We're looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join our Transportation team based in Penrith to assist with the control of costs, maximising value, minimising future liabilities and maintaining the required standard of quality and safety on a range of contracts. You must be flexible in hours of work and travel.  A driving licence is an essential requirement for this role.

 

Can you imagine a world without transportation links via land, sea or air? Nor can we! Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Transportation and make a difference. Supporting the movement of people, goods and equipment.

 

Location: Penrith - site based with remote working 2 - 3 days per week

Contract: Permanent Fulltime

Salary: £40,000 - £50,000 + £5k car allowance + benefits

 

Responsibilities

As Quantity Surveyor, you'll manage the commercial resources (finance) of the assigned project (or section) to maximise planned gross margin through the placement and control of contracts and subcontracts

Your day to day will include:

Provide commercial expertise to contracts, to include the production and submission of valuations, claims, budget monitoring, and contract/workstream performance data Procurement and management of Sub-Contract order in line with Kier Commercial Standards Maximise cash flow through the control, measurement (including quality) and valuation of work, and the invoicing of customers and payment of suppliers Implement all of Kier Groups policies including those for SHE and risk management Promote Kier Group's values towards its customers in order to meet or exceed their expectations

 

What are we looking for?

This role of Quantity Surveyor is great if you:

A degree or professional qualification in Quantity Surveying Experience within a similar role in the Construction/Highways industry Experience with NEC contracts Excellent Communication skills both written and verbal

 

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.

 

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier

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