Job Description
Senior Quantity Surveyor - Kier Rail (Oxford Station Phase 2)
We're looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our rail team based in Oxford. In this role you'll be responsible for delivering a landmark infrastructure project.
Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire - Hybrid working available
Hours: 45 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us
Salary: £65,000 - £75,000 per year + £6,700 annual car allowance + private healthcare + benefits
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role
What will you be responsible for?
As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you'll support the Oxford team and work closely with Network Rail on the Oxford Station Phase 2 works, a major upgrade to increase capacity by constructing an additional platform and associated track through the existing operational station.
Your day to day will include:
- Taking a strong lead in the ownership of cost controls on your projects, managing and supporting the site teams as required
- Lead and support the commercial teams in securing maximum sustainable value from contracts, and in settling subcontracts at a fair level reflective of the subcontractor's price and performance
- Compiling monthly applications for payment to client and tracking the certification and payment
- Ensure costs are broken down to site activity level
- Work with the project operational staff to ensure that the profitable and commercial aspects of site decisions are understood, recorded and agreed in line with governance procedures
What are we looking for?
This role of Senior Quantity Surveyor is great if you have:
- Degree in Quantity Surveying
- Proven experience in quantity surveying within rail or civil engineering projects
- Strong commercial acumen and ability to manage budgets and contracts
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 .
As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.
We look forward to seeing your application to
