Senior Quantity Surveyor

Kier Group; Salford; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group, based in Salford, is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor for its Rail & Aviation team. The role focuses on commercial excellence across infrastructure projects, managing the quantity surveying function on allocated projects, and ensuring robust commercial control to maximise value and protect profitability.

You will work within a governance framework and be pivotal in delivering successful outcomes for clients, with day-to-day duties including payments, forecasts, KPIs, and risk

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience as a Quantity Surveyor on construction, infrastructure or rail projects
• Strong working knowledge of construction contracts, including NEC contracts
• Experience managing subcontract accounts and preparing payment applications
• Strong commercial judgement and ability to identify risk and opportunities

Responsibilities

• Taking commercial responsibility for allocated projects and maintaining strong client and supply-chain relationships
• Managing subcontract accounts from procurement to final account
• Preparing and submitting payment applications and monitoring certifications
• Producing monthly reports, forecasts and KPIs to support decision-making
• Proactively managing commercial risks and opportunities with the operations team

Skills

Commercial awareness

Contract knowledge - NEC

Subcontract management

Risk management

Team collaboration

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying or related

Job description

We're looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our Rail & Aviation team based in Salford.

Our Rail & Aviation team brings together talented people to deliver some of the UK's most important transport infrastructure. From rail networks and major stations to aviation, you'll be joining a team working on a wide range of complex projects, including the £54m remodelling of Manchester Airport railway station.

You'll have the opportunity to apply your expertise across varied and challenging projects that help keep people and communities connected.

Location: Salford
Hours: 42 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.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you'll be working within the Rail and Aviation team, supporting them in delivering commercial excellence across infrastructure projects. Kier Infrastructure is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our Rail and Aviation business. In this role, you'll take responsibility for the quantity surveying function on allocated projects, providing robust commercial control, maximising sustainable value, and managing risk to support project profitability. You'll work within a supportive commercial governance framework and play a key part in delivering successful outcomes for our clients.

Your day to day will include:

• Taking commercial responsibility for allocated projects, maintaining effective relationships with project teams, clients and supply-chain partners
• Managing subcontract accounts from procurement through to final account, ensuring fair and commercially robust outcomes
• Preparing and submitting client applications for payment, monitoring certification and supporting timely agreement of final accounts
• Preparing monthly reports, forecasts and KPIs, clearly explaining movements and emerging issues to support decision-making
• Proactively managing commercial risks and opportunities, working closely with operational colleagues to ensure project decisions are well-informed and governed

What are we looking for?

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

• You have demonstrable experience as a Quantity Surveyor on construction, infrastructure or rail projects, ideally within a main contractor environment
• You have a strong working knowledge of construction contract conditions, including NEC contracts and the management of compensation events and commercial risk
• You have practical experience managing subcontract accounts independently and preparing client applications for payment
• You possess strong commercial judgement with the ability to identify risk, challenge assumptions and work collaboratively across teams
• You hold a degree or equivalent qualification in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management or a related discipline

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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