Quantity Surveyor

Kier Group; Hasland; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group is seeking a Quantity Surveyor in the Building Solutions North team in the United Kingdom. The role focuses on managing commercial resources, tendering subcontractors, measuring and valuing work, and supporting cashflow and profitability on strategic projects.

You will work with multidisciplinary teams, have relevant qualifications (degree or HNC in Quantity Surveying desirable), strong organisational skills, and the ability to prioritise deadlines while using IT packages including

Qualifications

• Degree or HNC in Quantity Surveying desirable.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Excellent organisational abilities with ability to prioritise deadlines.
• Versatile IT skills including Microsoft Office and bespoke packages.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Strong communication

Teamwork

Organisation

Prioritisation

IT literacy

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying or HNC in Quantity Surveying

Tools

Microsoft Office

Bespoke packages

Job description

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
  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
  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.