Senior Quantity Surveyor

Overview

At Balfour Beatty, we are proud to be part of the delivery team for HS2, the UK’s flagship high-speed rail programme, and a once-in-a-generation project shaping the future of sustainable transport and construction innovation. Join Balfour Beatty’s Regional Buildings team and play a key commercial role on one of the UK’s most significant infrastructure programmes. We are seeking several experienced Senior Quantity Surveyors to support the commercial delivery of five reinforced concrete buildings that will house critical Mechanical & Electrical (MEP) plant infrastructure along the HS2 route.

These highly engineered structures are fundamental to HS2’s operational systems and bring together the challenges of heavy civil engineering with the precision of complex building construction. As a Senior Quantity Surveyor within this portfolio, you’ll take ownership of key commercial functions—driving robust cost management, supporting procurement and subcontractor engagement, and ensuring the successful delivery of technically demanding assets.

If you thrive in a dynamic environment and want to help shape the future of major infrastructure, we’d be keen to hear from you.

• Has a good knowledge of and adheres to the Company’s governance requirements and maximises LEAN/digital opportunities.

• Orders information and systematically checks data
• Prepares Activity Schedules, Resource Schedules & analyses tender documents
• Critically appraises, estimates and negotiates the above with 3rd parties
• Reviews complex contract programmes such as Time-Location
• Assists with the preparation of delay and disruption programmes
• Monitors subcontract activities, measure and respond appropriately
• Prepares Internal reports, commercial progress and financial reconciliation and report to senior project staff

• Understanding of the Customer Contract and undertakes customer and stakeholder management
• Analyses rates & prices, agreement of variations and/or compensation events as required
• Prepares, submits and negotiates claims when required
• Manages commercial aspects with Customer and Stakeholders for their area of responsibility

• Undertakes constructability analyses using construction programmes
• Prepares procurement programme and helps develop the strategy

Essentials - The following qualifications or their equivalent are essential:

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

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.

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…

Operating across England and Wales, our buildings teams create places where people live, are cared for, work, learn, meet and have fun, with a focus on the aviation, health, defence, education and development sectors.

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…