Quantity Surveyor

We‘re looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join our East West Rail team in St Neots, Cambridgeshire. You‘ll be joining a collaborative and experienced team, playing a key role in managing the commercial aspects of this major infrastructure project. From maximising value and profitability to ensuring compliance with commercial processes and procedures, you‘ll help keep the project on track while making a real impact on its successful delivery.

Location:

St Neots with travel between Bedford and Cambridge – hybrid working Hours:

Permanent Fulltime 45 hours per week - 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.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Quantity Surveyor, you‘ll be working within the Kier East West Rail team, supporting them in delivering commercial excellence on the project.

Your day to day will include:

Assisting contract valuations, ensuring applications for payment are submitted promptly and accurately, and compiling contract final accounts

Leading sub-contractor management from enquiry through to completion, including compiling enquiries, analysing tenders, and drafting orders

Working closely with the project manager on cost control and forecasting site expenditure to completion

Identifying and raising contract change through Early Warnings and Compensation Events, and supporting the Commercial Manager and Managing Quantity Surveyor with client change and risk management

Providing leadership to junior commercial staff and assisting in their development

What are we looking for?

This role of Quantity Surveyor is ideal for someone who:

Has a Degree, HNC, or similar qualification in Quantity Surveying

Has worked in a Quantity Surveying role before, ideally with a Tier 1 main contractor

Is comfortable using Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, and enjoys working with data and commercial information

Builds strong working relationships and communicates confidently with a range of people

Likes to stay organised, manages their time well, and can juggle multiple priorities

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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