Kier Group
Senior MEP Quantity Surveyor
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Senior Quantity Surveyor (MEPH) - Kier Mechanical & Electrical Team
Location: Darlington, North East Region
Hours: Full-time - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.
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This is an exciting opportunity to join Kier Mechanical & Electrical (KME), our internal MEP self-delivery design and build business supporting regional construction businesses across the UK. As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you'll play a key role in managing commercial resources and maximising project success across a range of challenging and complex projects in sectors including Custodial, Commercial, Health & Science.
What will you be responsible for?
As a Senior Quantity Surveyor (MEPH), you'll be working within the Kier Mechanical & Electrical Team, supporting them in delivering successful project outcomes through effective commercial management. Your day-to-day will include:
- Managing commercial resources to maximise planned gross margin through placement and control of contracts and subcontracts
- Undertaking valuations, measuring change, and producing monthly cost reports and forecasts
- Leading procurement activities including subcontract enquiries, tender reviews, and order production
- Assessing and mitigating commercial and contractual risks while driving margin improvement
- Managing and mentoring junior commercial staff, fostering their development and wellbeing
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What are we looking for?
This role of Senior Quantity Surveyor (MEPH) is great for you if:
- You hold a degree or HND/HNC in Quantity Surveying and possess SMSTS/CSCS card
- You have demonstrable experience as a surveyor delivering schemes with a clear understanding of contract forms such as JCT and NEC
- You have technical understanding of MEPH services, components, and package interfaces
- You're a proactive problem solver who can work independently, handle multiple tasks, and build strong relationships
- You hold a Full driving licence
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We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.
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 on 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.
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