About the role
Job Title: Quantity Surveyor
Location: Warwick / West Midlands
Project Type: Highways and Local Authority – Living Places
Company: Balfour Beatty Group
About the role
Balfour Beatty Living Places is looking to recruit a Quantity Surveyor to join our established commercial team, supporting the delivery of essential highways and public realm services that make a real difference to local communities.
This project team delivers vital Living Places contracts across the region, covering everything from highways maintenance and improvement works to public realm and local authority services. You’ll be part of a collaborative, high‑performing team operating from our Budbrooke Depot in Warwick, with strong links across operations, supply chain and client stakeholders.
As a Quantity Surveyor, you’ll play a key role in managing costs, supporting senior commercial staff, and ensuring excellent commercial governance across live works.
What you'll be doing
Key Responsibilities
* Supporting the commercial management of highways and Living Places works from early engagement through to final account
* Procuring, managing and valuing work packages with our supply chain
* Measuring, recording and valuing works in line with contract requirements
* Preparing cost value reconciliations and assisting with forecasting and reporting
* Supporting customer and stakeholder relationships within your area of responsibility
* Contributing to value engineering and cost control to maximise value for money
* Using Balfour Beatty systems and commercial processes to maintain strong governance
Who we're looking for
About you
You’ll come from a commercial background within construction or civils and be confident working as part of a wider project team.
You’ll ideally have:
* A BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying (or equivalent industry experience)
* Previous experience in a QS or Assistant QS role, ideally within highways, infrastructure or public sector works
* Strong communication and relationship‑building skills
* A structured, analytical approach to cost and commercial management
* An interest in (or progress towards) RICS, ICES or CIOB professional membership
Why join Living Places?
Living Places is where Balfour Beatty’s infrastructure expertise meets everyday impact. The work delivered by the team supports local authorities and communities by keeping roads moving, improving public spaces and delivering long‑term value for the public sector.
You’ll benefit from:
* Exposure to long‑term, stable Living Places contracts
* A supportive commercial team environment with clear development routes
* Opportunities to progress professionally within a leading infrastructure business
* The chance to work on projects that directly impact local communities
About Balfour Beatty
At Balfour Beatty we build to last. We create infrastructure that supports communities, boosts local economies and improves everyday life. We’re committed to developing our people, promoting inclusion, and creating a safe, supportive environment where everyone can thrive.
Professional and personal development
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. We actively encourage our managers and employees to have open communication throughout the year about wellbeing, development and career opportunities.
We're proud of the Balfour Beatty Academy. Whether it’s sharpening your technical expertise, improving your personal skills or seeking support to become professionally qualified, our 70:20:10 approach to development means we have a learning approach that suits everyone.
For more information about Balfour Beatty please go to www.balfourbeatty.com/careers
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/partners leave.
* Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…
About us
Balfour Beatty Living Places works in long‑term partnerships with local authorities to create great places to live, work and play. We actively engage with local people to understand the needs of the communities we work in and shape the places where local economies can thrive and grow. As a leader in sustainable working, diversity, and social value, we use our expertise to bring real, positive change for our customers.
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, 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://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/.
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 candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com
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