Senior Quantity Surveyor

Balfour Beatty plc; Grays; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working with up to 40% remote

25 days annual leave

Pension and share incentive schemes

Family friendly policies

Job summary

Senior Quantity Surveyor at Balfour Beatty Highways is required to act as the commercial heartbeat of the Lower Thames Crossing package. You will manage cost control, forecasts and change interfaces with clients, design teams and subcontractors on a high-profile highway delivery programme.

Focus on governance, risk management, and accurate reporting while driving value and lean/digital ways of working across the works.

Qualifications

• BSc/MSc in Quantity Surveying or equivalent is required.
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Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day commercial management of live works under main/subcontracts.
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Skills

Quantity Surveying degree

RICS MCInstCES/MCIOB (pursuing)

CSCS (Professional)

Highways/major civils experience

Commercial cost control

Education

BSc/MSc in Quantity Surveying (or equivalent)

Tools

NEC contract knowledge

Job description

Senior Quantity Surveyor

Lower Thames Crossing (Delivery) — Balfour Beatty Highways

At Balfour Beatty, we deliver infrastructure that shapes communities, supports connectivity and leaves a lasting legacy. As a leader in major civil engineering, we combine technical excellence with an industry leading commitment to innovation, digital delivery and low carbon construction. Join us and be part of projects that strengthen the UK's future.

Help deliver one of the UK’s most significant highways programmes.

Our £1.2bn Lower Thames Crossing package includes 43 bridges (including viaducts), 17km of complex highways construction, major utility diversions, and a scheme‑wide, industry‑leading approach to carbon reduction. Join the delivery side of the project and be the commercial heartbeat of high‑profile work packages that make a national impact.

As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you will act as a key commercial interface between project delivery teams, subcontractors, and the client, ensuring compliance with contract terms, robust cost control, and clear, accurate reporting.

What You’ll Be Doing (delivery Focus)

• Lead the day‑to‑day commercial management of live works, ensuring full compliance with main contract and subcontracts.
• Administer NEC target cost arrangements (defined cost, disallowed cost, compensation events, pain/gain verification) with clear, auditable records.
• Drive cost forecasting and control, aligning budgets with construction programmes and progress on site.
• Own change control: raise early warnings, prepare/agree compensation event quotations, and secure timely approvals.
• Partner with delivery, design and the client to de‑risk utilities interfaces, resolve issues quickly and keep work moving.
• Track and report subcontractor accounts (payments, liabilities, variations) and support final account agreement.
• Produce concise, insight‑led commercial reports, CVRs, risk/opportunity updates and inputs to project dashboards and reviews.
• Champion governance and LEAN/digital ways of working to improve speed, clarity and value.

Who we’re looking for

What We’re Looking For

• BSc/MSc in Quantity Surveying (or equivalent knowledge).
• MRCIS/MCInstCES/MCIOB (or progressing towards).
• CSCS (Professional Qualified Person).
• Strong highways/major civils experience
• Sharp commercial acumen, confident communicator and collaborator across multiple stakeholders.
• Track record of proactive risk, change and cost management in fast‑paced delivery environments.

Why Balfour Beatty Highways

• Work on a career‑defining national infrastructure programme with clear scope, scale and complexity.
• Join a team committed to predictable performance, carbon reduction and modern methods of delivery.
• Competitive reward, flexible benefits and real opportunities to grow your career across our Highways portfolio.

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

• 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

We are 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]