Senior Quantity Surveyor

About the role

Job Title
:
Senior Quantity Surveyor

Location
:
Inverness / Elgin / North of Scotland

Company
:
Balfour Beatty – Scotland UKCS

Project
: ASTI Tracks

About the Project

Balfour Beatty is delivering a key part of the ASTI (Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment) programme — a major national infrastructure initiative upgrading and expanding Scotland’s electrical transmission network to support renewable energy growth, improve grid resilience and enable long-term decarbonisation.

Within this, ASTI Tracks represents the civils delivery arm of the programme — providing the enabling infrastructure that allows major transmission upgrades to be built and maintained across the North and North East of Scotland.

Works include large-scale, multi-site civils delivery such as:

• Access road construction and enabling works
• Large earthworks and civil engineering packages
• Works supporting overhead line and cable routes

Operating as a fast-paced, high-value framework, this programme involves multiple work fronts, complex interfaces and a strong emphasis on commercial control, risk management and delivery at scale.

About the Role

We are recruiting a Senior Quantity Surveyor to provide commercial leadership across a portfolio of ASTI Transmission civils projects. You’ll play a central role in shaping commercial strategy, managing subcontractors, forecasting financial performance and ensuring robust contractual governance across a complex, multi-site programme.

Working closely with engineering, construction and delivery teams, you’ll help drive commercial excellence across one of Scotland’s most significant infrastructure investments.

• Lead commercial and contractual management of civils and earthworks packages
• Develop and deliver commercial strategies aligned to programme objectives
• Manage cost reporting, forecasting and valuations
• Identify, price and agree variations in line with contract requirements
• Maintain accurate records to support change management and claims
• Oversee subcontract procurement, negotiation and administration
• Manage subcontract accounts in line with contractual terms
  
  Monitor cash flow and support applications for payment
• Support project teams with progress reporting and risk identification
• Ensure compliance with governance, HSE and commercial standards

Essential

• Strong civils infrastructure background
• Experience across earthworks, groundworks, drainage and civils packages
• Knowledge of NEC or similar contracts
• Experience managing subcontract procurement and accounts
• Strong commercial, analytical and IT skills
• Ability to measure and value complex works
• Strong communication and negotiation skills

Desirable

• Professional membership (RICS, CIOB, ICE or similar)
• Experience with in energy or transmission infrastructure
• Commercially sharp, proactive and comfortable working across multiple sites in a fast‑moving programme environment

• Be part of a nationally significant infrastructure programme driving decarbonisation
• Work across a diverse, multi‑site portfolio in Scotland
• Clear development pathways and support toward chartership
• Competitive salary and benefits package
• 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‑rate)
• Family friendly policies which include 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 much more

Balfour Beatty is a Disability Confident Employer and encourages applications from people with disabilities and long‑term health conditions. Applicants who meet the minimum requirements for the role are offered a disability‑confidence interview if applicable.