Managing Quantity Surveyor - Balfour Beatty Highways – A57, Manchester

at  Balfour Beatty

About the role
Our Balfour Beatty Highways business has a terrific opportunity for a Managing Quantity Surveyor for our Mottram Moor Link A57 Road highways improvement scheme in Manchester.
Balfour Beatty Highways maintain, manage and operate major highway networks across the UK and support local authorities creating communities where people want to live work and play.
We provide high quality asset strategy, management and planning consultancy services to a wide range of public and private sector customers. We provide specialist, reliable, sustainable and creative advice for asset management planning and implementation in the UK. We put our customers first and prioritise completing schemes safely, efficiently and to a high standard.
What you’ll be doing

As a Managing Quantity Surveyor, you will be working with the Commercial Team managing all the costs related to the Mottram Moor Link A57 Road highways improvement scheme in Manchester

• Working collaboratively with the project team, the Client, and our supply chain to deliver the works within time and budget.
• Commercial management including forecasting and providing input to the monthly CVR, cost and commercial plans.
• Share accountability, along with the project team for the commercial performance and ensure that commercial processes are adhered to across the project.
• Ensure that the supply chain is engaged appropriately in line with Balfour Beatty governance and appropriate contract terms and conditions.
• Effectively assist in managing the commercial team, including cost clerks and commercial support staff.
• Ensure effective interaction between the commercial team and the operational site teams Supervise and mentor Quantity Surveyors.

Who we’re looking for

• 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