Senior Project Surveyor/ Quantity Surveyor

1 week ago


Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom Balfour Beatty UK Full time
As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you'll join for our stability and pride in delivering inspiring infrastructure. You'll stay for the sheer scope, award-winning training and career development. From community-based projects to the UKs biggest civil engineering works, we've a presence in almost every market.

Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our Regional Civils team to work in Plymouth.


A Senior Quantity Surveyor is an experienced QS who has a broad experience in the commercial management of civil engineering projects.

The role will require an experienced, reliable member of the site team who will be able to carry out the necessary commercial duties to support construction operations, undertake client facing duties in a professional manner and to carry out the commercial reporting function back to the wider business.

They will have experience of managing and mentoring a small team of less experienced commercial staff.

As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you will have the following responsibilities:


Commercial management of projects from post-tender through to the agreement of final accounts, including cost budgeting and monitoring, submission of applications and managing cash flow, and the production, analysis and presentation of CVRs and Scheme Forecasts, all to the required business and contractual timescales.


Change Management including the drafting of contractual correspondence, administration and the subsequent valuation, agreement and Implementation of Compensation Events.

Subcontract management and administration, from procurement through to completion, including the collation of subcontract scopes from design, drafting enquiries, production and agreement of subcontracts, remeasurement, payments and the subsequent agreement of subcontract final accounts, all with the aim of achieving Main Contract objectives.

Generally, to provide valued commercial support, input and analysis on project and construction issues, contributing to the overall project strategy and decision making process.


You will have the following qualities and experience:
BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying or experience equivalent

The following qualities/experience are desirable:


You will be joining a skilled and competent regional Civils team involved in a number of schemes local to the South and West.

We are committed to delivering a range of Civil Engineering projects of high quality in a professional and sustainable manner.


We value diversity and celebrate individual differences, believing that our inclusive culture helps the business continue to grow as a strong, dynamic and innovative organisation.

Balfour Beatty is a corporate signatory to WISE (Women in Science & Engineering). Our aim is to attract more people from diverse backgrounds to help us build on our inclusive culture. Balfour Beatty is also Gold Award holders in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists

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