Senior Quantity Surveyor

Kier Group; Luton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group in Bedfordshire is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join the East Hyde STW Growth Project team based in East Hyde. You will lead the commercial delivery of work packages and guide the commercial team through design progress and contract controls.

The role emphasizes cost, risk and contract management, with opportunities to influence commercial strategy and ensure robust controls across a complex multi-disciplinary environment.

Qualifications

• Academic qualification in a construction related degree.
• Full driving licence.
• Experience in a commercial role for a contractor.
• Experience with a variety of contract forms.
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Lead procurement activities including tender evaluation, recommendation and subcontract award.
• Administer subcontract accounts, valuations, change events and final accounts.
• Provide leadership, support and mentoring to Quantity Surveyors within the project team.
• Managing project change, risk and opportunity while ensuring contractual compliance.
• Contributing to commercial reporting including CVR, forecasting and cashflow management.

Skills

Full driving licence

Commercial experience

Contract forms experience

Team collaboration

Construction degree

Education

Construction-related degree

Job description

We're looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our East Hyde STWProject team based in East Hyde, Bedfordshire.

Location: East Hyde, Luton
Hours: 45 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.

As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you will lead the commercial delivery of key work packages across the East Hyde STW Growth Project. This is an exciting opportunity to influence commercial strategy as the project progresses through detailed design, ensuring robust commercial controls are implemented throughout. You'll provide leadership to the commercial team while maintaining ownership of project delivery within a complex, multi-disciplinary environment.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you'll be working within the commercial team, supporting them in delivering successful project outcomes through proactive cost, risk and contract management. Your day to day will include:

• Leading procurement activities including tender evaluation, recommendation and subcontract award
• Administering subcontract accounts, valuations, change events and final accounts
• Providing leadership, support and mentoring to Quantity Surveyors within the project team
• Managing project change, risk and opportunity while ensuring contractual compliance
• Contributing to commercial reporting including CVR, forecasting and cashflow management

What are we looking for?

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

• You hold a relevant academic qualification in a construction related degree
• You hold a Full driving licence
• You have prior experience working in a commercial role for a contractor
• You have experience with a variety of contract forms
• You have the ability to work collaboratively as part of a team

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.

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