About the role
Quantity Surveyor - Balfour Beatty (@one Alliance)
Location: Peterborough (Hybrid working available)
Balfour Beatty plays a key role as part of Anglian Water’s one Alliance, a ground-breaking collaboration between Anglian Water and eight industry-leading partners: Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, Skanska and SWECO. Together, we deliver around 40% of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme.
Entering AMP 8, our most ambitious Asset Management Period yet, we’re taking on nature-based, sustainable solutions such as wetlands and urban drainage schemes. We’re setting global benchmarks in environmental infrastructure and empowering our people with exceptional career growth opportunities.
As a Quantity Surveyor, you’ll act as the commercial conscience of the integrated delivery team, providing essential support across both delivery management and site teams. You’ll ensure robust cost control, maximise value, minimise risk, and maintain high standards of quality and safety while ensuring full compliance with Alliance and Anglian Water governance processes.
What you'll be doing
Key responsibilities:
* Manage all aspects of commercial and cost management of a project or group of projects as designated by the Project Commercial Manager.
* Ensure robust cost management processes are always undertaken with accurate and timely reports, data, and analysis on hand to assist in commercial decisions.
* Ensure that all project team members (including site staff) understand the contractual arrangements, to satisfy Client & Partner organisation requirements.
* Work in collaboration with the Delivery Team to identify, implement and monitor efficiency plans throughout the lifecycle of a project or programme of projects.
* Ensuring that proper records (including final accounts) are kept & maintained so financial information for audits and cost assurance is readily available.
Who we're looking for
What you’ll bring:
* Strong experience in cost management within a construction environment.
* Degree (or equivalent) in an engineering, commercial or cost discipline desirable.
* Excellent stakeholder engagement and customer service skills.
* Strong understanding of construction, contracts, and health & safety.
* Confidence to challenge processes and drive improvements.
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/partner leave.
* Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more …
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, the 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 encourages 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/.
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