Senior Quantity Surveyor

Balfour Beatty plc; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working – up to 40% remote

25 days annual leave (pro rata)

Pension & Share incentive scheme

Diversity & inclusion policies

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc is recruiting a Senior Quantity Surveyor to lead the commercial management of a 33kV cable replacement project in the UK. You will drive commercial performance across civil works, utilities and subcontract packages, ensuring robust cost control, forecasting and risk management, while maintaining governance and contractual integrity.

You will collaborate with the Project Manager and multidisciplinary teams, oversee payments, compensation events and change control, and mentor

Qualifications

• Experience with NEC contracts and civil/utility infrastructure projects.
• Strong cost control, forecasting and CVR skills.
• Ability to interpret contracts, scopes, drawings and programmes.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day commercial management of the project & develop commercial strategy.
• Manage NEC contract obligations, notices, timescales and processes.
• Handle compensation events from notification to quotation and changes.
• Maintain robust change control with accurate cost/delivery data.
• Prepare monthly cost/value reconciliations, forecasts and reports.
• Identify and manage commercial risks and opportunities.
• Procure and manage subcontractors and suppliers; oversee payment processes.
• Provide commercial advice to Project Manager and wider team.

Skills

Commercial leadership

NEC contracts

Cost control

Forecasting

Change control

Subcontract management

Payments & valuations

Risk management

Cost and value reconciliations

Client relationship

Education

Quantity Surveying degree/related

Chartered status (RICS/CICES) or working towards

Job description

About The Role

Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our team, taking the commercial lead on a 33kV cable replacement project.

Working at the heart of the project team, you’ll lead the day-to-day commercial management of the scheme, with responsibility for the commercial performance of the civil engineering, infrastructure and associated subcontract work packages. You’ll take ownership of key commercial activities including cost and value management, forecasting, procurement, change control, payments, risk management and NEC contract administration, ensuring the project remains commercially controlled throughout delivery.

Working closely with the Project Manager and colleagues across delivery, planning, engineering, procurement and finance, you’ll provide clear and timely commercial insight, helping the team make informed decisions and effectively manage risk and opportunity. As the project’s commercial lead, you’ll play an important role in maintaining strong commercial governance, protecting Balfour Beatty’s contractual position and ultimately supporting the safe, successful and commercially sustainable delivery of the project.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead the day-to-day commercial management of the project, developing and implementing the commercial strategy alongside the project leadership team.
• Manage the relevant NEC contract, ensuring contractual requirements, notices, timescales and commercial processes are effectively managed.
• Take ownership of compensation events, from identification and notification through to quotation, assessment, forecasting and incorporation of agreed changes.
• Maintain robust change control, ensuring changes are supported by accurate cost, programme and delivery information.
• Prepare monthly cost and value reconciliations, forecasts and commercial reports, providing clear visibility of performance, risks and opportunities.
• Monitor Defined Cost, commitments, accruals, earned value and cash performance throughout the project lifecycle.
• Identify, quantify and manage commercial risks and opportunities, including regular review of project risk allowances.
• Prepare and assess applications for payment, payment notices and other commercial submissions in accordance with contractual requirements.
• Procure and commercially manage subcontractors and suppliers, covering tendering, negotiation, contract placement, payment, change management and final accounts.
• Maintain strong commercial records to support cost recovery, compensation events, payments and contractual entitlement.
• Provide proactive commercial advice to the Project Manager and wider project team, identifying emerging risks, opportunities and key decisions.
• Work collaboratively across planning, engineering, procurement, finance and delivery to support successful project outcomes.
• Provide commercial input into buildability, value engineering, procurement and alternative delivery solutions.
• Build trusted relationships with the client, supply-chain partners and key project stakeholders.
• Lead, support and mentor junior members of the commercial team, promoting high and consistent commercial standards.

Who we’re looking for

We’re looking for an experienced and commercially minded Senior Quantity Surveyor who can provide confident commercial leadership and work collaboratively across the wider project team.

You’ll Ideally Have

• Strong quantity surveying and commercial management experience within civil engineering, utilities, power transmission, infrastructure or a similar construction environment.
• Experience operating at Senior Quantity Surveyor level, or as a Quantity Surveyor ready to take the next step in your career.
• Practical experience of working with and administering NEC contracts.
• A strong understanding of cost control, forecasting, CVRs, procurement, subcontract management, payments and change control.
• Experience managing compensation events, including preparing or assessing quotations and understanding associated cost and programme impacts.
• The ability to confidently interpret contracts, scopes, drawings, programmes and commercial information.
• Strong commercial judgement, with the ability to identify risk and opportunity and clearly communicate the potential impact to the wider project team.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the confidence to work closely with clients, project teams and supply-chain partners.
• A relevant degree or professional qualification in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant industry experience.
• Chartered membership of RICS or CICES, or be working towards chartership.

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 Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

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]