Assistant Quantity Surveyor

Balfour Beatty plc; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as an Assistant Quantity Surveyor, where you will play a vital role in managing construction costs and ensuring quality standards. This position offers a unique opportunity to grow within a supportive team, engaging with diverse projects that shape communities. With a strong focus on professional development, you will receive award-winning training and work towards your qualifications with the RICS, ICES, or CIOB. Embrace a culture that values collaboration and innovation, while enjoying a range of benefits designed to support your career and well-being.

Benefits

Pension

Recognition Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Generous Annual Leave

Volunteering Leave

Share Plan

Qualifications

• Good knowledge of quantity surveying duties with a successful track record.
• Proactively follow structured training programmes for professional qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Manage costs and ensure project meets legal and quality standards.
• Prepare cost reconciliation statements and collate cost and value information.

Skills

Quantity Surveying

Cost Management

Data Gathering

Team Collaboration

Education

BSc in Quantity Surveying

Tools

ERP System

BMS Systems

Job description

About the role

Shape a culture that feels like family, in an organisation that’s the biggest of its kind. As an Assistant Quantity Surveyor, you’ll join for our stability and pride in delivering inspiring infrastructure. You’ll stay for the sheer scope, award-winning training and career development. From community-based projects to the UK’s biggest civil engineering works, we’ve a presence in almost every market. If you’ve ambition and enthusiasm, this is your chance to grow with us.

Working within our Regional Civils division, you will be mainly site based at Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth. This will require security clearance due to the nature of the project and offers a fantastic opportunity to join the commercial team as an Assistant Quantity Surveyor on the project.

What you'll be doing

An Assistant Quantity Surveyor (AQS) will have a good knowledge of quantity surveying duties and a successful track record in performing these duties. With support from more senior members of the commercial team, they will manage the costs of the works and ensure that their part of the project meets legal and quality standards.

They will also be responsible for the effective engagement and management of our supply chain. Typically, they will have a Quantity Surveying degree or be in the final stages of achieving this, with the intention of proactively following structured training programmes to achieve their professional qualifications from the RICS, ICES or CIOB.

As an Assistant Quantity Surveyor and custodian of the commercial side of construction works, you’ll:

• Have a good knowledge of and adhere to the Company’s GMCEs, BMS and other governance
• Gather data & carry out research on current construction costs
• Measure, record & value work supervised in accordance with appropriate rules and procedures
• Seek out, locate and assemble pre and post contract documentation, complemented with the necessary administration skills
• Be responsible for weekly and monthly works programmes
• Have awareness of different programme formats
• Use the company’s ERP System and BMS systems
• Collate Cost and Value Information
• Prepare Cost reconciliation statements
• Collect information required to specify procurement requirements
• Record and document information including registration of interest
• Understand the steps / documentation required
• Measure works and agree with subcontractors
• Maintain a Personal Development Plan
• Work towards professional membership from the RICS, ICES or CIOB
• Support the development of others

Who we're looking for

To start your career with us as an Assistant Quantity Surveyor, you’ll need to:

• Have a positive outlook and a passion for what you do
• Be willing to learn from your team and other experts to go far with us
• Collaborate with colleagues across Balfour Beatty and work as a team

The following qualifications are essential:

• BSc in Quantity Surveying or equivalent knowledge
• CSCS Card (Professional Qualified Person)
• BPSS is a requirement to work on the project

Why work for us

If you’re inspired by the chance to grow through meaningful work, join us as an Assistant Quantity Surveyor. Benefits include a share plan, pension, recognition scheme, employee assistance programme, and generous annual and volunteering leave. You’ll be supported to be safe, seen, heard, and respected throughout your career with us. Apply now.

About us

At Balfour Beatty, we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone D&I Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. Our Smart Working policy enables flexible work where operationally possible, and we are happy to explore this with you.

For more information about our D&I Strategy and Action Plan, visit our website.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with disabled people and those with long-term health conditions to remove barriers to employment. We also offer interviews to applicants with disabilities who meet the role's minimum requirements. More information can be found at Disability Confident.