Quantity Surveyor

Kier Group; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction firm in the United Kingdom is seeking a Quantity Surveyor to join their team in London. This role includes managing commercial resources for projects, evaluating tenders, and negotiating contracts. Ideal candidates should hold a relevant degree and have experience in construction or refurbishment. Strong communication and IT skills are essential. The position offers a hybrid work model with benefits tailored to your needs, and the company values diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Tailored benefits

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Relevant qualifications in Quantity Surveying are desirable.
• Experience in construction or refurbishment projects is expected.
• Strong communication skills for teamwork and supply chains.

Responsibilities

• Manage commercial resources to maximise margin for projects.
• Tender, evaluate, and appoint consultants and subcontractors.
• Negotiate and agree variations to contracts.

Skills

Communication skills

Organisational skills

IT proficiency

Education

Degree or HNC in Quantity Surveying

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Position Overview

We're looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join our Kier Places - Building Solutions team based in London.

Location: London – remote working available, with occasional travel to the office required

Hours: 40 hours per week – 08:30‑17:00

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

Responsibilities

• Managing commercial resources (finance) for assigned projects to maximise planned gross margin
• Tendering, evaluating and appointing consultants and subcontractors, and placing orders for materials and plant
• Identifying, negotiating and agreeing variations to contracts with customers and suppliers
• Measuring and valuing work to support invoicing and payments
• Producing monthly reports and forecasts to satisfy business requirements

Qualifications

• You have relevant qualifications (Degree or HNC in Quantity Surveying desirable)
• You have experience in a similar role within construction or refurbishment projects
• You possess strong communication skills for working with multidisciplinary teams and supply chains
• You are organised, able to prioritise, and work to deadlines
• You can use IT packages including Microsoft Office and bespoke systems

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

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.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier