Senior Quantity Surveyor

Senior Quantity Surveyor

Location: Basingstoke or Southampton

Hours: 40 hours per week - Monday to Friday

Visa sponsorship: We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Building Solutions South portfolio, where you'll manage the commercial resources of projects predominately involving refurbishments of existing buildings. You'll play a key role in maximising project profitability, managing commercial relationships, and supporting a collaborative team environment. Working on projects typically valued between £5m - £15m, you'll be part of a business that values long-term relationships and is recognised as a leader in delivering high-quality construction projects for government departments and blue-chip clients.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you'll be working within the Kier Places – Building Solutions team, supporting them in delivering high-quality projects whilst maximising commercial success. Your day to day will include:

• Managing commercial resources to maximise planned gross margin through effective contract placement and control
• Tendering, evaluating and appointing subcontractors, and placing orders for materials and plant within delegated authorities
• Identifying, negotiating and agreeing project variations with customers and suppliers
• Measuring and valuing work to support customer invoicing and supplier payments whilst positively managing project cash flows
• Leading and motivating commercial staff whilst building collaborative relationships with customers, consultants and the supply chain

Requirements

• Strong communication skills with demonstrable experience working effectively with multidisciplinary teams, clients and supply chains
• Relevant qualifications such as a Degree or HNC in Quantity Surveying
• Proven experience in a similar commercial role within construction
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and work to deadlines
• Confidence using IT packages including Microsoft Office and bespoke systems

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.

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.

Pre-employment checks

Due to the nature of this role, you will be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (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). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.