Senior Quantity Surveyor

Balfour Beatty plc; Colchester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working with up to 40% remote

25 days annual leave (pro rata)

Pension and incentive schemes

Volunteer leave and recognition

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc is delivering the Bramford to Twinstead Network Optimisation project in East Anglia. We seek an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor to manage costs, maximise value and drive commercial performance while mentoring junior team members.

You will work within a high-performing commercial team, ensuring safe, high-quality delivery and strong governance across the project lifecycle. Chartered status or working towards chartership is preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Quantity Surveyor on major infrastructure projects.
• Strong commercial and contractual management skills with cost control.

Responsibilities

• Manage all commercial and contractual activities within your area of responsibility.
• Forecasting, cost control and value maximisation across the project lifecycle.
• Prepare, review and negotiate subcontract packages; manage variations and final accounts.
• Produce cost reports, cash flow forecasts and commercial performance updates.

Skills

Quantity Surveyor

NEC contracts

Commercial management

Mentoring

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying/Commercial Management

MRICS/ICES/M CIOB (or working towards)

Job description

About the role

Join Balfour Beatty and play a key role in delivering the Bramford to Twinstead Network Optimisation (BTNO) project, a nationally significant energy infrastructure scheme in East Anglia. The project forms part of the transformation of the UK's electricity network, helping to unlock future renewable energy capacity and support the country's Net Zero ambitions through major overhead line, underground cable and substation works.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor with a proven track record of managing project costs, maximising value and driving commercial performance throughout the project lifecycle. Working within a high-performing commercial team, you'll take ownership of cost and income management across your area of responsibility, ensuring projects are delivered efficiently, safely and to the highest standards of quality. You'll also play an important role in developing junior commercial professionals, sharing your expertise and supporting the next generation of industry talent.

This is an exciting opportunity for a commercially astute professional who is either a Chartered Member of RICS, ICES or CIOB, or working towards chartership, and who is passionate about delivering complex infrastructure projects that leave a lasting legacy for communities and the UK's energy future.

What you'll be doing

• Managing all commercial and contractual activities within your area of responsibility, ensuring robust cost control and accurate forecasting throughout the project lifecycle.
• Maximising project value while maintaining the highest standards of safety, quality and delivery performance.
• Preparing, reviewing and negotiating subcontract packages, including procurement, payments, variations and final accounts.
• Monitoring project costs, identifying commercial risks and opportunities, and implementing strategies to protect and improve project margins.
• Producing timely cost reports, cash flow forecasts and commercial performance updates for senior project stakeholders.
• Supporting the delivery of the BTNO project, a major National Grid infrastructure programme involving overhead line, underground cable and substation works in East Anglia.
• Building strong relationships with clients, supply chain partners and operational teams to drive collaborative project success.
• Leading, mentoring and developing Assistant Quantity Surveyors and other junior commercial team members.
• Providing commercial advice and guidance to project teams, helping to resolve contractual and commercial issues.
• Supporting the Commercial Manager in achieving project objectives while ensuring compliance with company procedures and governance requirements.
• Contributing to the professional development of the wider commercial team, sharing knowledge and supporting colleagues working towards chartership.
• Maintaining your own Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and keeping up to date with industry best practice and commercial standards.

Who we're looking for

• Proven experience as a Quantity Surveyor within major infrastructure, utilities, energy or civil engineering projects.
• Strong commercial and contractual management skills, with experience controlling costs and maximising value.
• Good working knowledge of NEC contracts and subcontract management.
• Degree-qualified in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management or a related discipline.
• Chartered (MRICS, MICES or MCIOB) or working towards professional qualification.
• Experience mentoring and developing junior commercial team members.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management and problem-solving skills.
• A collaborative approach and passion for delivering complex infrastructure projects that support the UK's Net Zero ambitions.

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:

• 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

With a strong track record of delivery, our civils teams connect communities through infrastructure projects in the highways, public realm, rail, flood and coastal defence, and industrial sectors across England and Wales.

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]