Managing Quantity Surveyor

MANAGING QUANTITY SURVEYOR - Leading Tier 1 Contractor  - Leeds 

Job Title: Managing Quantity Surveyor
Salary: £90,000 - £95,000 

Benefits: Car or Allowance, 10% Pension, Private Medical, 15% Bonus, 26 days Holiday + Birthday, Enhanced Paternity & Maternity

Location: Leeds 

The Company

We are currently partnering with a leading Tier 1 main contractor to recruit a Managing Quantity Surveyor for a pivotal leadership role within their commercial team. This is an outstanding opportunity to join one of the UK’s most respected contractors, renowned for delivering complex, high-value projects and maintaining an exceptional reputation across the construction industry.

The business is widely recognised for its strong leadership, long-term stability, and an environment where people genuinely build careers—not just jobs. Staff retention is consistently high, reflecting a culture that prioritises support, development, and long-term progression.

The Opportunity

As a Managing Quantity Surveyor, you will take ownership of 3–4 live projects, providing strategic commercial oversight across a varied portfolio. You will play a key role in ensuring strong commercial performance, risk management, and consistent delivery standards across multiple schemes including Commercial buildings, High-rise residential schemes, Student accommodation and Mixed-use regeneration projects

Project values typically range from £20m to £80m, offering significant scale, complexity, and variety.

This is a role where you will genuinely influence outcomes at both project and business level, working closely with senior leadership and operational teams to ensure excellence in delivery.

Why This Role Stands Out

This is not just another Managing QS position. It’s a chance to step into a business that:

• Consistently wins and delivers landmark UK projects

• Offers a strong pipeline of secured work, providing long-term stability

• Has a genuine track record of internal progression into senior leadership

• Promotes a collaborative, non-political working environment

• Invests heavily in its people, development, and wellbeing

• You’ll be joining a team where commercial input is valued, ideas are listened to, and high performance is recognised.

About You

• Strong experience as a Senior QS or Managing QS within a main contracting environment

• Proven track record delivering large-scale projects (£20m+)

• Experience leading and developing commercial teams

• Strong contractual knowledge (JCT / Design & Build experience preferred)

• Confident communicator with the ability to influence at all levels

• Commercially sharp, proactive, and driven by high standards

Salary & Benefits

• Competitive salary circa £90,000 – £95,000

• Excellent benefits package

• Long-term career progression within a Tier 1 contractor

• Exposure to major UK projects and industry-leading schemes

• Strong culture of internal promotion and professional development