Quantity Surveyor

Kier Group; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group's Building Solutions North team in Sheffield is seeking a Quantity Surveyor to manage commercial resources and maximise project margins on high-quality schemes. The role involves site and office presence, with 3+ days on site or in the office each week, contributing to timely invoicing and subcontractor control.

You should have a degree or HNC in Quantity Surveying (desirable), strong communication and organisational skills, and proficiency with MS Office and specialist software.

Qualifications

• Clear communication with multidisciplinary teams
• Experience in a similar Quantity Surveyor role
• Strong organisational skills and deadline focus
• Flexible and a team player
• Proficient with IT packages including MS Office and bespoke systems

Responsibilities

• Manage commercial resources to maximise gross margin and profitability
• Tender, evaluate and appoint subcontractors; place orders for materials and plant
• Identify, evaluate and negotiate contract variations with customers and suppliers
• Measure and value work to support invoicing and supplier payments
• Produce monthly VCRs and End Life Forecasts; manage cashflows

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

IT skills

Education

Degree or HNC in Quantity Surveying

Tools

MS Office

Bespoke packages

Job description

We’re looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join our Building Solutions South team based in Sheffield

Location: Sheffield
Hours: 08:30 – 17:00 - 40 hours a week

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

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Building Solutions North team. You’ll be managing commercial resources to maximise planned gross margin through the placement and control of contracts and subcontracts. The successful candidate will be working from site or office 3+ days per week, playing a vital role in delivering high quality projects.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Quantity Surveyor, you’ll be working within the Building Solutions North team,supporting them in delivering high quality projects for key strategic clients. Your day to day will include:

• Managing commercial resources to maximise planned gross margin and support budgeted profitability
• Tendering, evaluating and appointing subcontractors, and placing orders for materials and plant
• Identifying, evaluating and negotiating variations to contracts with customers and suppliers
• Measuring and valuing work to support invoicing of customers and payment to suppliers
• Producing monthly VCRs and End Life Forecasts, and managing cashflows

What are we looking for?

This role of Quantity Surveyor is great for you if:

• You have diverse and clear communication skills with experience working with multidisciplinary teams, clients and supply chains
• You hold relevant qualifications (Degree or HNC in Quantity Surveying desirable) and have experience in a similar role
• You have good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise and work to deadlines
• You're flexible and able to work as part of a team and using your own initiative
• You can use a range of IT packages including Microsoft Office and bespoke packages

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

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

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.