Senior Quantity Surveyor

Kier Group; Salford; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Kier Group as a Senior Quantity Surveyor and be part of the Transportation team. Based in Manchester/Penrith, you'll manage project finances, ensuring quality and maximising value. This role requires a degree in Quantity Surveying and chartership progress. Excellent communication and previous experience in construction or highways are essential.

Qualifications

• Chartered or working towards chartership with a professional body.
• Experience within a similar role in the Construction/Highways industry.
• Familiarity with NEC contracts.

Responsibilities

• Manage the commercial resources of assigned projects.
• Provide commercial expertise, managing valuations and budgets.
• Maximise cash flow through contracts and invoicing.

Skills

Communication skills

Commercial expertise

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying

Job description

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We're looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our Transportation team based in Manchester/Penrith to assist with the control of costs, maximising value, minimising future liabilities, and maintaining the required standard of quality and safety on a range of contracts. You must be flexible in hours of work and travel. A driving licence is an essential requirement for this role.

Can you imagine a world without transportation links via land, sea, or air? Nor can we! Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Transportation and make a difference. Supporting the movement of people, goods, and equipment.

Location: Manchester/Penrith - site based with remote working

Responsibilities

As Senior Quantity Surveyor, you'll manage the commercial resources (finance) of the assigned project (or section) to maximise planned gross margin through the placement and control of contracts and subcontracts.

Your day-to-day will include:

• Provide commercial expertise to contracts, including the production and submission of valuations, claims, budget monitoring, and contract/workstream performance data.
• Procurement and management of Sub-Contract orders in line with Kier Commercial Standards.
• Maximise cash flow through the control, measurement (including quality), and valuation of work, and the invoicing of customers and payment of suppliers.
• Implement all of Kier Group's policies including those for SHE and risk management.
• 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:

• Are chartered or working toward chartership with a professional body.
• Have a degree or professional qualification in Quantity Surveying.
• Have experience within a similar role in the Construction/Highways industry.
• Have experience with NEC contracts.
• Possess excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to offer our employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can find more information about our benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a priority for us. We're proud of our progress, but we know there's always more to do. Our employees help shape our diversity and inclusion initiatives, and their experiences influence our policies. You can see our D&I action plan 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. #joinkier