Senior Quantity Surveyor

We're looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our Thames Water Framework team looking after the Maple Lodge STW.

Location: Maple Lodge STW – remote working available, with occasional travel to the office required.
Hours: 45 hours 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.

Join us as a Senior Quantity Surveyor and play a key role in delivering the commercial success of the Maple Lodge STW upgrade project. You'll support and deputise for the Commercial Manager, leading day-to-day commercial management of key packages whilst ensuring robust cost control and accurate reporting. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to a major water infrastructure scheme from construction through to final account, whilst working within a supportive and collaborative team environment. We're committed to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive and bring their best selves to work.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you'll be working within the commercial team, supporting them in delivering all commercial and contractual responsibilities on this significant project. Your day to day will include:

• Managing the commercial and financial aspects of allocated work packages, ensuring adherence to contract terms and internal governance
• Preparing and maintaining detailed cost forecasts, cashflow projections and variance analyses to support robust financial reporting
• Leading change management processes including valuation, justification and agreement of variations
• Managing procurement and administration of subcontract packages from tender through to final account settlement
• Providing guidance and mentoring to Quantity Surveyors and Assistant QSs, supporting their professional development

What are we looking for?

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

• You have proven experience as a Senior Quantity Surveyor or strong Quantity Surveyor on major civil engineering, process or water infrastructure projects
• You have a strong understanding of contract management and change control processes
• You're highly competent in cost forecasting, financial reporting and commercial governance
• You possess excellent analytical, negotiation and communication skills
• You enjoy mentoring others and providing commercial leadership within your area of responsibility

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable 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 #LI-CH1