Balfour Beatty plc
Quantity Surveyor - Education Structure Build
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About The Role
Job Title: Quantity Surveyor
Location: Glasgow
Company: Balfour Beatty
Project: Education Facility
About The Role
Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Quantity Surveyor to join our Regional Scotland team on an Education Build Project.
Based in Glasgow, you will support the commercial delivery of this major building project, working closely with the wider project team, customer, and supply-chain partners.
We are looking for a Quantity Surveyor with proven experience across building, structural, or complex construction projects. This is an excellent opportunity to take commercial ownership of key work packages while contributing to the successful delivery of an important new education facility.
What you'll be doing
As Quantity Surveyor, you will manage the costs and income associated with your area of responsibility, helping the project achieve its commercial, programme, quality, and customer objectives.
Your Responsibilities Will Include
- Measuring, recording, and valuing works in accordance with contractual requirements and company procedures
- Managing the commercial performance of structural and building work packages
- Preparing cost-value reconciliations, forecasts, and commercial reports
- Reviewing drawings, specifications, and works information
- Preparing 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, and final accounts
- Working with the project team to plan commercial activities in line with the construction programme
- Collating and reporting accurate cost and value information
- Developing a strong understanding of the customer contract and associated commercial risks
- Identifying, assessing, and managing change, delay, and disruption
- Building effective relationships with the customer, subcontractors, and key stakeholders
- Supporting and mentoring less-experienced members of the commercial team where required
Who we're looking for
You Will Have
- Previous Quantity Surveying experience within the construction industry
- Strong experience on building, structural, or major construction projects
- Experience managing subcontract procurement and subcontract accounts
- Good knowledge of construction contracts and commercial processes
- The ability to interpret drawings, specifications, and programme information
- Experience preparing forecasts, cost reports, and cost-value reconciliations
- Strong commercial awareness and attention to detail
- Effective communication, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills
- The ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary project team
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Ideally, you will hold:
- A BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying, or equivalent commercial experience
- An appropriate CSCS card
- Membership of, or be working towards membership of, the RICS, ICES, or CIOB
Why join us?
This is an opportunity to join Balfour Beatty at the beginning of a newly awarded project and play an important role in establishing its commercial success.
You will work on a significant building scheme in Glasgow, develop your experience across complex structural and construction packages, and be part of a collaborative team committed to delivering high-quality infrastructure for our customer.
At Balfour Beatty, our behaviours are to Talk Positively, Collaborate Relentlessly, Encourage Constantly, Make a Difference, and Value Everyone.
About Balfour Beatty
Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure group. Our Regional Scotland business delivers major building and civil-engineering projects across the country, working with customers and communities to create infrastructure that supports long-term economic and social development.
We value diversity and celebrate individual differences, believing that our inclusive culture helps us build stronger teams and deliver better outcomes. We welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds and are committed to creating an environment where everyone can succeed.
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 go to www.balfourbeatty.com/careers - You can also check out further job opportunities in the careers section.
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.
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:
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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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