Senior Quantity Surveyor

Kier Group; Chacewood; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join the Environment Agency Collaborative Delivery Framework team based in Kenwith. The role involves managing cost, value and contractual arrangements for Kier across projects and building strong client relationships.

You will handle budgets, cost plans, procurement, contract terms, and payments, with a focus on NEC4 contracts and risk management. The environment promotes collaboration and practical, hands-on delivery.

Qualifications

• You have excellent numeracy and financial management skills with a strong understanding of cost control processes.
• You have experience with standard forms of contracts, particularly NEC4 forms.
• You understand commercial risk and how to manage and notify this as part of commercial management.
• You have strong negotiation and interpersonal skills, with the ability to manage client expectations effectively.

Responsibilities

• Preparing project budgets, developing cost plans, and managing applications for payment, CVR and forecasting.
• Managing the procurement process, including preparing tender documents, evaluating bids, and helping select contractors and subcontractors.
• Negotiating contract terms to ensure they are favourable, equitable and protect Kier from commercial risk.
• Managing large and complex subcontractor packages, including assessing submissions, valuing completed work and arranging payments.
• Identifying and assessing the impact of changes and compensation events, including producing contractual notifications.

Skills

Numeracy

Cost control

Negotiation

Commercial awareness

NEC4 contracts

MS Excel

Team player

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

Senior Quantity Surveyor

We're looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our Environment Agency Collaborative Delivery Framework team based in Kenwith.

Location: EA CDF Kenwith

Hours: 0800-1700 - 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 play a pivotal role in managing the cost, value and contractual arrangements for Kier associated with delivery of the Environment Agency Collaborative Delivery Framework. You'll be working in a collaborative environment where your expertise will help shape project outcomes and build lasting relationships with clients and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Preparing project budgets, developing cost plans, and managing applications for payment, CVR and forecasting
• Managing the procurement process, including preparing tender documents, evaluating bids, and helping select contractors and subcontractors
• Negotiating contract terms to ensure they are favourable, equitable and protect Kier from commercial risk
• Managing large and complex subcontractor packages, including assessing submissions, valuing completed work and arranging payments
• Identifying and assessing the impact of changes and compensation events, including producing contractual notifications

Requirements

• You have excellent numeracy and financial management skills with a strong understanding of cost control processes
• You have experience with standard forms of contracts, particularly NEC4 forms
• You understand commercial risk and how to manage and notify this as part of commercial management
• You have strong negotiation and interpersonal skills, with the ability to manage client expectations effectively
• You're a team player who's prepared to get stuck in to support projects and colleagues, with proficiency in MS Excel and standard office applications

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

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.

About Disability Confident

Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.

Company: Kier Group Salary: Not specified Hours: Full-time Location: EX1 3QS Job type: Permanent Posting date: 21 Oct 2026 Closing date: 20 Nov 2026