We're looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join our Construction team based in the UK, with agile working options where possible.
Location: Agile working where possible
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.
As a Quantity Surveyor, you'll play a vital role in managing the commercial resources of your assigned project. You'll work collaboratively to maximise planned gross margin, control contracts and subcontracts, and ensure smooth cash flow through effective measurement and valuation of work. This is an opportunity to build strong relationships with clients, contractors, and your team while contributing to exciting projects across education, health, defence, and other key sectors.
What will you be responsible for?
As a Quantity Surveyor, you'll be working within the Construction team, supporting them in delivering projects that maximise profitability and maintain excellent client relationships. Your day to day will include:
- Managing project finances to maximise planned gross margin and achieve budgeted profitability
- Appointing contractors and subcontractors, and placing orders for materials and plant within delegated authorities
- Measuring and valuing work to support invoicing of customers and payments to suppliers
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with customers, contractors, and subcontractors
- Identifying and proposing ways to mitigate contractual, commercial, and operational risks
What are we looking for?
This role of Quantity Surveyor is great for you if:
- You have clear communication skills and experience working with multidisciplinary teams, clients, and the wider supply chain
- You hold relevant qualifications (Degree or HNC in Quantity Surveying is desirable)
- You're organised, able to prioritise effectively, and comfortable working to deadlines
- You're confident using IT packages including Microsoft Office and bespoke systems
- You're flexible, collaborative, and enjoy working both as part of a team and on your own initiative
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.
