Senior Quantity Surveyor

We're looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our Kier Places – Building Solutions team based in London.

Location: Gerrards cross - London and Buckinghamshire
Hours: 08:30 – 17:00 

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

This is an exciting opportunity to join Kier Places – Building Solutions, where we focus on delivering high-quality projects including refurbishments and re-cladding of high-rise buildings. As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you'll play a key role in managing the commercial aspects of projects, working collaboratively with clients and teams to ensure successful delivery. Our portfolio covers projects predominantly between £5m - £15m, where we have a strong track record of excellence.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you'll be working within the Commercial team, supporting them in maximising project profitability and ensuring commercial excellence. Your day to day will include:

• Managing commercial resources to maximise planned gross margin through effective contract and subcontract placement and control
• Assessing, reviewing and mitigating commercial and contractual risks whilst implementing group policies for risk management
• Compiling, placing and managing subcontracts, material and plant orders within delegated authorities
• Measuring, valuing and agreeing work progress to support customer invoicing and supplier payments, maximising cash flow
• Building and maintaining strong commercial relationships with customers, consultants and the supply chain

What are we looking for?

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

• You have clear communication skills with experience of working effectively with multidisciplinary teams, clients and the supply chain
• You hold relevant qualifications such as a Degree or HNC in Quantity Surveying or have substantial experience in a similar role
• You possess strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and work to deadlines
• You can work confidently both as part of a team and using your own initiative
• You're comfortable using a range of IT packages including Microsoft Office and bespoke software

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.