Quantity Surveyor

at  Balfour Beatty

About the role
Our projects are more than just your opportunity to make your mark. They’re an opportunity to stretch, test and develop your expertise. Join our Living Places team as a Quantity Surveyor on our Aylesbury Framework and you’ll deliver complex work that really matters to our business, and the world around you.
Our solutions include consultancy, finance, design and maintenance of the entire streetscape. We’re shaping places, creating economic growth and meeting the needs of an ever-changing society.
What you’ll be doing

As a Quantity Surveyor, your main responsibilities will be:

• Participating in the management of Service Area budgets in conjunction with the Construction Managers, understanding fluctuations in margins against budgets, and agreeing changes and solutions with the Service Area teams and Senior QS prior to implementation
• Developing experience and proficiency in constructions methods, processes and the review and commercial / cost implications of all technical and design information
• Building confidence in the Service Area’s cost control by ensuring that all project status reports are updated monthly for significant changes and by regularly reviewing status reports and supporting schedules
• Ensuring the procurement of sub-contractors is in line with the Balfour Beatty Group procedures and that the packages cover the scope of the works.

Who we’re looking for

• Participating in the management of Service Area budgets in conjunction with the Construction Managers, understanding fluctuations in margins against budgets, and agreeing changes and solutions with the Service Area teams and Senior QS prior to implementation
• Developing experience and proficiency in constructions methods, processes and the review and commercial / cost implications of all technical and design information
• Building confidence in the Service Area’s cost control by ensuring that all project status reports are updated monthly for significant changes and by regularly reviewing status reports and supporting schedules
• Ensuring the procurement of sub-contractors is in line with the Balfour Beatty Group procedures and that the packages cover the scope of the works