Trainee Quantity Surveyor

Balfour Beatty Plc

The Role

Overview

Support commercial team on costs, contracts, reporting for civil projects

Key Responsibilities

  • cost estimating
  • cost control
  • tendering
  • procurement
  • subcontractor management
  • site coordination

Tasks

-Assist in the preparation of cost estimates, valuations, and reports -Help manage subcontractor accounts and project documentation -Support with tendering, procurement, and cost control activities -Work closely with site teams to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget.

Requirements

  • numerical
  • analytical
  • communication
  • quantity surveying

What You Bring

-Strong numerical, analytical, and communication skills -Working towards (or interested in starting) a qualification in Quantity Surveying or a related discipline.

Benefits

-25 days paid annual leave (pro rata) -Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more… -Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave -Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.

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)