Senior Quantity Surveyor

December 11, 2017 | Comments Off on Senior Quantity Surveyor

Position - Senior Quantity Surveyor

Salary Range - Competitive salary plus full package, including company car or car allowance, healthcare, matched pension, numerous retail rewards, up to 10% off new Kier homes and 2x share options

Location - Within 1 hours' commute of Manchester - must be flexible and willing to travel across the north west

Projects type - SCAPE framework, managing multiple projects predominately in education (secondary and higher) as well as a number of local authority projects across the north west

Kier Construction Northern is looking to recruit a Senior Quantity Surveyor, who will report to the ­Commercial Manager. This exciting opportunity has arisen due to the increase in workload within a key public procurement framework in the north west. This presents a unique opportunity for a commercial lead over a number of projects. Working with an established team, the ideal candidate should be able to demonstrate excellent client interface skills and the ability to manage more than one project. Education experience would be a considerable benefit and previous experience within a tier 1 main contractor is essential.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Line management and integration of new team members where appropriate
  • Ensure cash flow is maximised including ensuring payments are received on time
  • Provide commercial input including financial and contractual performance forecasts to the management team. Help ensure that business targets and KPI's are exceeded
  • Preparation of monthly cost / value reports for area, together with review of results and consideration of trends with other contract team members
  • Production of commercial reports together with review of results and consideration of trends with other contract team members
  • Physical measurement of works and agreement of same with client and subcontractors
  • Agreement of certification and payment of subcontractor accounts - monitoring of such accounts against forecasts
  • Implementation and compliance with the contract change control procedure and monitoring thereof including notices to client as appropriate
  • Commercial and contractual advice to area team as and when required
  • Managing sub-contractors including sending out enquiries, collating prices, comparing with tender, negotiation, order placement, agreement of account and payment
  • Carry out any other duties not identified above and as required by their manager
  • To assess, review and mitigate commercial and contractual risks and implement Kier Group's policies for risk management
Key Skills and Qualifications:
  • Experience within a tier 1 main contractor - essential
  • Ability to and proven experience of managing multi-projects - essential
  • Education (secondary and higher) experience - essential
  • Holder of a Full UK Drivers Licence
  • Experience using Oracle and other similar computer software
  • Confident IT skills, proficient in the use of MS Office in particular Excel
  • Must be flexible in hours of work and travel
About Kier:

Kier Group plc. is a leading construction, property, residential and services group which invests in, builds, maintains and renews the places where we work, live and play. We operate globally across a range of sectors including defence, education, health, housing, industrials, power, transport and utilities. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, we are a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

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