Quantity Surveyor

We're looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join our Construction team based in Stansted, Essex.

Location: Stansted, Essex
Hours: 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.

This is an exciting opportunity to manage the commercial resources of assigned projects, maximising planned gross margin through effective contract placement and control. You'll play a key role in assessing and mitigating commercial risks, supporting project variations, and maximising cash flow through measurement, valuation and invoicing. Working within our Construction team, you'll help deliver projects across education, health, defence and other strategic sectors, contributing to our commitment to sustainability and digital advancement.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Quantity Surveyor, you'll be working within the Construction team, supporting them in delivering major regional projects and maximising profitability. Your day to day will include:

• Managing commercial resources to maximise planned gross margin on projects
• Appointing contractors and subcontractors and placing orders for materials and plant
• Measuring and valuing work to support invoicing of customers and payment to suppliers
• Building strong relationships with customers, contractors and subcontractors
• Identifying contractual and commercial risks and proposing mitigation strategies

What are we looking for?

This role of Quantity Surveyor is great for you if:

• You have clear communication skills with experience working across multidisciplinary teams, client teams and the supply chain
• You have demonstrable experience in a similar role
• You possess strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise effectively
• You can work to deadlines and are flexible in your approach
• You're confident using IT packages including Microsoft Office and bespoke systems

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

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.