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Managing Quantity Surveyor
January 25, 2023 | Comments Off on Managing Quantity Surveyor
Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire
Business area: Kier Construction - Build Northern & Scotland
Contract: Full time, permanent, Monday to Friday - We're able to consider part time working, please state in your application.
Benefits: You can expect a competitive salary and an outstanding package that includes a company car or allowance, private healthcare, 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.
Kier isn't just built on success. We're built on people. With our expertise and ambition to lead the way, there has never been a better time to be a part of our story.
Key responsibilities
As a Managing Quanity Surveyor, you will be overseeing the commercial resources and project teams on the assigned project, using your commercial expertise and wealth of knowledge you will maximise the cashflow and margin as well as assessing, reviewing and mitigating commercial and contractual risks, implanting Kier Group's policies for risk management.
What do we need from you?
Working on education, commercial, leisure, healthcare, MOD and mixed-use projects valued up to £60m, we are looking for like for like industry experience.? We will also need you to be educated to degree level, or equivalent experience, have proven experience in a similar role and be an excellent communicator.
Kier is committed to creating supportive and inclusive opportunities for all our applicants and employees. We appreciate applicants from all backgrounds and we specifically encourage those from underrepresented communities to apply. Take a look here to learn more about our commitments to diversity and inclusion. If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please let us know so we can discuss and arrange these by emailing InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk.
Qualifications - Internal
Closing Date: 22 February 2023
Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.
Recruitment agencies - we are unable to accept unsolicited CVs and communications from external recruiters. The recruitment team will engage with agencies who have signed up to our PSL should we require assistance. For further information, visit our careers help page.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage and develop the commercial team, ensuring workload is covered effectively and to ensure compliance and processes are being followed
- Ensure that commercial and administrative systems, budgets and cost control procedures are utilised
- Maximise cash flow through the control, measurement and valuation of work, and the invoicing of customers and payment of suppliers
- Produce/ compile accurate forecasts/ budget information and produce accurate reports to client, maintaining and improving client relations as well as ensuring full entitlement under the contract is achieved
- Ensure contract commercial deliverables and timescales are met
- Assess, review and mitigate commercial and contractual risks
- Responsible for ensuring works are valued, including any variation thereto, in accordance with the contract and analyses to determine the project True Value.
With a network of 88 UK offices Kier offers national coverage across all of its core activities. Employing 22,000 people, Kier has the financial strength and technical expertise to undertake some of the most significant construction, civil engineering and service contracts in the country.
Kier is an equality and diversity employer.
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