Assistant Quantity Surveyor

About the role

Our Balfour Beatty Highways business has a terrific opportunity for an Assistant Quantity Surveyor to join our £1.2 billion Lower Thames Crossing project.

The Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) is one of the UK's most significant infrastructure projects. LTC is a new road that will connect Kent and Essex through a tunnel beneath the River Thames and will be the greenest road ever built in the UK - creating six times more green space than road. The reliable new route will almost double road capacity over the river east of London to reduce congestion and give millions of people more choice on where they live, work and spend their valuable time.

This is a great opportunity for a commercially minded Assistant QS, who enjoys working with detail, collaborating with project teams and supply chain partners, and contributing to cost, value and commercial information across the project lifecycle.

What you'll be doing

Cost Engineering

• Gather data & carry out research on current construction costs


• Measure, record & value work supervised in accordance with appropriate rules and procedures

Estimating

• Seek out, locate and assemble pre and post contract documentation, complimented with the necessary administration skills.

Planning

• Be responsible for weekly and monthly works programmes


• Awareness of different programme formats

Project Management

• Use the company's ERP System


• Collation of Cost and Value Information


• Preparation of Cost reconciliation statements

Procurement

• Collect information required to specify procurement requirements


• Record and document information including registration of interest


• Understand the steps / documentation required

Commercial Management

• Collation of cost and value information


• Measurement of works and agreements with subcontractors

Development, Recruitment and Retention

• Maintain a Personal Development Plan


• Working towards professional membership from the RICS, ICES or CIOB


• Helps support development of others

Who we're looking for

The following qualifications are essential

• BSc in Quantity Surveying or


• MSc in Quantity Surveying

The following qualities/experience are desirable

• Communication


• Teamwork


• Achievement Focus (Achieving Results)


• Work experience


• Industry knowledge

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?

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 Highways business delivers major schemes including motorway upgrade programmes, complex national infrastructure projects and regional investment programme works for National Highways. We have a strong orderbook and a positive pipeline of opportunities, we put the road user, at the heart of everything we do. We work safely, reduce carbon emissions and added social value to the communities within which we work.

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