Senior Quantity Surveyor

Kier Group; Brighton; Híbrido; GBP 65.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Kier Group is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join the Southern Water team in Falmer with hybrid working. You will deliver commercial support, manage budgets and procurement, and mentor the team within a strategic delivery programme.

Ideally you have a degree in Quantity Surveying and extensive senior commercial experience in a Tier 1 environment, with NEC contract knowledge and strong reporting capabilities. This is a key role in driving commercial success for AMP 8 projects.

Formación

• Degree in Quantity Surveying or equivalent.
• Significant senior commercial experience within Tier 1 main contracting.
• Experience with NEC forms of contract and current Construction Law.
• Procurement of subcontractors and managing associated meetings, accruals and certificates.
• Strong track record of commercial reporting, risks and opportunities.

Responsabilidades

• Support Southern Water’s strategic delivery programme as part of Kier.
• Manage contracts' commercial performance and mentor junior team members.
• Provide forecasts and monthly cost/budgets reports; maintain client relationships.
• Maximise cash flow through measurement, valuation, invoicing and payments.
• Lead procurement activities and manage subcontractor relationships.

Conocimientos

Commercial management

Forecasting

Client relationship management

Sub-contractors management

Procurement

Educación

Quantity Surveying degree

Descripción del empleo

We're looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our Southern Water team based in Falmer.

Location

Falmer- hybrid working

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.

This is an exciting opportunity to join Kier as we embark on a strategic partnership with Southern Water to deliver their ambitions for AMP 8 Water cycle. You'll provide commercial support to project teams, maintain commercial information, and ensure compliance with contractual requirements. This is a rare opportunity to mobilise projects across Southern Water's areas, supporting the framework Commercial Manager in managing commercial, procurement and financial aspects of this strategic delivery programme.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you'll be working within the Southern Water team, supporting them in delivering their strategic delivery programme.

Your Day To Day Will Include

• Managing commercial performance of contracts, including a package of works and mentoring junior team members
• Providing commercial input including financial and contractual performance forecasts to ensure business targets and KPIs are met or exceeded
• Preparing and updating monthly reports, cost and budget information, maintaining strong client relationships
• Maximising cash flow through control, measurement and valuation of work, and managing invoicing and payments
• Managing sub-contractors including enquiries, negotiation, order placement and payment, whilst supporting procurement activities

What are you looking for?

• Relevant degree or equivalent in Quantity Surveying
• Demonstrable experience in a senior commercial capacity within a Tier 1 main contracting environment managing teams of significant size. Preferably in the Water sector and or within regulated utilities
• Fully conversant and experience with NEC forms of contract and have knowledge of current Construction Law
• Experience in commercial management and procurement of subcontractors, including chairing regular meetings, measurement and control cycle, certificates, and accruals calculations
• Strong commercial reporting track record with the ability to produce accurate reports outlining business commercial position, risks and opportunities
• Experience in procurement and working alongside procurement team to implement programme and project procurement strategy goals

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! Even if you don't tick every box.

If you would like to explore more about the incredible growth and scale of our water business, dive into our diverse project portfolios, and uncover both current and future career opportunities, you can see more information about our water business here. There's never been a better time to get involved.

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.