Quantity Surveyor

About the Role

Balfour Beatty is looking for an experienced and motivated Quantity Surveyor to join our Regional Buildings division, supporting a significant project at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a trusted, high‑performing commercial team working on one of the region’s most important healthcare facilities. You’ll play a key role in ensuring commercial excellence, driving value, and supporting the successful delivery of a project that directly benefits patients, staff, and the wider community.

As part of a business known for its technical expertise, collaborative culture, and commitment to shaping better places, you’ll have the scope to develop your skills, influence outcomes, and contribute to work that genuinely matters. If you’re looking for a role where your commercial insight, attention to detail, and proactive approach can make a real impact, this could be the ideal next step in your career.

• Has a good knowledge of and adheres to the Company’s governance requirements (BMS & GMCEs).

• Use the company’s ERP and Digital Systems.
• Orders information and systematically checks data.
• Measure, record & value work unsupervised in accordance with appropriate rules and procedures.
• Preparation of Cost reconciliation statements.
• Measure & interpret works information, specifications & drawings and prepare Bills of Quantities and Schedules of rates.
• Build up estimates from first principle including net and gross estimates.
• Measurement of works and agreements with subcontractors.
• Review weekly, monthly, section programmes of works.
• Plan commercial activities to meet requirements of section programmes.
• Collation of Cost and Value Information.
• Understanding of the Customer Contract and undertakes customer and stakeholder management for their area of responsibility.
• Have an understanding of delay and disruption programmes.

• Collect information required to specify procurement requirements.
• Record and document information including registration of interest.
• Understand the steps / documentation required.
• Manage and adjudicate Subcontract Enquiries.

• BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying or equivalent knowledge.
• CSCS Card (Academically Qualified/Professional Qualified Person).
• MRCIS/MCInstCES/MCIOB or working towards them.

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.

• 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…

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.

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

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://disabil

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