Assistant Quantity Surveyor - Civil Engineering

Assistant Quantity Surveyor - Civil Engineering

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Shape your career with Balfour Beatty. We’re recruiting for an Assistant Quantity Surveyor to join our Commercial team. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain hands‑on experience across civil engineering projects, supported by senior professionals who will help you grow and achieve chartership.

Job Title: Assistant Quantity Surveyor

Location: Motherwell / Eurocentral

Project Type: Civils

Company: Balfour Beatty Group

• Manage costs and income across your area of responsibility.
• Support with measuring, recording and valuing work in line with rules and procedures.
• Prepare cost reconciliation statements and assist with financial reporting.
• Engage with and manage our supply chain.
• Support procurement activities and document control.
• Use Balfour Beatty’s ERP and digital systems to track, analyse and present commercial data.
• Collaborate closely with colleagues, supply chain partners and clients to ensure projects meet commercial, legal and quality standards.

• A BSc in Quantity Surveying (or working towards one).
• A valid CSCS card (Academically Qualified).
• A strong interest in achieving professional membership with RICS, ICES or CIOB.
• Good communication, problem‑solving and organisational skills.

The size and scale of Balfour Beatty coupled with our strong pipeline of work provides incredible opportunities, regardless of what stage you are at in your career. We encourage and empower our employees to take control of their career and explore which part of the business they want to work in and what role is right for them.

Our Academy follows a 70:20:10 learning approach: 70% learning on the job, 20% learning from those around you, and 10% formal training courses and learning events.

• Smart working, including staggered start and finish times and up to 40% remote working where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata).
• Family friendly policies – 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partner’s leave.
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more.

From Dunfermline’s tramways in 1909 to highland hospitals today, Balfour Beatty has been trusted for over a century to deliver complex infrastructure and iconic buildings Scotland relies on. We deliver projects that maximise value for money and create positive social impact.

We believe diversity and inclusion are essential. Through our strategy and action plan we are growing a diverse workforce and developing an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive. We are a Gold Award holder in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme and actively encourage applications from Veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer we commit to providing interviews to suitable applicants with disabilities.

To learn more about our commitments in diversity and inclusion, visit our diversity page.