Quantity Surveyor

Kier Group plc; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent construction company in London is seeking a Quantity Surveyor to join its team. In this role, you will be responsible for managing commercial resources and contracts for refurbishment and construction projects across London. We're looking for candidates with strong communication skills, relevant qualifications, and experience in construction. The position offers remote working options and a supportive environment for career development.

Qualifications

• Relevant qualifications (Degree or HNC in Quantity Surveying desirable).
• Experience in a similar role within construction or refurbishment projects.
• Strong communication skills for working with multidisciplinary teams and supply chains.
• Organised and able to prioritise and meet deadlines.
• Familiarity with IT packages including Microsoft Office and bespoke systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage commercial resources for assigned projects to maximise gross margin.
• Tender, evaluate, and appoint consultants and subcontractors.
• Identify, negotiate, and agree variations to contracts.
• Measure and value work to support invoicing.
• Produce monthly reports and forecasts for business requirements.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Organisational skills

Ability to prioritise

Experience in construction or refurbishment

Education

Degree or HNC in Quantity Surveying

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

We’re looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join our Kier Places – Building Solutions team based in London.

Location: London – remote working available, with occasional travel to the office required

Hours: 40 hours per week – 08:30–17:00

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Quantity Surveyor, you’ll be working within the Kier Places – Building Solutions team, supporting them in delivering high-quality refurbishment and construction projects across London.

Your day to day will include:

• Managing commercial resources (finance) for assigned projects to maximise planned gross margin
• Tendering, evaluating, and appointing consultants and subcontractors, and placing orders for materials and plant
• Identifying, negotiating, and agreeing variations to contracts with customers and suppliers
• Measuring and valuing work to support invoicing and payments
• Producing monthly reports and forecasts to satisfy business requirements

What are we looking for?

This role of Quantity Surveyor is great for you if:

• You have relevant qualifications (Degree or HNC in Quantity Surveying desirable)
• You have experience in a similar role within construction or refurbishment projects
• You possess strong communication skills for working with multidisciplinary teams and supply chains
• You are organised, able to prioritise, and work to deadlines
• You can use IT packages including Microsoft Office and bespoke systems

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.

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.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier