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Senior Quantity Surveyor

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We're looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our Transportation team based in Gloucester on the A417 missing link road to support the Commercial functions. A full UK driving licence is a mandatory requirement for this position. Is this you?

 

We're improving the A417 with a scheme that includes:

  • 4 miles of new dual carriageway connecting the existing A417 Brockworth bypass with the existing A417 dual carriageway south of Cowley

  • A section to the west of the existing Air Balloon roundabout that will follow the existing A417 corridor.

  • 7 structures consisting of overbridges, under bridges and underpasses.

     

    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: Gloucester - travel to the office required with some remote working

    Contract: Permanent Fulltime

    Salary: £55,000 - £75,000 + annual car allowance + private healthcare + benefits

     

    Responsibilities

    As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you'll be responsible for assisting with the control of costs, maximising value, minimising future liabilities and maintaining the required standard of quality and safety on a range of contracts.

    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

    Support the authorisation and submission of project variations. To authorise the placement of contracts, subcontracts, material and plant orders

    Negotiating with sub-contractor supply chain to achieve best value

    Implement all of Kier Group's policies including those for SHE and risk management

     

    What are we looking for?

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

    Relevant degree or HNC qualifications

    Experience within a similar role in the Construction/Highways Industry

    Experience working on a major project

    Experience working for a tier 1 contractor  

    NEC experience

     

    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. .

     

    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. .

     

    We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier

    #LI-JB2
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