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Quantity Surveyor
November 4, 2021 | Comments Off on Quantity Surveyor
Quantity Surveyor
Location: North Kesteven client - Sheffield main office
Business Area: Kier Housing Maintenance - North Kesteven District council
Contract: Permanent, Full Time
Make a difference with the Housing Maintenance Experts.
Kier Housing Maintenance (HM) have long standing partnership agreements with housing associations, local authorities and private landlords to conduct responsive repairs and planned maintenance across various sites. Our commitment to our clients has resulted in us being shortlisted for Contractor of the Year at the UK Housing Awards 2020.
Kier Places are recruiting now for a Quantity Surveyor to support the Commercial Manager in upholding and maintaining the commercial wellbeing of our housing maintenance contracts, which delivers housing repairs and maintenance, void services, planned works, project work and fire safety to our clients, and to reduce cost, increase value, drive revenue/profits and mitigate against risk in a safe and ethical manner.
Key Responsibilities
In this valued & trusted role, you'll provide expert commercial input, alongside delivering financial and contractual performance forecasts to the senior management team which will help to ensure that business targets and KPI's are exceeded.
You will have accountability for pricing of additional works, resolve any contractual issues from our client and supply chain, whilst identifying any areas of risk and mitigation, and you will also take ownership of Value Cost Reconciliation, forecasts and contract reviews, to produce the required Commercial Plans in line with our Business Plan.
What do we need from you?
As a commercially focused, self-motivated individual who can manage, lead and execute our vision, you'll have relevant quantity surveyor qualifications, management & mentoring experience to lead a team through repairs & planned maintenance and Decent Homes projects.
You will need experience within the housing maintenance sector to be successful in this role, on projects providing planned maintenance works, with experience of building effective working relationships with senior management, directors, and clients.
What will you receive?
You can expect a competitive salary and an outstanding package that includes a company car, a matched pension scheme up to 7.5%, 26 days' annual leave + bank holidays (with the opportunity to buy or sell holiday) together with two employee Share Scheme options (Sharesave and Share Incentive Plan). To find out more about the rewards and benefits at Kier, click here.
Flexible/Agile Working
At Kier we believe that - wherever we can, whether office or site-based - we should embrace an agile/flexible approach to working. We are proud to offer our employees the opportunity, where we can, to do this. Please don't hesitate to ask during the recruitment process around agile working and flexibility - We'll do our best to support you.
Pre-employment checks
It's worth remembering that if you are successful, we'll undertake the relevant / standard pre-employment checks after you have been offered a job. This includes taking up your references, verifying your right to work in the UK, verifying your driving licence (if applicable) and a health assessment.
Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with criminal convictions will be treated on a case by case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's criminal record or the details of any offences disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.
Delivering contracts. Creating communities. Developing careers. Join us today as a Quantity Surveyor.
Being part of Kier means living our values of being Collaborative, Trusted and Focused. We all have the potential to shape our world, and it's through these values that we will leave a lasting legacy. Bring your talent and ambition to Kier and you will be given the scope and opportunity to invest in your own future, to build your expertise and contribute to a rich and diverse culture.
Kier is committed to creating supportive and inclusive opportunities for all of our applicants and employees. We appreciate applicants from all backgrounds and we specifically encourage those from underrepresented communities to apply. If you'd like to learn more about our commitments to diversity and inclusion at Kier, you can contact the team by emailing InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk.
If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please let us know so we can discuss and arrange these.
Closing Date: 30th November 2021
Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.
Recruitment Agencies - opportunities at Kier are managed by our internal recruitment team. We are unable to accept unsolicited CVs and communications from external recruiters. If there is a specific business need a member of the recruitment team will engage with agencies who have signed up to our PSL to ensure all CV's are uploaded onto our portal to be considered. For further information, visit our Careers Help page.