Managing Quantity Surveyor

Kier Group; Penwortham; Presencial; GBP 70.000 - 110.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Kier Group plc is partnering with Southern Water to deliver AMP8. You will provide commercial support to project teams, maintain commercial information and ensure contractual compliance.

Working with the framework Commercial Manager, you will help manage commercial, procurement and financial aspects across the programme. Responsibilities include robust reporting, team leadership, cash-flow optimisation, risk mitigation and proactive client engagement.

Formación

• Degree in Quantity Surveying or equivalent.
• Experience in a senior commercial capacity within a Tier 1 main contracting environment, managing teams of significant size in water/regulatory utilities.

Responsabilidades

• Ensure robust, accurate and timely cost and value reporting at project and business unit level.
• Manage and develop the commercial team, ensuring workload is covered effectively and compliance processes are followed.
• Maximise cash flow through the control, measurement and valuation of work, and the invoicing of customers and payment of suppliers.
• Assess, review and mitigate commercial and contractual risks whilst ensuring Kier governance protocols are applied.
• Fostering excellent client relationships and achieving high levels of stakeholder engagement.

Conocimientos

Quantity Surveying degree

Senior commercial experience

NEC contracts

Construction law

Procurement management

Reporting

Driving licence

Educación

Degree in Quantity Surveying

Descripción del empleo

40 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

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

This is an exciting opportunity to join Kier as we embark on a strategic partnership with Southern Water to deliver their ambitions for AMP8. You'll provide commercial support to project teams, maintain commercial information, and ensure compliance with contractual requirements. Working alongside the framework Commercial Manager, you'll help manage the commercial, procurement and financial aspects of Southern Water's Strategic Delivery programme, with the opportunity to mobilise projects across Southern Water's areas.

What will you be responsible for?

• Ensuring robust, accurate and timely cost and value reporting at both project and business unit level
• Managing and developing the commercial team, ensuring workload is covered effectively and compliance processes are followed
• Maximising cash flow through the control, measurement and valuation of work, and the invoicing of customers and payment of suppliers
• Assessing, reviewing and mitigating commercial and contractual risks whilst ensuring Kier governance protocols are applied
• Fostering excellent client relationships and achieving high levels of stakeholder engagement

What are we looking for?

• A relevant Degree or equivalent in Quantity Surveying along with d
• demonstrable experience in a senior commercial capacity within a Tier 1 main contracting environment managing teams of significant size, within water/ regulated utilities
• Strong understanding of New Engineering Contracts (NEC) and knowledge of current Construction Law
• Experience in commercial management and procurement of subcontractors, including chairing regular meetings, measurement and control cycle, certificates, and accruals calculations
• Strong commercial reporting track record, with the ability to produce reports for the region accurately outlining the business commercial position, risks and opportunities
• Experience in procurement and working alongside procurement team to implement programme and project procurement strategy goals
• Full driving licence

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.

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.