Quantity Surveyor

Balfour Beatty plc; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working

Remote up to 40% where role allows

25 days annual leave

Pension

Share incentive plan

Job summary

Balfour Beatty Rail is seeking a Quantity Surveyor to help manage costs across building and civil engineering projects, supporting senior commercial team members and procuring and managing supply chain. The role emphasizes minimizing costs while maintaining standards and quality for customers, with expectations of chartered status or nearing MRICS/ICES/CIOB and mentoring others.

You’ll engage in measuring, estimating, preparing Bills of Quantities, reviewing programmes, using ERP, and developing

Qualifications

• Ideally a BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying or experience equivalent.
• Previous experience of change management & bespoke contract management would be beneficial.
• Early engagement & pre-contract experience - beneficial.
• Commercial experience gained from Rail, Civil Engineering or Construction sectors.

Responsibilities

• Orders information and systematically checks data.
• Measure, record & value work unsupervised in accordance with appropriate rules and procedures.
• 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.
• Review weekly, monthly, section programmes of works.
• Plan commercial activities to meet requirements of section programmes.
• Have an understanding of delay and disruption programmes.
• Use the company’s ERP System.
• Collation of Cost and Value Information.
• Preparation of Cost reconciliation statements.

Skills

Change management

Contract management

Pre-contract experience

Commercial experience

Education

BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying

Tools

ERP system

Job description

About The Role

Balfour Beatty Rail are recruiting for a Quantity Surveyor with experience in managing all costs relating to building and civil engineering projects. in this role 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 managing our

supply chain. The successful candidate will 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 Quantity Surveyor will be chartered or in the final stages of achieving professional membership of the RICS, ICES or CIOB and will be a peer role model for those less experienced members of the commercial team.

What you’ll be doing

• Orders information and systematically checks data
• Measure, record & value work unsupervised in accordance with appropriate rules and procedures
• 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
• Review weekly, monthly, section programmes of works
• Plan commercial activities to meet requirements of section programmes
• Have an understanding of delay and disruption programmes
• Use the company’s ERP System
• Collation of Cost and Value Information
• Preparation of Cost reconciliation statements

Collect Information Required To Specify Procurement Requirements

• Record and document information including registration of interest
• Understand the steps / documentation required
• Undertakes customer and stakeholder management for their area of responsibility
• Collation of cost and value information
• Measurement of works and agreements with subcontractors
• Development, Recruitment and Retention
• Maintain a Personal Development Plan
• Supports the development of others
• Working towards professional membership from the RICS, ICES or CIOB

Who we're looking for

• Ideally a BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying or experience equivalent
• Previous experience of change Management & Bespoke Contract management would be beneficial
• Early engagement & Pre-contract experience - beneficial
• Commercial experience gained from any of these sectors; Rail, Civil Engineering or Construction

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.

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 works at the heart of the UK’s rail networks – designing, enhancing and maintaining thousands of miles of the railways that connect communities and underpin growth.

From feasibility studies, planning and design through to implementation and asset management, we provide multi-disciplinary rail infrastructure services across the lifecycle of rail assets. Our expertise covers electrification, track, power, civils, specialist rail plant, railway systems and technologies.

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.