Managing Quantity Surveyor

Kier Group; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group in London is seeking a Managing Quantity Surveyor (MEPH) to lead the Kier Mechanical & Electrical team on a high-value project. You will manage commercial resources across the scheme and drive value through contract placement and control.

The role focuses on delivering complex projects across custodial, heritage, health and science sectors, with day-to-day responsibilities including leading a commercial team and ensuring robust cost control.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering multiple medium to large schemes with knowledge of JCT/NEC contracts.
• Strong commercial negotiation skills and ability to lead project teams.
• SMSTS/CSCS card holder with full driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Lead commercial management across the scheme to maximise gross margin.
• Inspire and direct the project's commercial staff with clear workload targets.
• Manage MEP Tier 1 Contractors and oversee change, procurement, and final accounts.
• Maintain stakeholder relationships with clients and suppliers.
• Oversee valuation, measurement of change, and subcontract administration.

Skills

Leadership

Commercial negotiation

Communication

Problem solving

SMSTS/CSCS

Job description

We're looking for a Managing Quantity Surveyor (MEPH) to join our Kier Mechanical & Electrical team based on a new project in Central London.

Location: London, Project Based
Hours: Full Time, Permanent, some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

We are unable to offercertificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

This is an excitingopportunity to take on a leadership role within our Kier Mechanical & Electrical business, managing commercial resources across projects and maximising value through effective contract placement and control. You'll play a key part in delivering complex and challenging projects across sectors including custodial, heritage commercial, health, and science.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Managing Quantity Surveyor (MEPH), you'll be working within the Kier Mechanical & Electrical team, supporting them in delivering successful project outcomes through effective commercial management. This particular role will lead a team on a large scale project worth circa £80m (MEP). Your day to daywill include:

• Managing commercial activities across the scheme, workingcollaboratively with project management teams to maximise planned gross margin
• Leading and motivating the project's commercial staff, establishing robust commercial plans with clear workload targets and deadlines
• Managing MEP Tier 1 Contractors, controlling accounts and determining true costs for change whilst maintaining clear records
• Overseeing valuation and measurement of change, procurement activities, subcontract administration, and final accounts
• Developing and maintaining strong relationships with all stakeholders including clients and suppliers, focusing on commercial partnerships

What are we looking for?

This role of Managing Quantity Surveyor (MEPH) is great for you if:

• You have demonstrable experience delivering multiple medium schemes or large complex schemes with strong knowledge of JCT, NEC and other main forms of contract
• You have a good technical understanding of MEPH services, components, system packages and their interfaces
• You possess strong commercial negotiation skills with experience of managing and leading teams to achieve multiple objectives
• You're an excellent communicator and problem solver who can build relationships, present reports confidently, and add value to projects through proactive and collaborative working
• You hold SMSTS/CSCS card with a Full driving licence

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome!

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier #LI-AS2