Quantity Surveyor

Kier Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group is hiring a Quantity Surveyor for the L&Q Major Works Investment Programme in Rainham, Essex. You will manage commercial performance, procurement, and contracts to maximise margin while supporting complex workstreams across a major housing portfolio.

You should have strong communication, organisation, and IT skills, with experience in similar roles. The position includes standard benefits and a collaboration-focused team environment with prominent supply chain engagement.

Qualifications

• Clear communication with multidisciplinary teams and clients.
• Strong organisational skills with ability to prioritise tasks.
• Ability to work to deadlines and manage multiple tasks.
• Proficient in IT including Microsoft Office and bespoke packages.

Responsibilities

• Manage commercial and financial performance on projects to maximise gross margin.
• Appoint contractors and subcontractors; place orders for materials and plant.
• Measure and value work to support invoicing and payments.
• Build and maintain relationships with customers, contractors and subcontractors.
• Identify risks and propose mitigation strategies.

Skills

Communication skills

Multidisciplinary teams

Organisational skills

Deadline management

IT packages

Tools

Microsoft Office

Bespoke packages

Job description

We're looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join our L&Q Major Works Investment Programme team based in Rainham, Essex.

Location

Rainham, Essex

Hours

40 hours per week (08:00 – 17:00) - 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.

Join our dynamic team working on a 15-year partnership delivering improvement works across one of the UK's largest housing portfolios. As a Quantity Surveyor, you'll play a vital role in managing the commercial and financial performance of projects, helping to maximise planned gross margin through effective procurement, administration and control. You'll support the delivery of internal, external and complex workstreams, developing clear scopes of work, supporting robust tender processes, and building effective supply chain relationships.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Quantity Surveyor, you'll be working within the L&Q Major Works Investment Programme team, supporting them in delivering improvement works across a major housing portfolio. Your day to day will include:

• Managing the commercial and financial performance of assigned projects to maximise planned gross margin
• Appointing contractors and subcontractors and placing orders for materials and plant within delegated authorities
• Measuring and valuing work to support invoicing of customers and payment to suppliers
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with customers, contractors and subcontractors
• Identifying contractual, commercial and operational risks and proposing ways to mitigate them

What are we looking for?

This role of Quantity Surveyor is great for you if:

• You have diverse and clear communication skills with experience of effective communication with multidisciplinary teams, client teams and sub-contractors
• You have experience within a similar role
• You have strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise effectively
• You have the ability to work to deadlines and manage multiple tasks
• 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 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 an Enhanced 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.

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