Balfour Beatty plc
Quantity Surveyor
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About The Role
Location: NZT Project based
Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent
Join Balfour Beatty's Asset & Technology Solutions team as a Quantity Surveyor based on the NZT project and play a key role in delivering innovative infrastructure and technology-led projects across the UK.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an established Quantity Surveyor or an Assistant Quantity Surveyor ready to take the next step in their career. You'll support the commercial success of projects through cost management, procurement, contract administration, and stakeholder engagement, while developing your expertise within a collaborative and supportive team.
What you'll be doing
As a Quantity Surveyor, you'll be working closely with project teams, customers and supply chain partners, you'll help maximise value while maintaining the highest standards of quality and governance.
Key Responsibilities Include
- Managing project costs, valuations and commercial reporting
- Preparing cost reconciliations and supporting financial forecasting
- Measuring, recording and valuing works in line with company procedures
- Interpreting drawings, specifications and works information
- Preparing Bills of Quantities and schedules of rates
- Procuring and managing subcontractors and supply chain partners
- Reviewing programmes and planning commercial activities accordingly
- Supporting customer and stakeholder relationships
- Ensuring compliance with company governance and commercial processes
- Mentoring and supporting developing members of the commercial team where appropriate
Who we're looking for
Essential Requirements
- Degree (BSc or MSc) in Quantity Surveying or equivalent experience
- CSCS Academically Qualified or Professionally Qualified Person Card
- Membership of RICS, ICES or CIOB, or actively working towards chartership
- Experience managing commercial activities on construction or civil engineering projects
- Strong commercial awareness and contractual understanding
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
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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?
Benefits
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:
- 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
Asset & Technology Solutions provides innovative, safe and sustainable solutions to the Balfour Beatty projects across the UK. Our wide range of equipment and services includes HGV’s, tower and crawler cranes, piling equipment, CCTV and security services, survey services and drones, suction excavators, sweepers, modular accommodation and much more.
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.
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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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