Quantity Surveyor in Newcastle upon Tyne

Kier Construction have an excellent opportunity in our North East business for a Quantity Surveyor to join us. 

The Quantity Surveyor will be initially aligned with a new build, mixed use leisure and arts facility in Blyth working closely with the commercial lead 

Location: Newcastle, Blyth 

Contract: Full Time, Permanent 

What will you be responsible for? 

As Quantity Surveyor you will take a key role in the management and mitigation of cost and risk of projects, to enhance value for money, while still achieving the required legal standards and quality under the specific agreed contract conditions.

What will your day to day will include?:

• Organising the division of projects into component work packages for procurement, assessing returns from sub-contractors and awarding work packages.
• Negotiating with sub-contractor supply chain to achieve best value.
• Managing applications for payment from sub contractors, preparation of applications for payment to clients.
• Monitoring and measuring actual expenditure against budgeted project expenditure in the form of CVR (Cost Value Reconciliation Reports

What are we looking for?

This role of Quantity Surveyor is great for you if:

• You hold relevant qualification in quantity surveying
• You can demonstrate prior quantity surveying experience gained within the main contractor environment
• You have strong knowledge of delivering under NEC / JCT Contract conditions 
• You are Confident  in dealing with client reps, sub contractors and internal stakeholders

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

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

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