Senior Procurement Quantity Surveyor - Newcastle

We have an excellent opportunity for a Procurement Quantity Surveyor to join our North East commercial team based out of Newcastle.

Location: Newcastle, Hebburn

Contract: Full Time, Permanent

What will you be responsible for?

The Procurement Quantity Surveyor will be focussed on managing  contributions from all departments relevant to the tendering and procurement process to ensure quality sub contractor procurement aligned with various tenders and PCSA’s across the region.

Your day to day will include:

• Working closely with the commercial manager determine works package breakdown and inclusions, current construction methodology and intents and schedule procurement stream for each package using contract programme.
• Prepare procurement strategy for each works package from package creation to package order placement and start on site
• Liaise with sub contractor supply chain to ensure timescales for the return of pricing is in line with Kier procurement programme
• Assess sub contractor return to ensure all relevant elements are included in line with project design specification
• Manage sub contractor relationships, fostering collaborative working with trusted partners as well as reviewing potential for new relationships within our supply chain

What are we looking for?

This role of Procurement Quantity Surveyor presents a great opportunity for a Senior Quantity Surveyor level professional who would enjoy focussing on procurement rather than project surveying. The role offers flexibility to work between our Hebburn office and home as appropriate and agreed by the commercial manager. This is a great opportunity for you if:

• You are a qualified construction quantity surveyor and can demonstrate experience working in Tier 1 Main Contractor environments
• You have demonstrable experience and knowledge of managing pre construction commercial management of large 2 stage D&B contracts
• You have strong knowledge of the local sub contractor supply chain covering a wide range of relevant disciples (groundworks, civils, frames, cladding, roofing, internals, finishing)

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