Quantity Surveyor Jobs in Retrofit & Decarbonisation Projects

Retrofit Quantity Surveyors play a vital role in ensuring financial control, transparency, and value across large-scale retrofit and energy efficiency programmes. Working with Retrofit Talent connects you to contractors, consultancies, and housing providers delivering ECO4, SHDF, and wider decarbonisation projects where commercial accuracy, contract governance, and compliance are essential.


Overview

Quantity Surveyors are the commercial backbone of retrofit delivery, ensuring every project achieves quality outcomes within budget, contract requirements, and funding guidelines.

Working through Retrofit Talent, you will oversee cost control, procurement, and financial reporting across multiple retrofit frameworks, ensuring full PAS 2030/PAS 2035 and TrustMark compliance while supporting delivery partners with clear, audit-ready commercial governance.

Key Focus Areas:

  • Preparing valuations, variations, commercial reports, and progress assessments
  • Reviewing contractor performance, payment applications, and site progress
  • Managing subcontractor procurement, contracts, and payment schedules
  • Advising on budgets, risk, commercial strategy, and cost-saving opportunities

Retrofit Talent works with leading contractors, consultancies, and housing providers across the UK, giving Quantity Surveyors access to flagship ECO4, SHDF, and decarbonisation programmes where commercial accuracy and compliance matter most.

Quantity Surveyor reviewing project costs and progress with retrofit site teams

What You Will Do

As a Retrofit Quantity Surveyor, you will provide financial insight and control across ECO4, GBIS, and SHDF retrofit programmes, ensuring compliance and commercial success at every stage.

You will be supporting delivery partners where commercial accuracy, audit readiness, and budget control directly impact funding release, making your role central to successful retrofit delivery.

You will:

  • Prepare monthly valuations and financial forecasts
  • Oversee budgets from tender through to final account
  • Negotiate with contractors and suppliers
  • Maintain accurate cost tracking and reporting
  • Support quality, funding, and commercial audits
Quantity Surveyor reviewing retrofit budget reports and contracts in an office setting

Quality & Compliance

Retrofit Talent's QS network is built around our Quality-First Framework, aligning commercial control with PAS 2030 and PAS 2035 technical and compliance standards.

Our Quantity Surveyors ensure every project is cost-effective, audit-ready, and fully compliant with funding and TrustMark obligations.

Our teams are trusted by Tier 1 contractors, housing providers, and specialist retrofit consultancies where accuracy, governance, and commercial discipline are essential.

Our Framework helps you:

  • Integrate PAS 2030/PAS 2035 cost considerations into every project stage
  • Ensure transparent pricing and maintain accurate commercial documentation
  • Verify subcontractor claims with evidence-led assessment
  • Maintain full financial compliance across TrustMark, ECO funding, and SHDF programmes
Quantity Surveyor checking cost documentation and compliance evidence for retrofit projects

Why Join Retrofit Talent

Joining Retrofit Talent means becoming part of a trusted commercial network delivering accuracy, accountability, and value across retrofit and decarbonisation programmes nationwide.

You will gain:

  • Access to top-tier ECO4, SHDF, and GBIS commercial roles with reputable contractors, consultants, and housing providers
  • Flexible contract options, freelance, fixed-term, or permanent, depending on your preference
  • Nationwide opportunities across London, the Midlands, North West, and South Wales
  • Dedicated placement support and onboarding, ensuring you are set up to succeed from day one
  • Credibility through our Quality-First commercial approach, trusted by organisations where precision, governance, and compliance are non-negotiable
Quantity Surveyors collaborating with project managers and clients to review retrofit budgets

Typical Requirements

Essential

  • Proven experience as a Quantity Surveyor in retrofit, social housing, or construction
  • Knowledge of PAS 2030/2035 commercial and compliance cost structures
  • Strong Excel capability and accurate cost-reporting skills
  • Excellent commercial awareness and stakeholder communication

Desirable

  • HNC, HND or degree in Quantity Surveying
  • Experience on ECO4, SHDF, or wider decarbonisation frameworks
  • Familiarity with cost control software such as COINS or Causeway
Quantity Surveyor discussing project costs and requirements with retrofit site teams

Our QS network is trusted by contractors and consultancies delivering some of the UK's most complex retrofit and decarbonisation programmes where accuracy, governance, and commercial discipline are essential.


Frequently Asked Questions

What types of retrofit projects can I work on?

Roles span ECO4, GBIS, and SHDF-funded schemes covering everything from social housing insulation works to large-scale decarbonisation and compliance frameworks.

Do I need retrofit experience to apply?

Retrofit experience is beneficial, but strong commercial or construction Quantity Surveyor backgrounds are equally valuable. We will bridge any PAS 2030/2035 knowledge gaps with project-aligned guidance.

What contract options are available?

Permanent, fixed-term, and freelance opportunities are available depending on project scale, funding route, and client requirements.

How do I register?

Click Register as a Quantity Surveyor and upload your CV. Our team will match you with nationwide opportunities across our trusted delivery network.

Quantity Surveyors discussing retrofit project performance and cost reports in a meeting

Join the Retrofit Talent Quantity Surveyor Network

Take the next step in your commercial career. Apply now to support cost-controlled, compliant retrofit delivery across the UK. Join a trusted professional network where financial accuracy, accountability, and quality outcomes are the standard.

Become part of a team relied on by reputable ECO4, GBIS, and SHDF delivery partners nationwide.

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We recruit nationwide across the UK