Senior Quantity Surveyor

We're looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our Construction team based in Exeter, Devon.

Location: Exeter, Devon
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 significant regional projects, maximising planned gross margin and supporting the achievement of budgeted profitability. You'll play a key role in managing commercial relationships with customers and subcontractors, whilst leading and motivating the commercial team to deliver excellence.

What will you be responsible for?

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

• Managing commercial resources to maximise planned gross margin through the placement and control of contracts and subcontracts
• Appointing contractors and subcontractors and placing orders for materials and plant within delegated authorities
• Measuring and valuing work to support the invoicing of customers and payment to suppliers
• Leading, managing and motivating the project's commercial staff to ensure collaborative relationships across functions
• Assessing, controlling and mitigating commercial and contractual risks whilst implementing risk management policies

What are we looking for?

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

• You have strong communication skills with experience of working effectively with multidisciplinary teams, clients, sub-contractors and the wider supply chain
• You hold relevant qualifications in Quantity Surveying
• You have demonstrable experience in a similar commercial role
• You possess excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and work to deadlines
• You're flexible, collaborative and able to work as part of a team whilst using your own initiative

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.

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.