We’re looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join our Construction business for the Eastern and Midlands region.

Location: Working on projects within a 1 hour commute from our office based in Rushden, Northamptonshire

Contract: Permanent, full time – flexible and part-time hours available if desired, just let us know.

Responsibilities

As a Quantity Surveyor for the Rushden office, you will work with site teams across a range of sectors of projects.

Your day to day will include:

• Working alongside the project delivery team, you will ensure the contractual control and cost management of projects across different sectors.
• Having exposure to the full project lifecycle with involvement across pre-construction through to project delivery
• You will manage the commercial aspects of subcontract accounts from procurement to interim and final account agreement and be involved with the final account negotiation to ensure the best possible outcome.

Who are we looking for?

• Ideally you will have experience from a similar role within the construction industry
• You’ll be proficient in the use of MS Office, particularly Excel
• You will be degree qualified

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. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk to discuss and arrange these.

Benefits at Kier

We’re proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:

• New and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more
• Matched pension scheme up to 7.5%
• 26 days’ annual leave + bank holidays (with the opportunity to buy or sell holiday)
• Two employee Share Scheme options (Sharesave and Share Incentive Plan)
• Kier’s Green Car Scheme

And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website: www.kier.co.uk/careers/rewards-benefits

Who is Kier?

We’re made up of six business units, Group Functions, Construction, Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, and as a group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK. Take a look at our sustainability objectives: https://www.kier.co.uk/sustainability/

At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.

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 (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

You can see more about our D&I action plan here: https://www.kier.co.uk/media/6668/di-roadmap-2021.pdf