Kier Group
Senior Quantity Surveyor

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Senior Quantity Surveyor
We're looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our East West Rail team based in St Neots, Cambridgeshire. As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you'll be supporting all the commercial aspects of the East West Rail project.
Location: St Neots, Cambridgeshire – hybrid working
Hours: 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 Senior Quantity Surveyor, you'll be responsible for cost control, maximising value, minimising future liabilities, and maintaining the required standard of quality and safety. Your day to day will include:
- Managing commercial resources to maximise planned gross margin through contract placement and control
- Leading, managing and mentoring junior members of the commercial team
- Producing and submitting valuations, claims, budget monitoring, and contract performance data
- Assessing, reviewing and mitigating commercial and contractual risks
- Maximising cash flow through control, measurement and valuation of work
- Valuing work executed by sub-contractors and certifying interim and final payments
- Developing strong relationships with clients, supply chain and stakeholders
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What are we looking for?
This Senior Quantity Surveyor opportunity could be a great fit if you have:
- A Degree or HNC in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, or a related construction discipline
- Proven experience as a Senior Quantity Surveyor within a main contractor environment, ideally on major infrastructure, highways, or construction projects
- Strong commercial awareness with a good understanding of industry-standard contracts and cost management principles
- Excellent IT skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other commercial reporting tools
- Outstanding communication, organisation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build strong relationships and manage multiple priorities effectively


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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.
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