Senior Quantity Surveyor - Inverness / Aberdeen

Balfour Beatty; Inverness; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK infrastructure company is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to manage commercial and contractual controls for projects in Scotland. You will ensure profitability and compliance while overseeing costs and sub-contractors. The ideal candidate will have experience in quantity surveying and a strong knowledge of contract law. This role offers career development, flexible working, and competitive salary benefits.

Benefits

Smart working

25 days paid annual leave

Family friendly policies

Pension and share incentive plan

Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Quantity Surveyor, ideally within infrastructure or civil engineering.
• Strong knowledge of contract law, NEC/JCT contracts and commercial processes.
• Ability to manage costs, claims, and sub-contractors independently.

Responsibilities

• Lead commercial and contractual control on project delivery, ensuring profitability and compliance.
• Monitor costs, forecasts, and valuations, ensuring alignment with budget.
• Provide accurate monthly cost and value reporting.

Skills

Quantity Surveying

Contract Law

Negotiation Skills

Analytical Skills

MS Office

Education

Degree or equivalent in Quantity Surveying

Tools

Commercial systems

Job description

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About the role

Job Title: Senior Quantity Surveyor

Location Flexibility : Aberdeen: On-site leadership on key project delivery / Inverness: Office-based with site travel as needed - #LI-Onsite

Project Type: Temporary Accommodation / Energy

Company: Balfour Beatty Group

About Us:

Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure and construction group. We finance, develop, build, and maintain innovative and efficient projects that underpin daily life, supports communities, and enables economic growth. Our unparalleled expertise and resources ensure that we deliver high-quality projects safely, on time, and within budget.

Are you an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor ready to take on a new challenge in the North of Scotland? Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a commercially focused professional to join our Regional Scotland team, working on a diverse and meaningful portfolio of infrastructure projects.

Whether you're based on-site in Aberdeen or from our Inverness office, you'll play a key role in ensuring commercial success across complex, high impact works building temporary accommodation for colleagues in the North East of Scotland

What you'll be doing

Key Responsibilities

• Lead commercial and contractual control on project delivery, ensuring profitability and compliance
• Develop and implement commercial strategy with Project Management
• Monitor costs, forecasts, and valuations, ensuring alignment with budget
• Identify, manage and secure agreement on contract variations
• Oversee sub-contract management and procurement
• Provide accurate monthly cost and value reporting
• Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to drive delivery
• Contribute to continuous commercial improvement and excellence

Who we're looking for

• Proven experience as a Quantity Surveyor, ideally within infrastructure or civil engineering
• Strong knowledge of contract law, NEC/JCT contracts and commercial processes
• Excellent negotiation, analytical, and communication skills
• Ability to manage costs, claims, and sub-contractors independently
• Proficient in MS Office and commercial systems
• Enthusiastic, organised, and able to thrive under pressure
• CSCS card required
• (Desirable: RICS/CIOB or similar professional membership)

Why Join Us?

• We shape the infrastructure that underpins daily life across the UK.
• Forward-thinking organisation committed to safety, sustainability, and career development
• Strong pipeline of projects across Scotland.
• Work on challenging, high-profile projects with the support of a skilled, multi-disciplinary team.
• Join a culture of learning, improvement, and excellence-where your voice makes a difference.
• Enjoy a competitive salary, development opportunities, and a flexible, inclusive working environment.

Professional and personal development

The size and scale of Balfour Beatty coupled with our strong pipeline of work provides incredible opportunities, regardless of what stage you are at in your career.

We encourage and empower our employees to take control of their career and explore which part of the business they want to work in and what role is right for them. We actively encourage our managers and employees to have open communication throughout the year about wellbeing, development and career opportunities.

We're proud of the Balfour Beatty Academy. Whether it's sharpening your technical expertise, improving your personal skills or seeking support to become professionally qualified, our 70:20:10* approach to development means we have a learning approach that suits everyone.

*70% learning on the job, 20% learning from those around you, and 10% formal training courses and learning events.

For further information about Balfour Beatty Regional Scotland please go to www.balfourbeatty.com/careers/Scotland - You can also check out further job opportunities in the careers section

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

From Dunfermline's tramways in 1909 to highland hospitals today, Balfour Beatty has been trusted for over a century to deliver the complex and critical infrastructure and iconic buildings Scotland relies on.

We have the people, knowledge and experience to safely deliver projects right first time, maximising value for money and ensuring a positive social impact and inclusive economic growth for local communities.

Our award-winning sustainable projects, including active travel, Passivhaus and retrofit, demonstrate our commitment to supporting Scotland's transition towards net zero in the built environment.

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]