Quantity Surveyor

About the role

Thinking of a new career that supports your development and offers genuine hybrid and flexible working?

At Balfour Beatty Power T&D, we're growing our Commercial team in Scotland and are looking for multiple Quantity Surveyors to join us. Whether you're an established QS, working towards chartership, or looking to bring your commercial experience from another sector, we'd love to hear from you. You will work on BBNP.

Full-time, part-time applications are all welcome.

We're not looking for people who have done it all before. In fact, you do not need Power T&D experience or NEC experience to be successful. We're open to candidates from a range of sectors and backgrounds. What matters most is that you share our values, have the right behaviours, and are excited about developing your career in a supportive, collaborative team.

As a Quantity Surveyor, you will play a key role in managing costs and commercial activities across our projects, helping us deliver outstanding outcomes for our customers while maximising value and maintaining quality.

You'll support the Senior Quantity Surveyor and wider commercial team while taking ownership of a range of commercial responsibilities, including procurement, subcontract management, cost control and reporting.

• Managing costs and income within your area of responsibility
• Producing cost reconciliations and commercial reports
• Measuring, recording and valuing work in line with company procedures
• Building estimates from first principles
• Interpreting drawings, specifications and works information
• Supporting customer and stakeholder management activities
• Understanding and monitoring project programmes and commercial performance

• Supporting procurement activities and subcontract enquiries
• Preparing and reviewing tender documentation
• Managing subcontractor relationships and agreements
• Supporting supply chain performance and value delivery

• Degree qualified in Quantity Surveying or equivalent experience
• CSCS Academically/Professionally Qualified Person Card
• MRICS, MCIOB, MCInstCES, or working towards professional membership

• A positive attitude and willingness to learn
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• A collaborative approach and team-first mindset
• Commercial awareness and problem-solving ability
• Desire to develop and grow your career

We welcome applications from candidates with experience across:

• Construction
• Infrastructure
• Utilities
• Rail
• Highways
• Civil Engineering
• House building
• Facilities Management
• Defence
• Energy
• Manufacturing

Career changers are encouraged to apply. If you have strong commercial experience and the right behaviours, we'll provide the support to help you succeed.

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.

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…

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