Senior Quantity Surveyor - Leeds

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

Job summary

A leading infrastructure company seeks a Senior Quantity Surveyor for its Power Transmission & Distribution team in Leeds. This role involves preparing schedules, negotiating contracts, and mentoring junior staff. Candidates should possess a BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying and have strong NEC contract administration experience. The company values flexible working arrangements, offers competitive salary packages, and promotes a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Company car

37.5 hours Monday to Friday

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Broad range of learning opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Up to 2 days volunteering per year

Qualifications

• Chartered or working towards RICS, ICES, or CIOB membership.
• Proven experience in leading teams effectively.

Responsibilities

• Prepare activity and resource schedules.
• Negotiate with subcontractors and third parties.
• Manage commercial documentation under NEC contracts.

Skills

Strong NEC contract administration experience

Ability to lead and mentor teams

Excellent communication skills

Strong customer and business awareness

Education

BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying or equivalent experience

Job description

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About the role

Balfour Beatty is recruiting a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our Power Transmission & Distribution team, playing a pivotal role in delivering major, nationally significant infrastructure projects that strengthen network reliability and support the UK's transition to Net Zero.

Flexibility: We welcome both full-time and part-time applications, because we know the best people aren't always available full-time.

Location: Leeds

What you'll be doing

• Prepare activity and resource schedules; analyse tender documents.
• Negotiate with subcontractors and third parties.
• Manage commercial documentation (CEN, EWN, GC) under NEC contracts.
• Monitor subcontractor performance and maintain commercial registers.
• Develop procurement strategies and internal financial reports.
• Mentor junior commercial staff and support recruitment efforts.
• Ensure compliance with reporting standards and governance.

Who we're looking for

• BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying or equivalent experience.
• Chartered or working towards RICS, ICES, or CIOB membership.
• Strong NEC contract administration experience.
• Proven ability to lead and mentor teams.

Desirable Attributes

• Excellent communication and leadership skills.
• Strong customer and business awareness.
• Ability to identify risks and opportunities.
• Experience in constructability analysis and programme management.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.

As a business Balfour Beatty are committed to supporting our staff in attaining and maintaining their chosen professional accreditation., along with reimbursing annual Professional membership fees.

• Competitive Salary
• 37.5 hours Monday to Friday
• Company DC pension scheme up to 5% EEs & 7% ERs
• Company car
• Hybrid working
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Broad range of learning opportunities, such as professional qualifications
• Employee assistance programme
• Up to 2 days volunteering per year

About us

Our skilled and dedicated teams deliver a range of proactive and reactive services which support a reliable and safe supply of power flowing to millions of homes and businesses around the world. Our contracts range from 50,000 schemes to 100 million plus major projects.

Balfour Beatty's Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions. With experience and expertise across the full spectrum of the electricity grid our teams have capability across overhead lines, cable tunnels, distribution networks and substations. From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on‑going maintenance, our in‑house experts, flexible resources and industry‑leading innovations support clients in the development of some of the world's most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at value everyone.

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. 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.

Further information on Disability Confident can be found on our website.