Job Description

Location: Newcastle

Business Unit: Kier Construction – North & Scotland

Contract Type: Permanent | Full Time, Opportunity for some hybrid working

At Kier Construction, we deliver projects that shape the future of our communities. We're looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join our team in Newcastle, supporting the successful delivery of a new build school project— a scheme that will provide vital learning spaces for the community.

As a Quantity Surveyor, you'll play a key role in managing the commercial aspects of the project, ensuring value, quality, and compliance at every stage. You'll work closely with our supply chain, clients, and internal teams to deliver excellence from procurement through to final account.

Key responsibilities:

• Manage subcontractor procurement and payments
• Provide timely, accurate information for CVR reporting
• Support change control and risk mitigation with the Senior Quantity Surveyor
• Carry out site measurements to assess subcontractor payment applications
• Collaborate with site and design teams to ensure all project variations are captured and costed
• Prepare information to enable applications for payment to the client
• Provide commercial advice to the project teams as required

What are we looking for?

• Degree or equivalent in Quantity Surveying
• Experience in main contracting, ideally on education or public sector projects
• Knowledge of NEC and/or JCT contracts
• Full UK driving licence
• Located in North East of England, able to travel to office and site locations

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable 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 about benefits here.

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 initiatives, and our people have made a significant impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to receiving your application. #joinkier

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