Senior Quantity Surveyor

About the role

Join Balfour Beatty as a Senior Quantity Surveyor and play a leading role in the successful delivery of a major project within a live healthcare environment in Birmingham. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced commercial professional with either an MEP or construction background to contribute to a complex, high-profile scheme where collaboration, innovation and excellence are at the heart of everything we do. You'll be joining a project that requires strategic commercial management, stakeholder engagement and strong leadership within a highly operational setting, where maintaining business continuity is critical throughout construction activities.

We are particularly interested in candidates who have experience working in constrained or live environments such as hospitals, airports, schools, universities, data centres, manufacturing facilities or other operational sites where works must be delivered safely and efficiently alongside day-to-day activities. Your ability to navigate the unique challenges of these environments, manage commercial risk, lead stakeholder engagement, oversee project change and drive commercial performance will be essential to the success of the project.

As part of an experienced and supportive project team, you'll work closely with operational, design and commercial colleagues to maximise value, lead commercial decision-making, manage subcontractor relationships and ensure commercial objectives are achieved throughout the project lifecycle. You will play a key role in forecasting, cost control, contract administration and the commercial governance of the project, helping to deliver successful outcomes for both our client and the business.

Whether your experience has been gained through MEP packages, building construction or wider infrastructure projects, this is an excellent opportunity to further your career with one of the UK's leading construction and infrastructure businesses while helping to deliver a facility that will make a lasting difference to the communities it serves.

What you'll be doing

As a Senior Quantity Surveyor you will:

• Take responsibility for the commercial management of designated packages and elements of the project.


• Manage costs from pre-construction through to final account.


• Prepare and manage forecasts, budgets and cost reports.


• Monitor and manage project expenditure, identifying risks and opportunities.


• Lead the procurement and commercial management of subcontractors and suppliers.


• Prepare, negotiate and agree subcontract accounts, variations and final accounts.


• Manage change effectively, ensuring that commercial impacts are identified and communicated.


• Work closely with the Project Manager, Design Manager, Planning and wider delivery team.


• Build strong working relationships with the client, consultants and supply chain.


• Provide commercial advice and support to the project team.


• Ensure contractual and commercial processes are followed and appropriately documented.

Who we're looking for

You will have the following:

• Experience working as a Senior Quantity Surveyor on major construction projects.


• Previous experience within healthcare, hospitals or other complex buildings would be highly desirable.


• Strong experience in subcontract procurement, cost control, forecasting and final accounts.


• Good knowledge of construction contracts and commercial processes.


• Experience managing change, variations, risk and opportunity.


• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.


• The ability to build effective relationships with clients, consultants and supply chain partners.

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

Operating across England and Wales, our buildings teams create places where people live, are cared for, work, learn, meet and have fun, with a focus on the aviation, health, defence, education and development sectors.

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