Managing Quantity Surveyor

This is an exciting opportunity to join Kier as we embark on a strategic partnership with Southern Water to deliver their ambitions for AMP8. You'll provide commercial support to project teams, maintain commercial information, and ensure compliance with contractual requirements. Working alongside the framework Commercial Manager, you'll help manage the commercial, procurement and financial aspects of Southern Water's Strategic Delivery programme, with the opportunity to mobilise projects across Southern Water's areas.

As a Managing Quantity Surveyor, you'll be working within the commercial team, supporting them in delivering commercial excellence across the programme.

Your day to day will include:

Ensuring robust, accurate and timely cost and value reporting at both project and business unit level

Managing and developing the commercial team, ensuring workload is covered effectively and compliance processes are followed

Maximising cash flow through the control, measurement and valuation of work, and the invoicing of customers and payment of suppliers

Assessing, reviewing and mitigating commercial and contractual risks whilst ensuring Kier governance protocols are applied

Fostering excellent client relationships and achieving high levels of stakeholder engagement

This role of Managing Quantity Surveyor is great for you if you hold:

A relevant Degree or equivalent in Quantity Surveying

Demonstrable experience in a senior commercial capacity within a Tier 1 main contracting environment managing teams of significant size, preferably in the water sector or within regulated utilities

Strong understanding of NEC forms of contract and knowledge of current Construction Law

Experience in commercial management and procurement of subcontractors, including chairing regular meetings, measurement and control cycle, certificates, and accruals calculations

Strong commercial reporting track record, with the ability to produce reports for the region accurately outlining the business commercial position, risks and opportunities

Experience in procurement and working alongside procurement team to implement programme and project procurement strategy goals

Excellent time management skills, with the ability to work to tight deadlines

Ability to encourage and support/ mentor members of your commercial team

Full driving licence

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.

Due to the nature of this role, you will also 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.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.

Managing Quantity Surveyor - Job Description.pdf