Job Description

About the role

Location:

Lewes

Job Family:

Commercial



Are you an experienced

Quantity Surveyor

looking to take the next step in your career? Join Balfour Beatty, a leading infrastructure group, and play a vital role in delivering excellence across building and civil engineering projects.

About the Role

As a Quantity Surveyor, you will:


Manage all costs relating to building and civil engineering projects, supporting senior commercial team members. Procure and manage our supply and sub-contract chain, actively seeking to minimise costs and enhance value for money, while maintaining high standards and quality for our customers. Be proficient in creating valuations, applications, and raising invoices for payment. Demonstrate strong knowledge of risk analysis and reduction. Serve as a role model for less experienced team members, typically being chartered or working towards professional membership of RICS, ICES, or CIOB.

What you'll be doing

Adhere to company governance and commercial procedures. Measure, record, and value work unsupervised, finding cost savings and value engineering opportunities. Build up estimates from first principles and prepare Bills of Quantities and Schedules of Rates. Plan commercial activities to meet programme requirements and understand delay/disruption programmes. Use the company's ERP system for cost and value information, and prepare cost reconciliation statements. Collect and document procurement requirements, and manage agreements with subcontractors. Undertake customer and stakeholder management within your area of responsibility. Create and manage CVRs (Cost Value Reconciliations). Support the development of others and maintain your own professional development plan.

Who we're looking for

Essential:

BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying or equivalent experience.

Desirable:


Excellent communication skills, able to present in workshops and provide in-house commercial training. Strong teamwork abilities, able to lead and participate in teams. Achievement-focused, increasing productivity through cost management and lean practices. Previous commercial work experience, with good knowledge of term maintenance contracts, NEC and ICC contracts. Solid industry knowledge.

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

Balfour Beatty Living Places works in long-term partnerships with local authorities to create great places to live, work and play. We actively engage with local people to understand the needs of the communities we work in and shape the places where local economies can thrive and grow. As a leader in sustainable working, diversity, and social value, we use our expertise to bring real, positive change for our customers.

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 www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion



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: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/



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: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com




Job Reference: BBUK15625