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

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?

Benefits

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 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

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:

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