Quantity Surveyor

Balfour Beatty plc; Dartford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working with up to 40% remote

25 days annual leave

Pension and other benefits

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc, as part of the Connect Plus Services (CPS) team, is recruiting a Quantity Surveyor to support the M25 project from sites in Dartford, Leatherhead or South Mimms. The role focuses on measurement, valuation, and cost control within a busy highways environment.

Join a high-profile programme with complex commercial duties, procurement, and cost reconciliation while mentoring peers and maintaining value for money for the client.

Qualifications

• BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying or equivalent experience.
• Desirable: excellent communication and teamwork to support the commercial team.
• Desirable: achievement focus and prior commercial/industry knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Support senior members of the commercial team in delivering varied commercial duties.
• Procure and administer supply chain agreements and monitor costs.
• Measure, value and reconcile costs with drawings and specifications.
• Prepare Bills of Quantities and Schedules of Rates from first principles.
• Plan commercial activities to align with section programmes and control delays.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Achievement Focus

Commercial Awareness

Education

BSc/MSc in Quantity Surveying

Job description

About The Role

Quantity Surveyor – Balfour Beatty – Connect Plus Services (CPS)

Location: Dartford, Leatherhead or South Mimms

We have an exciting opportunity for a Quantity Surveyor to join our Connect Plus Services (CPS) team, supporting the M25 London Orbital Motorway project.

CPS is a joint venture between Balfour Beatty, Atkins and Egis, responsible for operating and maintaining the M25—Europe’s busiest motorway. Delivering over £100m of annual investment, alongside planned and reactive maintenance, this is a complex and high-profile network requiring robust and efficient planning.

If you are building a career in highways, this role offers exposure to one of the UK’s most challenging and dynamic infrastructure environments.

What you'll be doing

A Quantity Surveyor has a number of years’ experience in measurement and valuation of civil engineering work and reconciling to costs. They will be supporting other more senior members of the commercial team in delivering the varied commercial duties as well as being responsible for procuring and administrating our supply chain agreements. They actively seek to minimise the costs of a project and enhance value for money, while still achieving the required standards and quality for our Customers.

Typically a QS will be chartered or in the final stages of achieving professional membership of the RICS, ICES or similar professional body and will be a peer role model for those less experienced members of the commercial team.

Governance

• Has a good knowledge of and adheres to the Company’s GMCEs, BMS and other governance

Analytical Thinking & Decision Making

• Orders information and systematically checks data

Cost Engineering

• Measure, record & value work unsupervised in accordance with appropriate rules and procedures

Estimating

• Measure & interpret specifications & drawings
• Build up estimates from first principle including net and gross estimates
• Translate measurement from drawings and Specifications and prepare Bills of Quantities and Schedules of rates

Planning

• Review weekly, monthly, section programmes of works
• Plan commercial activities to meet requirements of section programmes
• Have an understanding of delay and disruption programmes

Project Management

• Use the company’s ERP System
• Collation of Cost and Value Information
• Preparation of Cost reconciliation statements

Who we're looking for

The Following Qualifications Are Essential

• BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying or experience equivalent

The Following Qualities/experience Are Desirable

• Communication
• Teamwork
• Achievement Focus (Achieving Results)
• Previous Commercial Work experience/Industry knowledge

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

Connect Plus Services (CPS) brings together the collective strength of our parent companies - Balfour Beatty, Atkins and Egis Road Operation UK. With around 600 people, based at eight locations across the M25 network, we work on behalf of Connect Plus and National Highways to manage the operation of the M25 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, from routine maintenance to managing the whole-life requirement of thousands of assets across the network.

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

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: 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]