We're looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join our Kier Construction team based in Cambridge. Within this role, you can enjoy working on exciting large projects, progression opportunities, support in obtaining further qualifications and even more.

Location: Cambridge, England

Contract: Full time, permanent

Responsibilities

As a Quantity Surveyor, you will be working within the Construction team, supporting them in managing the commercial resources of projects to maximise cashflow and margin.

Your day to day will include:

• Assessing, reviewing and mitigating commercial and contractual risks while implementing Kier Groups policies for risk management

• Production of commercial reports together with review of results and consideration of trends with other contract team members

• Managing sub-contractors including sending out enquiries, collating prices, comparing with tender, negotiation, order placement, agreement of account and payment

  
  

Who are we looking for?

Working on projects ranging from £5m to £45m, we are looking for like for like industry experience.

This role of Quantity Surveyor is great for you if:

• You have experience in managing the commercials over the full project lifecycle

• You are experienced in both JCT & NEC forms of contract

  
  

We’re all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don’t tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk to discuss and arrange these.

Benefits at Kier

We’re proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:

• New and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more

• Green car scheme

• A free healthcare app giving you access to clinicians and experts on fertility, pregnancy and baby, menopause and men’s health

• An additional two days’ leave to take part in volunteering activities of your choice

• 26 days of annual leave a year, in addition to public holidays

And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website: https://www.kier.co.uk/reward-and-benefits-summary-m1-m2-grades/

Who is Kier?

We’re made up of six business units, Group Functions, Construction, Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, and as a group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK. Take a look at our sustainability objectives: https://www.kier.co.uk/sustainability/

At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.

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 (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

You can see more about our D&I action plan here: https://www.kier.co.uk/media/6668/di-roadmap-2021.pdf

Closing date: 23 May 2023

Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.