Senior Quantity Surveyor

Kier Group; Cheswick Green; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction and engineering firm is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join the Natural Resources Team. This role is based in Solihull with options for remote and site working. You will manage the commercial aspects of projects valued between £5m to £30m, working closely with various stakeholders to ensure value maximization and quality standards. A degree in Quantity Surveying and experience with civil projects and NEC contracts are essential. Competitive benefits package available.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the control of costs and maximize value.
• Liaise with the project teams and various stakeholders.
• Improve cost efficiency and create a culture of out-performance.
• Procure subcontractors to ensure best value.
• Forecast monthly and quarterly accurately.

Skills

Quantity Surveying expertise

Civil project experience

NEC contract experience

Education

Degree or equivalent in Quantity Surveying

Job description

We're looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our Natural Resources Team working on our Severn Trent framework.

Location: Solihull, with remote and site working

Contract: Permanent, Full Time - flexible hours may be available if desired, just let us know

Responsibilities

As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you'll be working within the Natural Resources team supporting them in managing the commercial aspects of schemes between £5m-£30m (avg. £10m) in value on capital project resilience and upgrades work to both clean and dirty water treatment plants. Sites stretch across the midlands from Birmingham down to Stroud and across to Northampton.

Your day to day will include:

• Assisting with the control of costs, maximising value, minimising future liabilities and maintaining the required standard of quality and safety
• Working within the project teams liaising with the Commercial Lead, Project Engineers, Procurement Coordinators, Planners, Site Team Leaders and Site Managers.
• Assisting in improving cost efficiency and creating an environment of out-performance.
• Procurement of subcontractors in line with our commercial standards, ensuring best value for Kier and our client
• Accurate monthly and quarterly forecasting

What are we looking for?

• You hold a degree or equivalent in Quantity Surveying
• You are experienced working with civil projects and have NEC contract experience.

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.

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.

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.

There's never been a better time to get involved, register your interest today and take the first step toward a rewarding career with us!

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