Senior Quantity Surveyor

About the role

At Balfour Beatty Power T&D, we're growing our Commercial team in Scotland and are looking for multiple Senior Quantity Surveyors to join us on the BBNP (Beauly, Black hillock, New Deer and Peterhead) 400kV Overhead Line Project.

Whether you're already operating as a Senior Quantity Surveyor or looking to take the next step in your commercial career, we'd love to hear from you.

You can be based from Glasgow, Inverness or Elgin, with flexible travel arrangements to site and hybrid working options available.

Full-time and part-time applications are welcome. We're building our team and are open to different working patterns for the right people.

We're not looking for candidates who have spent their entire career in the power sector. In fact, Power Transmission & Distribution experience and NEC contract experience are not essential. We welcome applications from a wide range of sectors including construction, infrastructure, rail, highways, defence, utilities, energy and manufacturing.

As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you'll take responsibility for managing all costs and income within your area of responsibility, ensuring commercial performance is maximised whilst delivering exceptional outcomes for our customers.

You'll work closely with project, operational and commercial teams, providing commercial leadership across a range of activities while mentoring and developing the next generation of Quantity Surveyors.

• Managing all commercial aspects of your projects and work streams.
• Preparing commercial reports, forecasts and financial reconciliations.
• Reviewing and negotiating contracts, rates, prices, variations and compensation events.
• Monitoring subcontract performance and commercial compliance.
• Supporting the preparation of claims and commercial submissions.
• Analysing tender information and developing robust commercial strategies.
• Supporting customer and stakeholder management across your area of responsibility.

• Developing procurement strategies and programmes.
• Managing subcontract enquiries and tender evaluations.
• Supporting supply chain performance and commercial outcomes.
• Undertaking constructability and programme reviews to maximise value.

• Supporting the recruitment, development and retention of team members.
• Mentoring Assistant, Graduate and Trainee Quantity Surveyors.
• Sharing knowledge and helping others progress towards professional qualifications.
• Promoting a collaborative, high-performing team culture.

• BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying, or equivalent experience.
• MRICS, MCIOB, MCInstCES or working towards professional membership.
• CSCS Professionally Qualified Person Card.
• Experience managing commercial activities on construction or infrastructure projects.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

• Leadership experience and a passion for developing others.
• A proactive and solutions-focused approach.
• Strong commercial awareness and negotiation skills.
• The ability to build positive working relationships with customers, colleagues and supply chain partners.
• A commitment to continuous professional development.

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.

Why join us?

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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