Job Description

About the role
Join Our Team as a Quantity Surveyor.
Step into a pivotal role with the UK's leading infrastructure company, where your expertise will help shape projects that truly matter to communities and the built environment. As a Quantity Surveyor, you'll enjoy the stability of a well-established organisation, benefit from award-winning training, and have access to clear career development pathways.
Based in our Birmingham office, you'll be part of the Regional Civils division, supporting a diverse portfolio of projects across the Midlands. Working closely with the site-based commercial team, your responsibilities will span preconstruction activities, including procurement support, ensuring you're involved from the ground up.
What you'll be doing

• Reporting to the project lead Quantity Surveyor the Assistant role is to support in the day-to-day activities of the commercial lifecycle of a construction project

• Support the Senior QS colleague(s) with:

• Contract requirements related to Project are complied with in full

• Financial reporting related to Schemes is produced to the required standard and to the timetable as set from time to time

• Subcontract procurement

• Subcontract administration:

• Timely instructions are issued to the supply chain with appropriate governance having been secured

• The supply chain is paid in accordance with contractual arrangements

• Supply chain variations are effectively managed

• Early warnings and compensation events are produced in accordance with the requirements of the contract

• Risk Management

• Cashflow forecasting

• Ensure effective control of costs in all activity

• Weekly reporting

• Liaison within the team, with other teams and the supply chain.

Who we're looking for
The following experience/qualifications are essential:

• Relevant construction or business degree, or equivalent

• Has attained or is planning to attain a relevant post-degree qualification for example RICS

• Full driving licence

• Computer literate

• Experience of construction

The following experience/qualifications are desirable:

• Experience in the build sector, ideally education, accommodation or commercial construction

Why work for us
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...
About us
With a strong track record of delivery, our civils teams connect communities through infrastructure projects in the highways, public realm, rail, flood and coastal defence, and industrial sectors across England and Wales.
Diversity and inclusion
At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit:
We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at:

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