Senior Quantity Surveyor

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

Job summary

Kier Group is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our team covering the Anglian Water region. You will lead the commercial management of an allocated portfolio, work with operational teams, clients and stakeholders, and ensure maximising cash and margin.

This leadership role requires a relevant QS qualification or equivalent, strong NEC contracts knowledge, and a proactive, organised approach to identifying issues early and delivering practical solutions.

Qualifications

• You must have a relevant Quantity Surveying qualification or equivalent commercial experience.
• Strong working knowledge of NEC contracts.
• Experience managing complex schemes and preparing accurate CVRs and forecasts.
• Confident communicator who works well with operational teams, clients and stakeholders.
• Proactive and organised, able to identify issues early and recommend practical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Taking commercial ownership of allocated schemes, managing priorities, risks and outcomes
• Identifying and managing Early Warnings, compensation events and quotations within contractual timescales
• Producing accurate CVRs, forecasts, applications and cost-to-complete reporting
• Leading regular commercial reviews with operational teams and clients, ensuring actions are progressed promptly
• Coordinating and developing junior commercial staff, allocating work and reviewing outputs

Skills

NEC contracts knowledge

CVR & forecasting experience

Leadership & mentoring

Communications skills

Commercial ownership

Education

Quantity Surveying qualification or equivalent

Job description

We're looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our team covering the Anglian Water region.

Location: Covering the Anglian Water region Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Northampton, Norfolk and East Essex

Hours: Perm, full time - 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.

As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you'll lead the commercial management of an allocated portfolio, working collaboratively with operational teams, clients and stakeholders. You'll take ownership of commercial activity, support and develop your team, and ensure that contractual entitlement is protected while maximising cash and margin. This is a great opportunity to make a real impact in a leadership role where your expertise and clear communication will drive practical solutions.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, You'll Be Working Within The Commercial Team, Supporting Them In Delivering Successful Outcomes Across Complex Schemes. Your Day To Day Will Include

• Taking commercial ownership of allocated schemes, managing priorities, risks and outcomes
• Identifying and managing Early Warnings, compensation events and quotations within contractual timescales
• Producing accurate CVRs, forecasts, applications and cost-to-complete reporting
• Leading regular commercial reviews with operational teams and clients, ensuring actions are progressed promptly
• Coordinating and developing junior commercial staff, allocating work and reviewing outputs

What are we looking for?

This role of Senior Quantity Surveyor is great for you if:

• You have a relevant Quantity Surveying qualification or equivalent commercial experience
• You have strong working knowledge of NEC contracts
• You have experience managing complex schemes and preparing accurate CVRs and forecasts
• You're a confident communicator who works well with operational teams, clients and stakeholders
• You're proactive and organised, able to identify issues early and recommend practical solutions

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome!

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.