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Senior Quantity Surveyor
August 12, 2023 | Comments Off on Senior Quantity Surveyor
Location: within travel distance to Leek and Scunthorpe - remote working available, with occasional travel to the office and site required
Contract: Permanent, Full Time - flexible and part-time hours may be available if desired, just let us know
Responsibilities
As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you'll be working within the North West team, supporting them in managing works on schemes between £5m-£10m in value on both clean and dirty water treatment plants.
Your day to day will include:
- Managing the commercial resources (people and finance) of assigned projects to maximise planned gross margin through the placement and control of contracts and subcontracts
- Assessing, reviewing, and mitigating commercial and contractual risks
- Completing and supporting the authorisation and submission of project variations
- Maximising cash flow through the control, measurement (including quality) and valuation of work, and the invoicing of customers and payment of suppliers
What are we looking for?
This role of Senior Quantity Surveyor is great for you if:
- You hold a degree or equivalent in Quantity Surveying
- Experience working with complex civil projects within utilities.
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. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.
If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at to discuss and arrange these.
We're proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:
- new and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance, and more
- A competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave.
- A fantastic matched pension scheme
- Share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our sharesave and share incentive plans.
- 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family
- Kier's Green Car Scheme
Who is Kier?
As a leading UK infrastructure services, construction and property group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK.
Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We take pride in bringing specialist knowledge, sector leading experience and fresh thinking to all that we do.
We are collaborative, trusted and focused, and we will empower you to achieve your career goals, and listen to your thoughts, ideas and challenges.
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 (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives. You can see more about our .
Closing Date: 25 September 2023
Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.
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