Balfour Beatty plc
Senior Quantity Surveyor
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About The Role
Bring commercial confidence to complex projects and help shape the future of delivery.
We’re looking for an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our Commercial team and take ownership of cost, value and commercial performance across a defined area of project delivery.
This is a great opportunity for a commercially minded professional who enjoys working closely with project teams, customers and supply chain partners to deliver high-quality outcomes while driving value for money.
What you'll be doing
- Managing all costs and income within your area of responsibility, helping to minimise project costs while maintaining quality, standards and value.
- Preparing, reviewing and analysing commercial information including activity schedules, resource schedules, tender documents, internal reports and financial reconciliations.
- Supporting commercial progress reporting and providing clear updates to senior project stakeholders.
- Reviewing contract programmes, assisting with delay and disruption assessments, and responding to subcontractor activity appropriately.
- Managing variations, compensation events and claims, including preparing, submitting and negotiating where required.
- Working closely with customers, stakeholders, subcontractors and the wider project team to manage commercial matters effectively.
- Supporting procurement activity through constructability analysis, procurement planning and strategy development.
- Leading, mentoring and developing less experienced commercial colleagues, including apprentices, trainees, graduates and assistant quantity surveyors.
Who we're looking for
You’ll bring proven quantity surveying experience, strong commercial judgement and the confidence to influence stakeholders at different levels. You’ll be organised, analytical and comfortable working with detailed commercial data, while also being able to build positive relationships across project teams, customers and supply chain partners.
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- A BSc, MSc or equivalent knowledge in Quantity Surveying or a related commercial discipline.
- Professional membership such as MRICS, MCInstCES or MCIOB, or evidence that you are working towards professional qualification.
- A strong understanding of commercial management, contract administration, cost control and reporting.
- Experience managing subcontractor activity, customer change, variations and claims.
- The ability to supervise, support and mentor junior members of a commercial team.
- A proactive approach to governance, continuous improvement, LEAN thinking and digital opportunities.
- A CSCS card for a professionally qualified person, or willingness to maintain the required accreditation for the role.
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 works at the heart of the UK’s rail networks – designing, enhancing and maintaining thousands of miles of the railways that connect communities and underpin growth.
From feasibility studies, planning and design through to implementation and asset management, we provide multi-disciplinary rail infrastructure services across the lifecycle of rail assets. Our expertise covers electrification, track, power, civils, specialist rail plant, railway systems and technologies.
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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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