Senior Quantity Surveyor (Thame)

Kier Group; Thame; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor for our Water Framework projects based at Horton-Cum-Studley and Thame, Oxfordshire. You will join the commercial team to support delivery during the construction phase, ensuring robust commercial management and teamwork across disciplines.

The role emphasizes procurement compliance, cost control, and contract administration. A construction degree and driving licence are required, with experience in contractor environments and various contract

Qualifications

• A Construction related degree is required.
• Strong collaboration and leadership skills are essential.
• Good commercial awareness and ability to drive margin improvements.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with procurement strategies and manage subcontract inquiries and tender reviews.
• Manage valuations, cashflows, turnover forecasts, and monthly cost reports.
• Provide legal and contractual guidance on orders, changes and subcontractor administration.
• Drive commercial initiatives and develop margin improvement plans.
• Lead and support junior staff to meet workload targets and deadlines.

Skills

Team collaboration

Leadership

Commercial awareness

Communication

Education

Construction related degree

Tools

Cost forecasting software

MS Excel

Job description

We're looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our Water Framework team based on our Horton-Cum-Studley WTW and Thame WTW sites in Oxfordshire.

Location:

Horton-Cum-Studley and ThameOxfordshireHours:

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'll be working within our commercial team on an exciting Water Framework project. You'll play a key role in assisting with the commercial management during the construction phase, ensuring successful delivery while working collaboratively with the wider team.

What will you be responsible for?

• Ensuring compliance with procurement strategies, including managing subcontract inquiries and tender reviews
• Managing valuations, project cashflows, and turnover forecasts with monthly cost reports
• Providing legal and contractual advice on orders, changes, and subcontractor administration
• Driving commercial initiatives and producing margin improvement plans to maximize opportunities
• Leading and supporting junior staff, ensuring workload targets and deadlines are successfully met

What are we looking for?

• 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, ideally with MEP exposure
• You have experience working with a variety of contract forms
• You have the ability to work collaboratively as part of a team

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.