Quantity Surveyor

Kier Group; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group is seeking a Quantity Surveyor to join Kier Design, with Nationwide/agile working and travel as necessary. You will support commercial governance, managing procurement, subcontractor performance, forecasting and change control across projects.

Working alongside the Senior Quantity Surveyor, you will ensure robust commercial controls, accurate client applications for payment and clear forecasting, contributing to wider business efficiency while collaborating with embedded teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar Quantity Surveying role within construction, consultancy, design or term-service environments.
• Strong contractual awareness, including NEC and general commercial principles, with demonstrable experience in subcontract procurement and management.
• Experience preparing client applications, forecasting, cost reporting and managing change control.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, detail-oriented and able to work independently across multiple projects.
• Collaborative problem-solver with strong time management, commercial judgement and alignment with Kier values.

Responsibilities

• Leading subcontractor procurement activities, including tendering, evaluation and appointment, and managing whole-life subcontract performance
• Supporting contract administration and change control processes, working with Project Leads to manage commercial risk and opportunity
• Providing accurate forecasting and reporting, preparing client applications for payment and managing work in progress effectively
• Managing safe entry into contracts through PLM governance and ensuring compliance with commercial standards and controls
• Contributing to team efficiency by monitoring utilisation, supporting bid and tender activities, and building strong relationships across teams

Skills

Quantity Surveying

Procurement

Forecasting

Subcontract management

Contractual awareness

Job description

We're looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join our Kier Design team based in Nationwide/agile working plus travel as necessary.

Location: Nationwide/agile working plus travel as necessary

Hours: 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.

As a Quantity Surveyor, you'll play a vital role in supporting the delivery of commercial excellence across Kier Design. Working closely with the Senior Quantity Surveyor, you'll help manage all aspects of commercial activity, from procurement and subcontractor management through to financial reporting and change control. This is an opportunity to work collaboratively with talented Project Leads and embedded teams, ensuring robust commercial controls and clear forecasting whilst contributing to wider business efficiency.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Quantity Surveyor, you'll be working within the Kier Design Team, supporting them in delivering strong commercial governance and performance. Your day to day will include:

• Leading subcontractor procurement activities, including tendering, evaluation and appointment, and managing whole-life subcontract performance
• Supporting contract administration and change control processes, working with Project Leads to manage commercial risk and opportunity
• Providing accurate forecasting and reporting, preparing client applications for payment and managing work in progress effectively
• Managing safe entry into contracts through PLM governance and ensuring compliance with commercial standards and controls
• Contributing to team efficiency by monitoring utilisation, supporting bid and tender activities, and building strong relationships across teams

What are we looking for?

This role of Quantity Surveyor is great for you if:

• You have experience in a similar Quantity Surveying role within construction, consultancy, design or term-service environments
• You possess strong contractual awareness, including NEC and general commercial principles, with demonstrable experience in subcontract procurement and management
• You're confident preparing client applications, forecasting, cost reporting and managing change control processes
• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills, are detail-oriented and able to work independently across multiple projects
• You're a collaborative problem-solver with strong time management skills, commercial judgement and a focus on working in line with our values

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.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.