About the role
Are you looking to build your commercial career on projects where your work directly supports cost control, contract performance and successful delivery?
Balfour Beatty Rail are looking for an Assistant Quantity Surveyor to join our Commercial team and support the effective management of project costs, subcontract accounts, valuations and reporting.
This is a great opportunity for someone with quantity surveying experience who wants to develop their commercial capability, take on meaningful project responsibility and progress within a collaborative, safety-focused environment!
What you'll be doing
As Assistant Quantity Surveyor, you’ll help provide commercial and contractual support across a specified project or portfolio of projects. Working closely with project management and commercial colleagues, you’ll contribute to cost forecasting, cash flow management, procurement, subcontract administration, change control and monthly reporting.
- Supporting the commercial strategy for projects to help deliver required margins and strong financial performance.
- Maintaining accurate cost reporting, highlighting commitments, budget movements and deviations.
- Assisting with cost forecasts, final value projections and monthly cost and value reporting.
- Monitoring cash flow and valuation plans, ensuring applications are prepared accurately and submitted on time.
- Identifying, valuing and progressing contract variations and supporting effective records for claims.
- Supporting subcontract tendering, selection, procurement and administration.
- Helping ensure subcontract accounts are managed in line with agreed terms and conditions.
- Working closely with customers, subcontractors and internal teams to ensure key commercial information is shared on time.
- Supporting project reviews, reporting and continuous improvement across commercial processes.
- Keeping safety, quality, sustainability and Zero Harm at the heart of everything you do.
Who we're looking for
- Previous experience in quantity surveying, ideally within a relevant construction, infrastructure or project-based environment.
- A valid CSCS card.
- Working knowledge of construction and contract law, contract conditions, tendering and procurement processes.
- An understanding of commercial management principles, cost control, valuations, variations and subcontract administration.
- Good numeracy, written communication, administration, IT and Microsoft Office skills.
- The ability to work well as part of a team and use your own initiative.
- Strong organisation skills, attention to detail and the ability to work to deadlines.
- Effective communication and negotiation skills with internal and external stakeholders.
- Membership of a relevant professional body, or progress towards a qualification such as InstCES or RICS, would be desirable.
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 works at the heart of the UK’s rail networks – designing, enhancing and maintaining thousands of miles of the railways that connect communities and underpin growth.
From feasibility studies, planning and design through to implementation and asset management, we provide multi-disciplinary rail infrastructure services across the lifecycle of rail assets. Our expertise covers electrification, track, power, civils, specialist rail plant, railway systems and technologies.
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: [email protected]
Job Reference: BBUK20801
