Kier group

Senior Quantity Surveyor

15/01/2025
full-time
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Job Description

Do you want to join a growing MEP Business within a Tier 1 Contractor?

Do you want to join a brand new project in the Life Sciences sector?

Kier Group are looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join Kier Mechanical & Electrical (KME) which is our internal MEP Self Delivery business.

This role will join a large scale, complex development in the Weybridge area where we’re delivering a new build Laboratory and Research Facility.


Location: Weybridge Area


Contract: Full Time, Permanent. Ask us about other flexible options.


What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you’ll be joining the Kier Mechanical & Electrical team.

What can you expect for your day to day?

  • Ensure compliance with the project’s procurement strategy, including subcontract inquiries and tender reviews.
  • Manage valuations, project cashflows, and turnover forecasts, including monthly cost reports and progress records.
  • Provide legal and contractual advice on orders and changes, handling notices and subcontractor administration.
  • Drive commercial initiatives, producing margin improvement plans and supporting team members in maximizing opportunities.
  • Lead and manage junior staff, ensuring workload targets, deadlines, and commercial tasks are met and updated monthly.


What are we looking for?

In a Senior Quantity Surveyor, we’re ideally looking for:

  • Prior experience working in a Commercial role for a contractor, ideally with MEP exposure.
  • Experience with a variety of contract forms.
  • The ability to work collaboratively and part of a team.

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.

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with criminal convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant’s criminal record or the details of any offences disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

We look forward to seeing your application to join the #constructionrevolution #joinkier

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Senior Quantity Surveyor

You will be working for a well established specialist Contractor based in the Dungannon area but with operations across the UK and Ireland. They cover a wide range of projects from Schools, Hospitals to High Rise Apartment blocks. The last 3-4 years have seen capacity increase and turnover rise.

The successful candidate will have a variety of roles and responsibilities to ensure projects are delivered on-time and within budget. The role will see you involve in in preparing take-offs, rating bills of quantities, helping with tender submission and monitoring costs & procurement. You will have overall responsibility for a small commercial division.

You will have at least 5-10 years working as a Quantity Surveyor and have a relevant Degree also. You will be able to manage costs and produce accurate bills of quantities, and hit deadlines.

This is the perfect opportunity to join a highly respected company with a strong staff retention reputation. You will receive a competitive salary, company pension and genuine scope for progression and support for career development.

If you wish to apply send a CV through the link with a mention of when you will be available for a registration call. Alternatively if you require further information on the position you can call Ryan in confidence on 00447758819506.

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Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £45,000.00-£55,000.00 per year

Benefits:

  • Company events
  • Company pension
  • Life insurance
  • On-site parking

Schedule:

  • Monday to Friday

Education:

  • Bachelor’s (preferred)

Experience:

  • Quantity Surveying: 5 years (preferred)

Work authorisation:

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Mcgoff construction

Senior Quantity Surveyor

07/01/2025
full-time
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Senior Quantity Surveyor, Eastry

McGoff Construction is a privately owned, multi award winning construction and integrated support services business with 50 years’ experience. Building for generations and working with select clients nationally, the company offers a holistic range of services; acquire, design, build, operate and maintain.

Our contracts are primarily for the Group’s asset backed operating businesses in the care, residential and education sectors; New Care and Back to the Garden Childcare, as well as supporting revered clients with their nationwide rollout programmes in the health care and food retail arenas.

With accolades including The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work for and Investors in People Gold, this is an exciting time to join McGoff Construction.

Due to sustained growth we are now looking to recruit a Senior Quantity Surveyor based at our Eastry development.


Must be located within a commutable distance of site Eastry.


Role Responsibilities

Client valuations including thorough measurement as work progresses, through to final account

Cash flow forecasts and monitoring against programme

Accurate valuation, forecasting and monitoring of site Preliminaries

Ensure full recovery and valuation of variations/instructions

Provision of timely and accurate documentation, warranties and the like, both internally and externally

Ensuring that the procurement of subcontractors is undertaken in a timely and cost effective manner

Administration of subcontractor contracts and accounts

Ensuring that payments/notices are issued in accordance with the Subcontract and Construction Act

Timely production of subcontract final accounts, including re-measurement and valuation of all variations as necessary to facilitate the optimum result

Keep the Managing Surveyor informed of the progress of both client and subcontractor accounts through to their finalisation, including the release of retentions

Compile monthly Cost/Value reconciliations and forecasts, including future risks and opportunities, and present to the senior management team

Ensure any commercial threats to projects are identified swiftly and communicated to the Managing Surveyor and all contractual notices are issued correctly and on time

Attend meetings and ensure that surveying information and cost advice is provided in an accurate, timely and proficient manner


Requirements

Surveying Degree or equivalent qualification/experience

Experience of working for a Main Contractor

Design and build experience

Excellent communication skills

Experienced in commercially managing large scale projects


Benefits

6% Employer Workplace Pension

25 days’ holiday + Statutory

Holiday ‘Buy Back’ scheme + bonus birthday holiday

Healthcare Scheme

1 days paid ‘Change the World’ volunteering day

McGoff Construction is an equal opportunities employer, which seeks to ensure that no applicant receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of; gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status or race.

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About The Role

Morrison Energy Services is recruiting for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to work on contracts through out the South West.

As the Senior Quantity Surveyor you will be part of our Commercial Team who are responsible for actively assisting the Commercial Department and project team to maximise profit and reduce risk

As the Senior Quantity Surveyor your responsibilities will include:

  • Compile relevant information for preparation of reports and claims to agreed timescales
  • Assist with the ongoing implementation of the commercial application in respect of site personnel at all time whilst developing lasting relationships with Business Unit and Project Managers
  • Constantly refer to the project risk management plan for thorough, accurate, high-level risk assessment. Monitor the register and any related documentation in accordance with the plan
  • Ultimate responsibility for all sub-contractor management. Ensure all sub-contractors and suppliers have submitted compliant quotations/enquiries/applications within the timescale required, and produce all documentation to select and secure services as well as monthly assessments, variations/CE claims and final account agreements through coaching of the Quantity Surveyor
  • Actively increase knowledge of commercial issues and contract law with a view to managing and agreeing compensation events/variations/claims
  • Actively suggest and develop processes for increased accuracy and efficiency minimising time journal and reconciliation tasks
  • Liaison with the Commercial Manager and Quantity Surveyor(s) to ensure appropriate commercial cover is maintained
  • Assist the team and Project Manager, Engineers and Planners with regard to recovery of contract costs together with enhancing project profit by identifying variations, delays and claims
  • Assist with production of monthly project financial and forecast to complete reports for analysis with Finance staff and Commercial Staff
  • Develop sound and balanced negotiating skills
  • Attend when requested handover and progress meetings
  • Help produce a site commercial manual and documents to record variations

    • In accordance with our certification to the standards OHSAS 18001, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 each employee will comply with and contribute to the effective implementation of the current MES :-Health and Safety Policy, Quality Policy & Environmental Policy

Skills & Knowledge Requirements
  • Excellent negotiating interpersonal & communication skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Financial awareness
  • Excellent IT skills, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc
  • Contract costing
  • Contract law (NEC3 / 4)
  • Previous experience in a Quantity Surveying or Cost Clerk role
  • Contract experience, capturing site records for variations and valuations; supporting a project team
  • Sub Contract Management
  • Cost / value reconciliation
  • Qualification in Quantity Surveying
  • Full UK Driving license
  • Knowledge of the industry would be ideal

What’s in it for you?

  • 25 days’ annual leave plus 8 days’ bank holiday
  • Discretional Annual bonus
  • Pension scheme
  • Life Assurance
  • Private health care
  • Company car/ car allowance and fuel card
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About The Company

M Group Services delivers a range of essential infrastructure services within the water, energy, transport and telecommunications sectors in the UK & Ireland. We have built and maintained relationships with our clients over a number of years and have a strong culture that continuously focuses on safety, operational delivery, efficiency and customer service. We are committed to profitable growth both organically and through acquisitions. M Group Services, a trusted employer to over 10,000 skilled specialists working from 240 locations, operates a divisional structure aligned with its end markets.


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