Quantity Surveyor

Job No. BBUK
16776 – Quantity Surveyor – Elgin (Permanent)

Join our Power Commercial team as a Quantity Surveyor and play a key role in delivering complex, high‑impact infrastructure projects, most notably the ASTI scheme, a major programme designed to strengthen the reliability and capacity of Scotland's overhead line network.

We welcome applicants from any industry with experience of NEC contracts. Power sector knowledge isn’t essential – you’ll gain it through structured training, hands‑on learning, and ongoing professional support. If you’re commercially minded and ready to grow, we’ll help you build the expertise you need.

Flexible within Highland, Moray, or Aberdeenshire.

• Collate project costs and highlight commercial risks and opportunities
• Manage procurement and maintain strong supply chain relationships
• Drive cost control to ensure value for money throughout delivery
• Build and sustain effective commercial relationships with stakeholders
• Administer client and subcontractor contracts in line with NEC requirements
• Support delivery of the Gated Business Lifecycle process
• Commit to ongoing professional development and relevant certifications

• Degree: BSc/MSc in Quantity Surveying or equivalent relevant experience
• Professional Membership:
  Working towards or holding RICS, ICES, or CIOB accreditation
• Contract Knowledge:
  Experience with NEC3 and NEC4 contracts (any sector)
• Skills:
  
  Strong communication, collaboration, and leadership abilities
• Commercial Awareness:
  High level of commercial acumen with a strong customer focus

• Competitive salary
• 37.5 hours Monday to Friday
• Company DC pension scheme up to 5% EE & 7% ER
• Company car
• Hybrid working
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Broad range of learning opportunities, such as professional qualifications
• Employee assistance programme
• Up to 2 days volunteering per year

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and ongoing maintenance, our in‑house experts, flexible resources and industry‑leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

We believe 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 an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive and reach their full potential.

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 committed to encouraging applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists. We also encourage applications from individuals identifying as BAME, women, LGBTQ+, and those in any other under‑represented group.

If you have any feedback on our resourcing process, we welcome you to share it with us.

Please submit your application through our careers portal.