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Overview

Shape the commercial success of inspiring infrastructure projects as a Senior Quantity Surveyor. You’ll join for our stability, award-winning training and huge scope for career development. You’ll stay for our culture that feels like family in an organisation that’s the biggest of its kind. From community-based projects to the UK’s biggest engineering works, we’ve a presence in almost every market. This is your chance to grow with us.

As part of our Regional Buildings division, as a Senior Quantity Surveyor you will have a track record in managing all costs relating to building and civil engineering projects, from the initial calculations to the final figures. Seeking to minimise the costs of a project and enhance value for money, while still achieving the required standards and quality. Typically, you will be a Chartered Member of the RICS, ICES or CIOB. Experience of managing a small team of less experienced commercial staff as well as mentoring others on their journey to becoming professionally qualified.

You will be part of the project team responsible for the design and build of a state of the art engineering and laboratory work spaces for a high security site in Reading.

The project consists of 5 new build facilities featuring a truly breath-taking street environment which connects the new offices, learning spaces and science laboratories with the natural environment.

Responsibilities

• Analytical Thinking & Decision Making
• Orders information and systematically checks data
• Cost Engineering
• Prepares Activity Schedules, Resource Schedules & analyses tender documents
• Estimating
• Critically appraises, estimates and negotiates the above with 3rd parties
• Planning
• Reviews complex contract programmes such as Time-Location,
• Assists with the preparation of delay and disruption programmes
• Project Management
• Monitors subcontract activities, measure and respond appropriately
• Analyses the commercial progress and report to senior project staff
• Procurement
• Undertakes constructability analyses using construction programmes
• Prepares procurement programme and helps develop the strategy
• Commercial Management
• Analyses rates & prices, agreement of variations and or compensation events as required
• Prepares, submits and negotiates claims when required
• Prepares Internal reports, commercial progress and financial reconciliation
• Development, Recruitment and Retention
• Maintains own Personal Development Plan
• Actively supports the development of others
• Produces plans for team to achieve goals / aspirations
• Supports recruitment of lower grades

Essential qualifications

• BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying or experience equivalent
• Membership of RICS, ICES or CIOB (or working towards)

Desirable qualities and experience

• Communication
• Teamwork / Role Model
• Leadership
• Achievement Focus (Achieving Results)
• Business and Customer Awareness
• Applies organisational aims & objectives
• Identifies with the customer needs
• Recognises opportunities & threat

Why join 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.

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

Operating across England and Wales, our buildings teams create places where people live, are cared for, work, learn, meet and have fun, with a focus on the aviation, health, defence, education and development sectors.

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: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com