We're looking for a Managing Quantity Surveyor to join our Kier BAM Joint Venture team based in Hinkley Point C, Bridgwater including Bridgwater Satellite Office.
Location: Hinkley Point C, Bridgwater including Bridgwater Satellite Office - can offer some working from home
Hours: 42.5 hours per week - some flexibility on start and end times 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 a rare opportunity to join the Kier BAM Joint Venture delivering works on the Hinkley Point C (HPC) project — one of the largest and most complex infrastructure projects in Europe. As a Managing Quantity Surveyor, you will play a senior commercial leadership role on a nationally significant nuclear programme, working within a highly collaborative, NEC-based environment. You'll help lead the commercial function across major work packages, driving performance, managing risk, and ensuring compliance within a rigorously regulated sector. This is a site based role however hybrid working will be accepted and we currently have a satellite office in Bridgwater.
What will you be responsible for?
As a Managing Quantity Surveyor, you'll be working within the Kier BAM Joint Venture team, supporting them in delivering critical works on the Hinkley Point C project. Your day to day will include:
- Leading commercial delivery across nuclear infrastructure projects, aligning strategy with framework objectives and client requirements
- Maintaining full accountability for project commercial performance, including cost value reconciliation, forecasting, and target cost management under NEC contracts
- Overseeing NEC contract administration, early warning processes, and compensation events whilst maintaining robust audit trails aligned with nuclear compliance standards
- Leading procurement strategy for civil works packages, ensuring subcontractors meet nuclear compliance, security clearance, and quality assurance standards
- Mentoring and developing the commercial team, building capability in NEC contract management and supporting professional development
What are we looking for?
This role of Managing Quantity Surveyor is great for you if:
- You have extensive experience within a Tier 1 contractor or major infrastructure environment, with proven experience delivering on nuclear, defence, or highly regulated frameworks
- You possess expert knowledge of NEC contracts (Options A, C & E essential) and a strong understanding of target cost, pain/gain mechanisms, and collaborative contracting
- You have experience managing large-scale, complex, multi-disciplinary projects or programmes with strong leadership and team management capability
- You demonstrate a strong safety-first mindset aligned with nuclear industry culture, combined with high levels of integrity, diligence, and attention to detail
- You are collaborative, resilient, and proactive, capable of working effectively in integrated teams within highly regulated, high-pressure environments
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.
Due to the nature of this role and the nature of the work at this site, you will be required to complete a BPSS check, which takes place during/before your employment, and is conducted by the Cabinet Office's United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) agency who set out a pre-requisite criteria including residency history. Applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us - to read more about our programme to support people with convictions into employment, visit Making Ground. This role will also be subject to further pre-employment checks.
We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.
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FOR-GR-1450 - MQS Job Description - HPC.docx
