Quantity Surveyor

Quantity Surveyor – Region:
Scotland – Company:
Balfour Beatty Group

Job Title:

Quantity Surveyor

Location:

St Andrews
Project Type:
Civils & Builds
Company:
Balfour Beatty Group

Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure and construction group. We finance, develop, build, and maintain innovative and efficient projects that underpin daily life, support communities, and enable economic growth. Our unparalleled expertise and resources ensure that we deliver high-quality projects safely, on time, and within budget.

Now is a great time to join us. As a leading international construction group with a healthy pipeline of work, we’re growing our teams. Shape a career to be proud of as part of an award‑winning team. Our team shapes projects that connect communities and impact daily life for millions. Join our Regional Scotland team as a Quantity Surveyor to build new futures.

Own your career, and you can build something to be proud of at Balfour Beatty. By joining our well‑established construction teams working on our significant future pipeline of large‑scale critical infrastructure projects in Scotland, you will work with true experts who will share their knowledge and provide support, encouragement, and invaluable feedback so you never stop learning. Bring us your capability, and we’ll help you take it much, much further.

• Has a good knowledge of and adheres to the Company’s governance requirements (BMS & GMCEs)

• Use the company’s ERP and Digital Systems
• Orders information and systematically checks data
• Measure, record & value work unsupervised in accordance with appropriate rules and procedures
• Preparation of Cost reconciliation statements
• Measure & interpret works information, specifications & drawings and prepare Bills of Quantities and Schedules of rates.
• Build up estimates from first principle including net and gross estimates
• Measurement of works and agreements with subcontractors
• Review weekly, monthly, section programmes of works
• Plan commercial activities to meet requirements of section programmes
• Collation of Cost and Value Information
• Understanding of the Customer Contract and undertakes customer and stakeholder management for their area of responsibility
• Have an understanding of delay and disruption programmes

• Collect information required to specify procurement requirements
• Record and document information including registration of interest
• Understand the steps / documentation required
• Manage and adjudicate Subcontract Enquiries

Talk Positively:
You are passionate about what you do, talk with pride and enthusiasm about the Balfour Beatty business, our colleagues, our industry, and our future.

Collaborate Relentlessly:
You share ideas and expertise, build connections and work with your team to drive performance and strengthen relationships.

Encourage Constantly:
You nurture a supportive environment, empowering, motivating and inspiring colleagues with regular and powerful feedback.

Make a Difference:
You challenge yourself to always have a positive impact, find solutions and stand up and be counted when it matters.

Our ideal candidate will have a number of years’ experience in managing all costs and income associated within their area of responsibility on building and civil engineering projects. May be managing less experienced commercial staff and will be supporting other more senior members in delivering the varied commercial duties as well as being responsible for procuring and managing our supply chain.

Actively seek to minimise the costs of a project and enhance value for money, while still achieving the required standards and quality for our customers.

Ideally, the candidate will be chartered or in the final stages of achieving professional membership of the RICS, ICES or CIOB and will be a peer role model for those less experienced members of the commercial team. They will maintain their Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

• BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying or equivalent knowledge
• CSCS Card (Academically Qualified/Professional Qualified Person)
• MRCIS/MCInstCES/MCIOB or…