Quantity Surveyor

About The Role

At Balfour Beatty Living Places, we work in long-term partnership with local authorities across the UK to maintain, manage and enhance highways infrastructure and public spaces. From routine highway maintenance and street lighting to major improvement schemes and infrastructure upgrades, our teams play a vital role in keeping communities connected, safe and moving.

At Balfour Beatty Living Places, we work in long-term partnership with local authorities across the UK to maintain, manage and enhance highways infrastructure and public spaces. From routine highway maintenance and street lighting to major improvement schemes and infrastructure upgrades, our teams play a vital role in keeping communities connected, safe and moving.

We're looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join our commercial team, supporting the successful delivery of highways maintenance and infrastructure projects. You'll work closely with operational teams, clients, supply chain partners and stakeholders to ensure contracts are managed effectively, costs are controlled and value is maximised throughout the project lifecycle.

This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded professional looking to develop their career within a collaborative team delivering essential local infrastructure services.

• Managing and monitoring project costs and commercial performance
• Measuring, recording and valuing works in accordance with contractual requirements
• Identifying opportunities for value engineering and cost savings
• Preparing valuations, applications for payment and invoices
• Producing Bills of Quantities (BOQs) and schedules of rates
• Building estimates from first principles and interpreting drawings and specifications
• Supporting procurement activities and managing subcontractor packages
• Producing and managing Cost Value Reconciliations (CVRs)
• Preparing cost reconciliation reports and commercial documentation
• Reviewing project programmes and planning commercial activities accordingly
• Working closely with operational, commercial and supply chain teams to manage risk and identify opportunities
• Building strong relationships with customers, subcontractors and key stakeholders
• Supporting the development of less experienced members of the team

• Degree qualified in Quantity Surveying (or equivalent experience)
• Previous experience as a Quantity Surveyor within highways, civil engineering, infrastructure, highways maintenance or local authority contracts
• Experience managing commercial activities on term maintenance contracts, framework agreements or NEC contracts
• Strong understanding of cost management, valuations, forecasting and Cost Value Reconciliation (CVR) processes
• Experience administering subcontractor accounts and procurement activities
• Ability to prepare applications for payment, valuations and commercial reporting
• Knowledge of NEC contracts and their practical application
• Strong stakeholder management skills with experience working collaboratively with operational teams, clients and supply chain partners
• Good understanding of risk management, change control and cost recovery mechanisms
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and commercial management systems

• Experience working on local authority highways maintenance contracts
• Chartered status, or working towards membership of RICS, ICES or CIOB
• Knowledge of framework delivery models and performance-based contracts
• Experience mentoring and supporting junior commercial team members

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…