Quantity Surveyor - Lower Thames Crossing

Balfour Beatty plc; Grays; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working (up to 40% remote)

25 days annual leave

Family friendly policies

Pension and incentives

Job summary

The Balfour Beatty plc team is seeking a Quantity Surveyor to join the Lower Thames Crossing project, a landmark UK infrastructure initiative. You will measure, value and manage costs, work with project teams and supply chain partners, and support procurement across the project lifecycle.

You'll bring a BSc/MSc in Quantity Surveying or equivalent experience, strong analytical and communication skills, and a collaborative mindset.

Qualifications

• A BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience managing costs across building, civil engineering or construction-related projects.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to organise information, check data and make sound commercial decisions.
• Good understanding of cost engineering, estimating, procurement and commercial reporting.
• Confident communication skills and the ability to work effectively with project teams, customers and supply chain partners.

Responsibilities

• Measuring, recording and valuing works in line with agreed rules, processes and project requirements.
• Preparing and interpreting specifications, drawings, Bills of Quantities and schedules of rates.
• Supporting estimates from first principles, including net and gross estimates.
• Reviewing project programmes and planning commercial activity to meet key milestones.
• Collating cost and value information and preparing cost reconciliation statements.
• Supporting procurement activity, including gathering requirements, recording information and managing the required documentation.
• Working with subcontractors to measure works, agree valuations and support effective commercial management.
• Using company systems to maintain accurate commercial records and provide reliable reporting.
• Supporting colleagues across the commercial team and acting as a positive role model for less experienced team members.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Collaboration

Cost engineering

Estimating

Procurement

Commercial reporting

Education

BSc/MSc in Quantity Surveying

Job description

About The Role

Our Balfour Beatty Highways business has a terrific opportunity for a Quantity Surveyor to join our £1.2 billion Lower Thames Crossing project.

The Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) is one of the UK’s most significant infrastructure projects. LTC is a new road that will connect Kent and Essex through a tunnel beneath the River Thames and will be the greenest road ever built in the UK - creating six times more green space than road. The reliable new route will almost double road capacity over the river east of London to reduce congestion and give millions of people more choice on where they live, work and spend their valuable time.

This is a great opportunity for a commercially minded QS who enjoys working with detail, collaborating with project teams and supply chain partners, and taking ownership of cost, value and commercial information across the project lifecycle.

What you'll be doing

• Measuring, recording and valuing works in line with agreed rules, processes and project requirements.


• Preparing and interpreting specifications, drawings, Bills of Quantities and schedules of rates.


• Supporting estimates from first principles, including net and gross estimates.


• Reviewing project programmes and planning commercial activity to meet key milestones.


• Collating cost and value information and preparing cost reconciliation statements.


• Supporting procurement activity, including gathering requirements, recording information and managing the required documentation.


• Working with subcontractors to measure works, agree valuations and support effective commercial management.


• Using company systems to maintain accurate commercial records and provide reliable reporting.


• Supporting colleagues across the commercial team and acting as a positive role model for less experienced team members.

Who we're looking for

• A BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying, or equivalent relevant experience.


• Experience managing costs across building, civil engineering or construction-related projects.


• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to organise information, check data and make sound commercial decisions.


• Good understanding of cost engineering, estimating, procurement and commercial reporting.


• Confident communication skills and the ability to work effectively with project teams, customers and supply chain partners.


• A collaborative, achievement-focused approach with strong attention to detail.


• Working towards, in the final stages of, or already holding professional membership with RICS, ICES or CIOB would be highly 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

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]