Managing Quantity Surveyor

Balfour Beatty plc; Penrith; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working

Remote options

Annual leave 25 days

Pension plan

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc is seeking a Managing Quantity Surveyor to lead the commercial function on the A66 Penrith to Scotch Corner scheme. Based in Warrington or Penrith with hybrid working (3 days in office), you will drive cost control, risk management and performance from pre-contract through final account, and support adjacent schemes where needed.

The role requires a degree in Quantity Surveying, and active professional membership (RICS/ICE/CIOB or working towards).

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified in Quantity Surveying (or equivalent).
• RICS/ICES or CIOB (or working towards).
• CSCS (Professionally Qualified Person).
• Strong commercial management and cost reporting capability.
• Experience delivering CVR on projects up to £100m.
• Currently operating at Managing QS or Senior QS level.
• Strong working knowledge of NEC contracts.
• Highways experience desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead commercial delivery, ensuring robust governance and driving LEAN/digital practices.
• Identify, manage and mitigate commercial risk.
• Manage subcontractors and supply chain performance.
• Oversee cost planning, forecasting and CVR reporting.
• Build and maintain strong client and stakeholder relationships.
• Lead procurement and negotiation of complex subcontract packages.
• Support team development and recruitment.

Skills

Commercial management

CVR reporting

NEC contracts

Highways experience

Client/stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying

RICS/ICES/CIOB (or working towards)

CSCS (Professionally Qualified Person)

Job description

About The Role

Managing Quantity Surveyor – A66 Project

Location:

Warrington or Penrith | Hybrid (3 days office-based) | Open to candidates willing to work away from home up to 3 days per week

Join a flagship infrastructure scheme upgrading the A66 between Penrith and Scotch Corner to dual carriageway — improving safety, reducing congestion, and strengthening regional connectivity across the North.

What you'll be doing

As a Managing Quantity Surveyor, you’ll lead the commercial function on a major civils project, driving cost, risk and performance from pre-contract through to final account, while supporting smaller schemes where required.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead commercial delivery, ensuring robust governance and driving LEAN/digital practices
• Identify, manage and mitigate commercial risk
• Manage subcontractors and supply chain performance
• Oversee cost planning, forecasting and CVR reporting
• Build and maintain strong client and stakeholder relationships
• Lead procurement and negotiation of complex subcontract packages
• Support team development and recruitment

Who we're looking for

About You

• Degree-qualified in Quantity Surveying (or equivalent)
• RICS, ICES or CIOB (or working towards)
• CSCS (Professionally Qualified Person)
• Strong commercial management and cost reporting capability
• Experience delivering CVR on projects up to £100m
• Currently operating at Managing QS or Senior QS level
• Strong working knowledge of NEC contracts
• Highways experience desirable

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’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

We are 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: [e-mail]