We're looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our Construction team based in Waterbeach, Cambridge.
Location: Waterbeach, Cambridge
Hours: Full-time - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.
This is an excellent opportunity to manage the commercial resources of exciting construction projects in the Waterbeach area. You'll play a key role in maximising project profitability through the strategic placement and control of contracts and subcontracts, while working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality results.
What will you be responsible for?
As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you'll be working within the Construction team, supporting them in delivering major regional projects across education, health, defence and other strategic sectors. Your day to day will include:
- Managing commercial resources to maximise planned gross margin and project profitability
- Appointing subcontractors and placing orders for materials and plant within delegated authorities
- Measuring and valuing work to support invoicing of customers and payment to suppliers
- Leading and motivating the project's commercial staff to ensure collaborative relationships
- Assessing, controlling and mitigating commercial and contractual risks while implementing risk management policies
What are we looking for?
This role of Senior Quantity Surveyor is great for you if:
- You have diverse and clear communication skills with experience of effective communication across multidisciplinary teams, clients and supply chains
- You possess strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise effectively
- You can work collaboratively as part of a team while also using your own initiative
- You have the ability to use a range of IT packages including Microsoft Office and bespoke systems
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.
Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.
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 initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.
We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier
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