About the role
Our innovative thinking shapes our industry; equipping the world for tomorrow’s challenges. Join our UKCS - Balfour Beatty Living Places team as a Senior Quantity Surveyor and you can contribute to tangible, worthwhile work you can be proud of.
What you'll be doing
Balfour Beatty Living Places has now created a new and exciting opportunity for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our Living Places business Unit to work in Lincoln.
Role Purpose
• An experienced Senior QS who has a track record in managing all costs relating to building and civil engineering projects, from the initial calculations to the final figures.
• Seek to minimise the costs of a project and enhance value for money, while still achieving the required standards and quality.
• Typically, they will be a Chartered Member of the RICS, ICES or CIOB.
• Experience of managing a small team of less experienced commercial staff as well as
mentoring others on their journey to becoming professionally qualified.
As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, your main accountabilities will be as follows:
• Orders information and systematically checks data
• 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
• Analyses the commercial progress and report to senior project staff
• Manages commercial aspects with Customer and Stakeholders for their area of
responsibility
• Prepares procurement programme and helps develop the strategy
• Analyses rates & prices, agreement of variations and or compensation events as
required
• Prepares, submits and negotiates claims when required
• Prepares Internal reports, commercial progress and financial reconciliation
• Manages HR/People aspects for direct and indirect reports (PDRs etc)
• Actively supports the development of others incl professional mentoring
• Produces plans for team to achieve goals / aspirations
• Supports recruitment of lower grades
• Critically appraises, estimates and negotiates the above with 3rd parties
• Undertakes constructability analyses using construction programmes
Who we're looking for
The following qualifications are essential:
• BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying or experience equivalent
• Membership of RICS, ICES or CIOB (or working towards) The following qualities/experience are desirable:
• Communication
• Teamwork / Role Model
• Leadership
• Achievement Focus (Achieving Results)
• Business and Customer Awareness
• Applies organisational aims & objectives • Identifies with the customer needs
• Recognises opportunities & threats
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
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:
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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