Senior Quantity Surveyor

Senior Quantity Surveyor
Salary: £60,339 £65,483

About the Role

Greater Manchester is delivering some of the most ambitious regeneration and property investment programmes in the country, with over £500m currently being invested into development projects across the region. We are looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join the Core Investment Team and help ensure these projects are delivered effectively, responsibly and with strong commercial oversight.

The Core Investment Team oversees significant investment into property developments while also providing commercial finance support across the organisation. As the Senior Quantity Surveyor, you will take responsibility for monitoring a portfolio of development schemes, ensuring projects are progressing as expected and identifying any risks or issues early.

This is a technical role requiring strong property and construction knowledge, as well as the confidence to work with a wide range of stakeholders including developers, monitoring surveyors, consultants, lawyers and local authorities. You will review development progress, analyse monitoring surveyor reports, attend site visits on major or complex schemes and provide clear advice on any risks that could impact delivery or funding.

Key Responsibilities

You will oversee the monitoring of property development schemes and assess progress against budget and programme. This includes reviewing reports prepared by external monitoring surveyors, identifying any risks or issues and advising on how these might be addressed.

You will attend site visits for larger or more complex schemes to gain a clear understanding of development progress and to provide challenge where necessary. Working closely with transaction managers, you will help identify solutions where issues arise and support discussions with developers and their professional teams.

The role also involves preparing drawdown and progress reports that summarise the status of projects and highlight any risks or mitigating factors. Alongside this, you will liaise with local authorities and development partners to maintain an understanding of development pipelines and emerging opportunities.

About You

We are looking for someone who combines strong technical capability with the confidence to engage with developers, consultants and professional teams.

You will be a Chartered Quantity Surveyor with MRICS (or equivalent) and typically around three to five years’ post-qualification experience. Experience across residential, commercial or education developments would be advantageous.

You will have a good working knowledge of JCT or NEC contracts and be comfortable reviewing construction and development reports to provide clear commercial advice. Strong communication skills are essential, as the role requires regular engagement with a wide range of stakeholders.

You will also be organised and able to manage multiple projects at once, maintaining attention to detail while working within deadlines.

Why Join Us

This is an opportunity to work on projects that genuinely shape the future of Greater Manchester. You will be involved in major development schemes, working alongside experienced professionals across the property and construction sector while helping to ensure public investment is delivered successfully and responsibly.

About us:

The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) brings together the cityregion’s ten councils and key partners including Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) and Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) - to deliver the Greater Manchester Strategy. Our shared vision is to create a thriving city region where everyone can live a good life. We work to grow an inclusive economy and ensure people have what they need to live happy, healthy lives, tackling inequalities. Our policy department include Digital, Economy, Education, Work & Skills, Environment, Place Making, Public Service Reform, and Safer & Stronger Communities - who are supported by our essential corporate functions like Finance, Legal & Governance, People Services, Procurement and Communications.

We value the diversity of our employees, and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities across Greater Manchester. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people's age, disability, Trans status and Non-binary identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.

To find out more about working for us please click here: https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/

Our offer:

In return for your hard work, we offer our employees a competitive package as part of our offer that you can find out more about here:

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