Managing Quantity Surveyor

About The Role

At Balfour Beatty, we don’t just deliver infrastructure — we create the foundations for growth, opportunity and long‑term regional prosperity. Across the North East, our Regional Civils team is delivering essential highways, structures and infrastructure schemes that improve connectivity, unlock regeneration and strengthen local communities. With a strong pipeline of secured work and long‑standing client relationships across the region, we are continuing to grow.

As a result, we are seeking an experienced and commercially astute Managing Quantity Surveyor to provide strategic leadership across a portfolio of civil engineering projects. If you’re looking to take the next step in your commercial leadership career — with the backing of a major infrastructure business and the autonomy to make a genuine impact — this is an opportunity to help shape the future of the North East while advancing your own.

• Lead, mentor and develop a team of Quantity Surveyors and commercial professionals
• Take ownership of cost value reconciliation, forecasting and commercial reporting
• Oversee subcontract procurement, contract administration and change management
• Drive risk and opportunity management across projects
• Ensure compliance with NEC contracts and internal governance processes
• Build collaborative relationships with clients, frameworks and supply chain partners
• Support regional leadership in delivering business performance targets

• Significant experience in a Senior or Managing Quantity Surveyor role within civil engineering or infrastructure
• Strong knowledge and practical experience of NEC contracts
• Proven track record of leading commercial teams on complex schemes
• Experience managing large budgets and delivering strong financial outcomes
• Excellent negotiation and stakeholder engagement skills
• Degree‑qualified (or equivalent) in Quantity Surveying or a related discipline
• MRICS or working towards chartership desirable

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.

• 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…

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.

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 https://disabil

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: candidate recruit