We have a great opportunity for a Quantity Surveyor to join our Construction business in the North East. 

The Quantity Surveyor will have the opportunity to be exposed to a wide variety of interesting projects,  initially aligned to a community and culture centre in Blyth before moving onto a commerce, science and technology facility. 

Location: Newcastle

Contract: Full Time, Permanent 

What will you be responsible for?

As Quantity Surveyor you will be responsible for ensuring the commercial success of the project through effective management of commercial risk and opportunity and strict adherence to the contract. 

Your day to day may include:

• Organising the division of projects into component work packages for procurement and assessing returns from sub-contractors and awarding work packages.
• Negotiating with sub-contractor supply chain to achieve best value.
• Managing applications for payment from sub contractors and preparation of applications for payment to clients.
• Monitoring and measuring actual expenditure against budgeted project expenditure in the form of CVR (Cost Value Reconciliation Reports)
• Preparation of final accounts. 

What are we looking for?

This role of Senior Quantity Surveyor is great for you if:

• You have demonstrable experience working on 2 stage D&B projects 
• Strong Knowledge of NEC and JCT contract conditions
• Prior experience of working within the construction main contracting environment
• Strong knowledge of project commercial management
• Comfort in managing relationships with client reps, sub contractors and internal stakeholders

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 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 join the #constructionrevolution #joinkier

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