Senior Quantity Surveyor
Meet the recruiter

Jenny Buckley
Benefits
Life assurance
Private medical insurance
Additional holiday purchase opportunities
Matched pension scheme up to 7.5%
Enhanced family leave & policies
Share plan schemes
Free health & wellbeing services
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Green car scheme
Senior Quantity Surveyor
Come join our Lune Gorge team in Cumbria as a Senior Quantity Surveyor, where you'll play a vital role in delivering commercial excellence on our projects. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to important infrastructure work whilst developing your career with a company that values its people and their wellbeing.
Location: Lune Gorge, Cumbria – site based with some hybrid working
Hours: 12 Months Fixed Term 45 per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us
Salary: up to £70,000 per year + private healthcare + £6,700 annual car allowance + benefits
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.
What will you be responsible for?
As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you'll be working within the Lune Gorge team, supporting them in delivering commercial success across projects. Your day to day will include:
- Ensuring compliance with procurement strategies, including managing subcontract inquiries and tender reviews
- Managing valuations, project cashflows, and preparing monthly cost reports with progress tracking
- Providing legal and contractual guidance on orders, changes, and subcontractor administration
- Driving commercial initiatives and producing margin improvement plans to maximize opportunities
- Leading and supporting junior staff, ensuring deadlines and commercial tasks are met
What are we looking for?
This role of Senior Quantity Surveyor is ideal for someone who:
- Holds a degree or equivalent qualification in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, Construction Management, or a related discipline
- Has proven experience in a commercial or quantity surveying role within a contractor environment, ideally across major infrastructure, highways, or civil engineering projects
- Brings strong knowledge of a range of contract forms, including NEC and other standard construction contracts
- Holds a full UK driving licence and is comfortable travelling to project sites when required
- Thrives in a collaborative team environment, building strong relationships with clients, stakeholders, and project delivery teams to achieve commercial success
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.
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Location: Tebay
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Vacancy ID: 12462
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Background check: None
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Closing date: 29 Sep 2026
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Contract type: Fixed Term
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Working hours: Full Time
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Flexible working: Yes
Flexible working could include part time, job share, condensed hours, or flexible start/end times.
