Balfour Beatty plc
Senior Quantity Surveyor
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About The Role
At Balfour Beatty, we're delivering some of the UK's most significant energy infrastructure projects, helping to strengthen Scotland's electricity network and support the transition to a low-carbon future.
We're looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our Power T&D Commercial team, supporting the delivery of major transmission and substation projects across North and East Scotland. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in a once-in-a-generation investment programme that will help connect renewable energy to homes and businesses across the UK.
This hybrid role can be based from Maxim Park, Motherwell or Westhill, Aberdeen, with regular travel to project sites across North and East Scotland and the flexibility to work from home under our Smart Working policy.
What you'll be doing
As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you'll be a key member of the commercial team, supporting the successful delivery of large-scale infrastructure projects from inception through to completion.
You'll be responsible for commercial management, contract administration, procurement, cost control, and maximising project performance, whilst building strong relationships with clients, supply chain partners and operational teams.
This role offers the opportunity to work on complex, high-value projects whilst continuing to develop your commercial expertise, leadership capability and professional qualifications.
Key Responsibilities
- Managing the commercial aspects of major infrastructure projects across North and East Scotland.
- Identifying and managing commercial risks and opportunities throughout the project lifecycle.
- Procuring, managing and developing relationships with subcontractors and suppliers.
- Administering client and subcontractor contracts, ensuring compliance with contractual obligations.
- Supporting accurate forecasting, cost management and reporting activities.
- Driving value for money whilst maintaining quality, safety and delivery objectives.
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Supporting compliance with Balfour Beatty's Gated Business Lifecycle and governance processes.
- Mentoring and developing junior members of the commercial team.
- Supporting continuous improvement and sharing best practice across the wider business.
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Who we're looking for
Essential
- Degree qualified (BSc or MSc) in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management or equivalent experience.
- Experience working within the construction, utilities, infrastructure or engineering sectors.
- Strong commercial acumen with experience managing costs, contracts and project performance.
- Experience working under NEC3 and/or NEC4 contracts.
- Excellent communication, negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary project environment.
Desirable
- Membership of RICS, ICES, CIOB or working towards professional accreditation.
- Experience working on large civil engineering, power, utilities or major infrastructure projects.
- Previous experience mentoring or developing junior team members.
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
Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.
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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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