgrading or replacing existing installations such as dry risers and sprinklers rather than installing new. These changes must be commercially assessed, controlled, and agreed.
You will play a key role in managing cost, change, and risk while ensuring projects remain compliant, commercially sound, and delivered on programme.
The Candidate
You will be a commercially capable Quantity Surveyor with experience in social housing refurbishment or planned maintenance, ideally in occupied environments. You will be confident managing packages, supporting variation control, and working closely with site teams to resolve commercial challenges.
Key Responsibilities
Management of live social housing refurbishment projects
Procurement and administration of subcontract packages
Assessment and control of variations and compensation events
Preparation of CVRs, cost forecasts, and financial reports
Liaison with clients, consultants, subcontractors, and internal teams
Identification and management of commercial and contractual risk
Support tender pricing and framework submissions
Assist in developing junior commercial team members
Essential Experience
Project Quantity Surveyor experience within social housing refurbishment
Experience on occupied housing projects
Good knowledge of contract administration (JCT / NEC)
Experience managing variations from intrusive or exploratory works
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Desirable:
Exposure to M&E or fire safety upgrade works
Experience supporting decarbonisation or energy efficiency programmes
Salary/Package
£40,000 £57,000 DOE
£4,500 Car Allowance / Company Car
Hybrid working
Healthcare, pension, holidays

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