Balfour Beatty plc
Quantity Surveyor - Education Structure Build
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Quantity Surveyor - Education Structure Build
Job Title
Quantity Surveyor
Location
Glasgow
Company
Balfour Beatty
Project
Education Facility
About The Role
Balfour Beatty is offering an opportunity for an experienced Quantity Surveyor to join their Regional Scotland team on a new Education Build Project.
Based in Glasgow, the successful candidate will play a critical role in commercially leading this major building project, collaborating closely with the project team, customers, and supply-chain partners.
This is an ideal opportunity for a Quantity Surveyor with expertise in building, structural, or complex construction projects, allowing you to take commercial ownership of key work packages while contributing to the delivery of an important new education facility.
Job Responsibilities
As Quantity Surveyor, your responsibilities will include:
- Cost and income management to ensure the commercial, programme, quality, and customer objectives of the project are met.
- Measuring, recording, and valuing works in line with contractual requirements and company procedures.
- Managing commercial performance of structural and building work packages.
- Preparing cost-value reconciliations, forecasts, and commercial reports.
- Reviewing drawings, specifications, and works information for accuracy and completeness.
- Compiling bills of quantities, schedules of rates, and first-principle estimates.
- Procuring subcontractors and managing:
- Subcontract enquiries
- Tender comparisons and adjudications
- Managing subcontract accounts, including:
- Valuations
- Payments
- Variations
- Final accounts
- Collaborating with the project team to plan commercial activities in line with the construction programme.
- Collating and reporting accurate cost and value information for stakeholders.
- Developing a robust understanding of the customer contract and associated commercial risks.
- Identifying, assessing, and managing change, delay, and disruption risks.
- Building effective relationships with:
- The customer
- Subcontractors
- Key stakeholders
- Supporting and mentoring junior team members as required.
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Job Requirements
Essential Criteria
You will possess:
- Previous Quantity Surveying experience in the construction industry.
- Strong experience working on building, structural, or major construction projects.
- Subcontract procurement and subcontract account management expertise.
- Good knowledge of construction contracts and commercial processes.
- The ability to interpret drawings, specifications, and programme information.
- Experience preparing:
- Cost forecasts
- Cost reports
- Cost-value reconciliations
- Strong commercial awareness and attention to detail.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
- The ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary project teams.
Preferred Qualifications
Ideally, you will hold:
- A BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying, or equivalent commercial qualifications.
- An appropriate CSCS card.
- Membership of, or progression towards membership of:
- RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors)
- ICES (Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors)
- CIOB (Chartered Institute of Building)
Why Join Balfour Beatty
This role offers the opportunity to shape a project from its early stages, develop expertise in complex structural and construction delivery, and contribute to high-impact education infrastructure for Glasgow.
Balfour Beatty employees are guided by five core behaviours:
- Talk Positively
- Collaborate Relentlessly
- Encourage Constantly
- Make a Difference
- Value Everyone
About Balfour Beatty
As a leading international infrastructure group, Balfour Beatty delivers building and civil-engineering projects across the UK, contributing to economic growth and social development.
The company is committed to:
- Diversity and inclusion, fostering an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive.
- Equal opportunity recruitment, supporting candidates from all backgrounds.
Professional Development at Balfour Beatty
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The organisation prioritises continuous learning through its Balfour Beatty Academy, supporting employees to:
- Develop technical expertise
- Grow personal skills
- Achieve professional qualifications
This is aligned to a 70:20:10 development learning model: ✔ 70% on-the-job experience ✔ 20% mentorship and peer learning ✔ 10% formal training
Career Growth & Benefits
Why Work for Us?
Balfour Beatty teams deliver bold and essential infrastructure projects, shaping communities and economies.
Key Benefits Include:
- Flexible working (up to 40% remote working, staggered start/finish times where possible).
- 25 days’ paid annual leave (prorata for part-time).
- Family-friendly policies:
- 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave.
- 4 weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave.
- Pension contributions, share incentive plans, volunteering leave, and recognition schemes.
For more information about career opportunities at Balfour Beatty Scotland, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/careers.
About Our Sustainability & Inclusion Initiatives
- Over a century of delivering Scottish infrastructure, including active travel, Passivhaus, and retrofit projects, supporting net-zero ambitions.
- Committed to diversity and inclusion, with a Value Everyone strategy to ensure fairness and opportunity for all.
Balfour Beatty is proud to:
- Partner with organisations such as WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum, and AFBE (Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers).
- Sign the Aucteliss and Involve Open Letter, advocating for Black inclusion.
- Hold a Gold Award in the Ministry of Defence’s Employer Recognition Scheme, actively welcoming armed forces personnel, veterans, and reservists.
- Be a Disability Confident Employer, offering fair interview processes to applicants disclosed with disabilities.
If you have any feedback on recruitment processes, send it to candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com to help improve accessibility.
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