Balfour Beatty plc
Assistant Quantity Surveyor
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About The Role
Job Title: Assistant Quantity Surveyor
Location: Peterhead
Company: Balfour Beatty
Project: ASTI – Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment
Balfour Beatty is looking for an Assistant Quantity Surveyor to join our growing commercial team supporting the ASTI programme across the North East of Scotland.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an aspiring or developing Quantity Surveyor to build their career on one of Scotland’s most significant infrastructure programmes.
The ASTI programme forms a key part of the investment being made in Scotland’s electricity transmission network, delivering the infrastructure required to support increased renewable energy generation and the transition towards a lower-carbon energy system.
Working alongside experienced Quantity Surveyors, Senior Quantity Surveyors and Commercial Managers, you will gain hands-on exposure to the commercial delivery of major infrastructure projects while developing your technical and professional capability.
What you'll be doing
As an Assistant Quantity Surveyor, you will support the commercial team in ensuring projects are delivered successfully, commercially and in accordance with Balfour Beatty procedures.
Your Responsibilities Will Include:
- Supporting the Quantity Surveyor, Senior Quantity Surveyor and wider commercial team with the day-to-day commercial management of the project.
- Assisting with the preparation of monthly project cost and commercial reports.
- Supporting the preparation and submission of applications for payment and project invoicing.
- Helping monitor project costs, budgets and cash flow forecasts.
- Assisting with subcontractor procurement, administration, payments and certification.
- Raising purchase order requisitions and supporting the accurate recording of project costs.
- Supporting the identification, recording and management of project change.
- Collating supporting information and substantiation for variations and additional costs.
- Assisting with project correspondence and ensuring potential commercial or contractual issues are highlighted to the wider project team.
- Supporting the commercial team in identifying potential overspends, risks and opportunities.
- Liaising with clients, subcontractors, suppliers and members of the wider project team.
- Assisting with the preparation and close-out of final accounts.
- Helping ensure the project team understands relevant contractual requirements.
- Supporting commercial and financial audits when required.
Who we're looking for
We're looking for someone who is keen to develop a long-term career within Quantity Surveying and commercial management.
You'll Ideally Have:
- Some experience within a commercial, construction, civil engineering or financial environment.
- A degree, HNC/HND or similar qualification in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management or a related discipline, or be working towards one.
- An understanding of basic construction commercial principles.
- Strong numerical and analytical skills.
- Good attention to detail and organisation.
- Confident communication skills and the ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary project team.
- A positive and proactive approach to solving problems.
- The ability to manage priorities and work accurately in a busy project environment.
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Experience within civil engineering, utilities, power, infrastructure or major construction projects would be advantageous, although we're equally interested in candidates with the right commercial foundations and ambition to develop.
Why join ASTI?
This is an opportunity to develop your commercial career while working on a programme of nationally significant infrastructure.
You'll work alongside experienced commercial and operational professionals while gaining exposure to complex projects involving major civil engineering and electricity transmission infrastructure.
For someone looking to progress from Assistant Quantity Surveyor through to Quantity Surveyor, Senior Quantity Surveyor and beyond, ASTI offers the scale, complexity and long-term pipeline to build a strong career.
You'll also benefit from the support, development opportunities and career pathways available within Balfour Beatty, one of the UK's leading infrastructure organisations.
Join us
If you're an Assistant Quantity Surveyor looking for your next opportunity — or you're at an earlier stage of your commercial career and want to develop within major infrastructure — we'd like to hear from you.
Apply today and help us deliver the infrastructure that will support Scotland's energy future.
Professional and personal development
The size and scale of Balfour Beatty coupled with our strong pipeline of work provides incredible opportunities, regardless of what stage you are at in your career.
We encourage and empower our employees to take control of their career and explore which part of the business they want to work in and what role is right for them. We actively encourage our managers and employees to have open communication throughout the year about wellbeing, development and career opportunities.
We're proud of the Balfour Beatty Academy. Whether it’s sharpening your technical expertise, improving your personal skills or seeking support to become professionally qualified, our 70:20:10 approach to development means we have a learning approach that suits everyone.
70% learning on the job, 20% learning from those around you, and 10% formal training courses and learning events.
For further information about Balfour Beatty Scotland, please visit the Balfour Beatty careers website.
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us?
As If Contributing To And Supporting Work That Makes Life Better For Millions Wasn’t Rewarding Enough, We Offer a Full Range Of Benefits Too. You’ll Have The Freedom To Shape The Package That’s Right For You And Your Life. Here Are Some Of Our Key Benefits:
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- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…
About Us
From Dunfermline’s tramways in 1909 to highland hospitals today, Balfour Beatty has been trusted for over a century to deliver the complex and critical infrastructure and iconic buildings Scotland relies on.
We have the people, knowledge and experience to safely deliver projects right first time, maximising value for money and ensuring a positive social impact and inclusive economic growth for local communities.
Our award-winning sustainable projects, including active travel, Passivhaus and retrofit, demonstrate our commitment to supporting Scotland’s transition towards net zero in the built environment.
Diversity and inclusion
At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com
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