Senior Quantity Surveyor

Kier Group; England; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join its Transportation team in Liverpool/Northwest. The role involves managing commercial aspects of projects, including contract administration and risk management. Flexibility in hours and travel is required, along with a driving license.

Benefits

Annual car allowance

Private healthcare

Variety of tailored benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in Highways, Construction, or Infrastructure.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Confident in IT and proficient in MS Office, especially Excel.

Responsibilities

• Manage commercial aspects of work packages to maximize gross margin.
• Provide commercial expertise, including valuations and claims.
• Assess and mitigate contractual risks.
• Maximize cash flow through control and valuation.

Skills

Communication

IT proficiency

Analytical skills

Tools

MS Office

Job description

We're looking for an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our Transportation team in Liverpool/Northwest. You'll be working on a newly secured project to replace a substantial number of highway bridges in the region for a key client, while also providing support across several legacy schemes within the business. You must be flexible in hours of work and travel. A driving licence is an essential requirement for this role.

Location

Liverpool / Northwest - site based with some remote working

Contract

Permanent Fulltime

Salary

£55,000 - £70,000 + £6.7k annual car allowance + private healthcare + benefits

Responsibilities

As Senior Quantity Surveyor, you'll manage the commercial aspects of packages of work within the project to maximise planned gross margin through the production of estimates, placement, and control of contracts and subcontracts.

• Provide commercial expertise to contracts, including the production and submission of valuations, claims, budget monitoring, and contract/workstream performance data.
• Assess, review, and mitigate commercial and contractual risks and implement Kier Group's policies for risk management.
• Maximise cash flow through control, measurement (including quality), and valuation of work, as well as invoicing customers and paying suppliers.
• Promote Kier Group's values towards its customers to meet or exceed their expectations.

What are we looking for?

This role of Senior Quantity Surveyor is ideal if you:

• Have experience within a similar role in Highways, Construction, or Infrastructure.
• Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Are confident in IT, proficient in MS Office, especially Excel.

Rewards and Benefits

We're proud to offer a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. More information about our benefits can be found here.

Diversity and Inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive workplace is a priority. We have taken significant steps and continue to develop initiatives shaped by our employees' experiences. Our D&I action plan is available here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria will be offered an interview.

We look forward to receiving your application.