Senior Quantity Surveyor

We're looking for a knowledgeable and skilled Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our Transportation team based in Penrith, Tebay or Manchester following recently securing a project to replace a significant number of existing highway bridges in the North West for a key client.  Could this be you?  With this role you can expect a competitive salary, company car or car allowance, private healthcare plus other benefits.

Can you envision a world without transportation links by land, sea, or air? Neither can we! Your journey is our journey. Join us at Kier Transportation, where we are working brilliantly together to make a difference, supporting the movement of people, goods, and equipment.

Location: Penrith/Tebay/Manchester - some remote working available, with travel to the office required

Contract: Permanent Fulltime

Responsibilities

As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you'll Manage the commercial aspects of packages of work within the project to maximise planned gross margin through the production of estimates, placement and control of contracts and subcontracts.

Your day to day will include:

• Provide commercial expertise to contracts, to include the production and submission of estimates, valuations, claims, budget monitoring, and contract/workstream performance data
• Assess, review and mitigate commercial and contractual risks and implement Kier Group's policies for risk management
• Maximise cash flow through the control, measurement (including quality) and valuation of work, and the invoicing of customers and payment of suppliers

What are we looking for?

This role of Senior Quantity Surveyor is great if you have:

• Experience within a similar role in Construction/Highways/Infrastructure  
• Confident IT skills, proficient in the use of MS Office in particular Excel  
• Must be flexible in hours of work and travel

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.

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic / an Enhanced 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.

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