Quantity Surveyor

About the role

Job Title:

Quantity Surveyor

Location:

Inverness

Company:
Balfour Beatty – Regional Scotland

Project:
Nairn Academy

Join Balfour Beatty’s North Scotland Building team as a Quantity Surveyor, supporting the successful delivery of Nairn Academy – a major school redevelopment forming part of our strategic growth in the North.

As a Quantity Surveyor, you will manage all project costs and income within your area of responsibility, support procurement, contribute to commercial strategy and reporting, and work closely with the project team and external supply chain partners to ensure best value and robust commercial governance.

You may also support and mentor less experienced commercial team members.

• Manage costs, income, and financial reporting for your work packages.
• Measure, value and interpret works information, drawings and specifications.
• Prepare Bills of Quantities, cost reconciliations, and estimates from first principles.
• Use digital systems and ERP platforms to manage data and reporting.
• Support procurement activities – subcontract enquiries, adjudication and award.
• Understand and manage customer contracts, stakeholder engagement and variations.
• Contribute to planning commercial activities aligned to project programme requirements.

• BSc/MSc in Quantity Surveying (or equivalent).
• CSCS (Academically/Professionally Qualified).
• MRICS/MCInstCES/MCIOB or working toward qualification.
• Strong measurement, commercial administration and procurement capability.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with the wider project team.

• Smart working – staggered start and finish times and up to 40 percent remote working where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata).
• Family friendly policies including 28 weeks full pay for maternity / adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity / partner leave.
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and more.
• Professional and personal development opportunities available through Balfour Beatty Academy and learning programmes.

Balfour Beatty is a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. Applicants meeting the minimum requirements for the role will be offered an interview.

We are also committed to encouraging applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists, and are members of WISE, ENEI, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers. We signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking long-term sustainable actions on Black Inclusion.

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