Senior Quantity Surveyor

Balfour Beatty Plc

The Role

Overview

Lead commercial activities for civil infrastructure projects, managing budgets and teams.

Key Responsibilities

  • contract management
  • cost tracking
  • budget management
  • project reporting
  • compliance
  • strategy development

Tasks

-Lead and mentor junior commercial staff, providing guidance and support. -Support project reviews, reports, and insurance claims as required. -Develop and implement commercial strategies to ensure project delivery and margins. -Manage project profitability, budgets, and financial reporting. -Oversee contract change management, valuations, and timely applications for payments. -Manage subcontractor selection, contracts, and compliance with company standards. -Ensure compliance with HSE procedures, company policies, and Group Minimum Commercial Expectations. -Maintain accurate cost tracking, forecasts, and cash flow management.

Requirements

  • chartered
  • rics
  • tendering
  • procurement
  • negotiation
  • quantity surveying

What You Bring

-Chartered or qualified with RICS, ICES, or CIOB. -Experience in tendering, procurement, and subcontract management. -Excellent negotiation, communication, and leadership skills. -Strong knowledge of construction techniques, contract law, and EEC suite contracts. -Substantial senior-level experience in quantity surveying within civil engineering.

The Company

About Balfour Beatty Plc

-It finances, designs, constructs and maintains roads, rail, energy plants, water systems, buildings and communities. -Active across the UK, US, Hong Kong and Canada, it's known for ventures like HS2, Crossrail and major highway upgrades. -Known for innovation, it uses digital tools, off-site manufacturing and automated plant to enhance safety and efficiency. -An unusual highlight: it pioneered the Automated Cone Laying Machine, boosting roadworker safety on live highways.

Sector Specialisms

Residential

Off-site solutions

Pipe fabrication and installation

Infrastructure Investments

Construction Services

Support Services

Civil engineering

Building

Ground engineering

Mechanical & Electrical engineering

Refurbishment

Fit-out

Rail engineering

Electricity networks

Rail

Highways

Structural concrete repair

Corrosion protection

Bridge strengthening

Bearing replacement

Concrete carriageway rehabilitation

Transportation (roads, rail and aviation)

Power and Energy

Mining

Water

Social infrastructure (hospitals and schools)