Dec
22
Quantity Surveyor
December 22, 2021 | Comments Off on Quantity Surveyor
Maintaining the homes of the nation, making a daily difference. Be a Quantity Surveyor in Kier & carve a career you have control over.
Job title: Quantity Surveyor
Location: Flexible working available, where you will be based out of our Loughton office with home working available and some travel to other London & Midlands offices and sites (expected 2-3 times a week)
Business Area: Housing Maintenance - FRA & Compliance
Contract: Permanent, full time, 40 hours per week Monday to Friday - apply today and discuss flexible & agile working with us
Salary: up to £45k dependant on experience + car or car allowance
Kier Places are recruiting for a Quantity Surveyor to join our Housing Maintenance division, to become a key member of the FRA and Compliance Team, delivering essential fire safety and key compliance planned maintenance works for our clients.
Key Responsibilities
As a Quantity Surveyor, we will look to you to develop and manage all commercial aspects of projects including budgets and forecasts to ensure the governance and profitability of allocated contracts; develop, manage and extend commercial relationships with both new and existing clients and supply chain; maximise profitability of all allocated contracts and work packages; and provide accurate commercial reporting to allow effective management of your projects.
You will be involved in looking after a number of planned maintenance contracts, which includes projects for maintaining fire safety systems (i.e. fire doors, fire stopping & sprinkler systems), kitchen & bathroom replacements, and refurbishment of occupied properties.
What do we need from you?
The ideal Quantity Surveyor will have strong experience with Housing Maintenance contracts relating to Decent Homes and Social Housing - Fire Risk/Safety/FRA works exposure would be desirable; good demonstrable SOR & VCR/CVR knowledge; relevant academic qualifications & Chartered membership.
Joining this fast paced, growing & expanding department, we need you to be a team player, to promote, follow and influence good project governance through the implementation of Kier policies and procedures.
Who are we?
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.
Find out more here about the great we offer our employees.
Delivering contracts. Creating communities. Developing careers. Join us today as a
Quantity Surveyor.
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.
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 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 .
Closing Date: 21st January 2022
Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.
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