Senior Quantity Surveyor

We're looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our Transportation team based in Southwark. Within this role, you can enjoy competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave, a fantastic, matched pension scheme, a share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans and even more.

Can you envision a world without transportation links by land, sea, or air? Neither can we! Your journey is our journey. Join us at Kier Transportation, where we are working brilliantly together to make a difference, supporting the movement of people, goods, and equipment.

Location : Southwark, London

Hours : 45 hours per week

What will you be responsible for?

As Senior Quantity Surveyor you'll be working within the Commercial team, managing project delivery on the Surface Transport Infrastructure Construction Framework (STIC), including contract administration of an NEC4 ECC framework throughout all stages of project life cycles for call off contracts ranging from £500k to £40m. You will be proactively maximising and improving profitability whilst maintaining a high-quality standard of work

Your day to day will include:

• Preparing bills of quantities from design drawings using a bespoke schedule of rates and pricing new rates from first principals where required, compiling and agreeing call off contracts with the client (Transport for London) using standard contract templates and obtaining internal approvals from signatories, compiling and agreeing subcontracts with Tarmac Kier Joint Venture (TKJV) supply chain using standard subcontract templates
• Using TfL contract software (A-Site) in managing all contract administration, issuing EWN's, NCE's and QUO's within contractual timescales, managing subcontractor relationships and all contract administration including mitigating raised EWN's, assessing NCE's and QUO's within contractual timescales
• Application and assessment of interim applications and certifications monthly, preparation of cost value reconciliations, presenting these results on a monthly basis
• Preparing monthly cash flow forecasts, submitting and negotiating final accounts with both the client and supply chain
• Working with delivery teams in finding efficiencies, increasing margin and mitigating potential risks, internal administration, raising supply chain frameworks and orders for approval

What are we looking for?

This role of Senior Quantity Surveyoris great for you if:

• You hold a degree in Quantity Surveying or Civil Engineering, with previous experience within a commercially focused environment and an understanding of the Highways method of measurement
• Have experience preparing take offs and bills of quantities directly from highways designs
• Are comfortable in the control and management of all subcontractor elements with detailed contract experience using the NEC form of contract and various options

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.

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