Quantity Surveyor

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

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working

25 days annual leave

Family friendly policies

Pension and share plan

Job summary

Balvac, a specialist business within Balfour Beatty, is seeking a Quantity Surveyor to support pre- and post-contract activities across multiple live projects in the UK. You will help drive commercial excellence, manage budgets and cash flow, and ensure robust governance while visiting sites as needed.

The role offers hybrid working with offices in Warrington, Derby or Leeds, and flexible working from home.

Qualifications

• Strong negotiation and stakeholder skills.
• Good IT, numeracy and reporting skills.
• Knowledge of construction law, NEC contracts, tendering and procurement.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage commercial strategy and profitability for schemes.
• Maintain contract cost reporting and forecast costs.
• Monitor costs to completion and manage budgets, variations, and change.
• Administer subcontract tenders, placement and accounts.
• Manage applications for payment, cash flow and valuation plans.
• Support project reviews and monthly reporting to stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with BMS and commercial expectations.
• Build strong relationships with customers, supply chain and internal teams.

Skills

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

IT skills

Numeracy

Reporting

Independent working

Team collaboration

Education

BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying

Job description

About The Role

Join Balvac – Keeping the UK’s Critical Infrastructure Strong

Balvac is one of Balfour Beatty’s most specialist and technically skilled businesses – dedicated to structural concrete repair, strengthening, protection and refurbishment of vital civil infrastructure across the UK. From bridges and tunnels to power assets, ports, highways and energy structures, Balvac plays a crucial role in extending the life of the UK’s most important assets.

With 10–20 live projects at any one time, ranging from a few thousand pounds to multi‑million‑pound schemes, Balvac delivers complex works across transport, energy, highways and public infrastructure for major clients such as National Highways, Local Authorities, EDF, NRS and Tier 1 contractors.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a niche, high‑performing team where every project is different, and your work truly makes an impact.

As a Quantity Surveyor with Balvac, you will support both pre‑ and post‑contract activities across multiple live projects. You’ll be central to ensuring commercial excellence, strong financial governance and the successful delivery of schemes across the region.

You’ll join one of our commercial offices in Warrington, Derby, or Leeds, with the flexibility to work from home and visit sites as needed. The team typically works 2 days per week in the office, with full flexibility built into the role.

What you'll be doing

• Managing commercial strategy and supporting profitability on allocated schemes
• Maintaining contract cost reporting systems and producing accurate cost forecasts
• Monitoring costs to completion and managing budgets, variations and change
• Ensuring subcontract tenders, placement and accounts are administered correctly
• Managing applications for payment, cash flow and valuation plans
• Supporting project reviews, monthly reporting and stakeholder communication
• Ensuring compliance with Balfour Beatty’s BMS and commercial expectations
• Building strong relationships with customers, supply chain and internal teams
• Acting in line with Balfour Beatty values and maintaining a focus on Zero Harm

Who we’re looking for

We welcome candidates from a range of backgrounds – ideally with experience in civils, infrastructure, concrete repair, highways, or structural works. But if you come from construction or wider built‑environment backgrounds with strong commercial capability, we’d still love to hear from you.

Essential Experience

• Previous experience as a Quantity Surveyor
• BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying
• Strong working knowledge of construction law, contracts (including NEC), tendering and procurement
• Experience managing subcontractor packages and administering contracts
• Good IT, numeracy and reporting skills
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a collaborative team
• A results‑driven mindset with strong negotiation and stakeholder skills

Desirable

• Professional membership (RICS, CICES, CIOB, ICE etc.)

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?

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:

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 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. Please let the recruiter for this role know if you require any adjustments.

We’re looking to continually improve our recruitment process, so if you have any feedback, please share this with us via [e-mail].