Quantity Surveyor

About the role

At Balfour Beatty Living Places, we work in long-term partnership with local authorities across the UK to maintain, manage and enhance highways infrastructure and public spaces. From routine highway maintenance and street lighting to major improvement schemes and infrastructure upgrades, our teams play a vital role in keeping communities connected, safe and moving.

We're looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join our commercial team, supporting the successful delivery of highways maintenance and infrastructure projects. You'll work closely with operational teams, clients, supply chain partners and stakeholders to ensure contracts are managed effectively, costs are controlled and value is maximised throughout the project lifecycle.

This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded professional looking to develop their career within a collaborative team delivering essential local infrastructure services.

What you'll be doing

• Managing and monitoring project costs and commercial performance


• Measuring, recording and valuing works in accordance with contractual requirements


• Identifying opportunities for value engineering and cost savings


• Preparing valuations, applications for payment and invoices


• Producing Bills of Quantities (BOQs) and schedules of rates


• Building estimates from first principles and interpreting drawings and specifications


• Supporting procurement activities and managing subcontractor packages


• Producing and managing Cost Value Reconciliations (CVRs)


• Preparing cost reconciliation reports and commercial documentation


• Reviewing project programmes and planning commercial activities accordingly


• Working closely with operational, commercial and supply chain teams to manage risk and identify opportunities


• Building strong relationships with customers, subcontractors and key stakeholders


• Supporting the development of less experienced members of the team

Who we're looking for

Essential Experience

• Degree qualified in Quantity Surveying (or equivalent experience)


• Previous experience as a Quantity Surveyor within highways, civil engineering, infrastructure, highways maintenance or local authority contracts


• Experience managing commercial activities on term maintenance contracts, framework agreements or NEC contracts


• Strong understanding of cost management, valuations, forecasting and Cost Value Reconciliation (CVR) processes


• Experience administering subcontractor accounts and procurement activities


• Ability to prepare applications for payment, valuations and commercial reporting


• Knowledge of NEC contracts and their practical application


• Strong stakeholder management skills with experience working collaboratively with operational teams, clients and supply chain partners


• Good understanding of risk management, change control and cost recovery mechanisms


• Proficient in Microsoft Office and commercial management systems

Desirable Experience

• Experience working on local authority highways maintenance contracts


• Chartered status, or working towards membership of RICS, ICES or CIOB


• Knowledge of framework delivery models and performance-based contracts


• Experience mentoring and supporting junior commercial team members

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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 Living Places works in long-term partnerships with local authorities to create great places to live, work and play. We actively engage with local people to understand the needs of the communities we work in and shape the places where local economies can thrive and grow. As a leader in sustainable working, diversity, and social value, we use our expertise to bring real, positive change for our customers.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty, we want everyone to be able to thrive and achieve their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. We're making great progress through our Value Everyone DEI Action Plan, but we know we've got more to do. Find out more about our values and DEI initiatives.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We are committed to our processes being barrier-free and will support adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Please let the recruiter for this role know if you require any adjustments.

We're looking to continually improve our recruitment process, so if you have any feedback, please share this with us via candidaterecruitmentenquiries@balfourbeatty.com