About the role
Job Title: Senior Quantity Surveyor
Location: Birmingham
Company: Balfour Beatty Asset & Technology Solutions | Site Services – Temporary Site Services
About the Role
Are you an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor ready to step into a role with real variety, visibility and career growth?
Balfour Beatty Asset & Technology Solutions (ATS) is looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our growing Temporary Site Services team, supporting the delivery of temporary M&E/site services across a wide portfolio of major projects throughout the UK.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a business area that has grown significantly over the last two years and continues to expand. You’ll work closely with the Temporary Site Services Business Manager, supporting commercial delivery, guiding the team and playing a key role in the continued success of this fast-moving part of the business
What you'll be doing
Key Responsibilities
As Senior Quantity Surveyor, you’ll provide commercial leadership and support across the Temporary Site Services team, helping to manage performance, risk, reporting and contractual delivery.
You’ll be involved in:
- Producing month-end CVR reports and supporting commercial reporting into the Site Services leadership team
- Managing debt, accruals and commercial risk across the portfolio
- Providing contractual support to pre-construction and operations teams
- Leading and supporting a small team of Quantity Surveyors and Commercial Administrators
- Driving best practice around compensation events, early warnings and general contract submissions
- Reporting commercial progress to senior project teams
- Managing commercial relationships with customers, stakeholders, subcontractors and suppliers
- Evaluating and negotiating tenders
Who we're looking for
We’re looking for someone who brings confidence, commercial awareness and a proactive approach.
You’ll ideally have:
- A degree in Quantity Surveying or equivalent experience
- Professional membership such as MRICS, MCInstCES or MCIOB, or be working towards this
- Strong communication skills
- Experience leading, supporting or mentoring others
- A good understanding of contract management, risk and commercial reporting
- A customer-focused approach
- A tenacious, solutions-led mindset
- A valid UK driving licence
Why join us?
This role offers the chance to be part of a growing business within Balfour Beatty A&TS, supporting major projects across multiple sectors. You’ll gain exposure to a varied portfolio, work with experienced operational and commercial leaders, and have the opportunity to develop your career as the Temporary Site Services business continues to grow.
Ready to take the next step?
Join Balfour Beatty Asset & Technology Solutions and help shape the commercial success of our Temporary Site Services team.
Professional and personal development
The size and scale of Balfour Beatty coupled with our strong pipeline of work provides incredible opportunities, regardless of what stage you are at in your career.
We encourage and empower our employees to take control of their career and explore which part of the business they want to work in and what role is right for them. We actively encourage our managers and employees to have open communication throughout the year about wellbeing, development and career opportunities.
We're proud of the Balfour Beatty Academy. Whether it’s sharpening your technical expertise, improving your personal skills or seeking support to become professionally qualified, our 70:20:10* approach to development means we have a learning approach that suits everyone.
- 70% learning on the job, 20% learning from those around you, and 10% formal training courses and learning events.
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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
Asset & Technology Solutions provides innovative, safe and sustainable solutions to the Balfour Beatty projects across the UK. Our wide range of equipment and services includes HGV’s, tower and crawler cranes, piling equipment, CCTV and security services, survey services and drones, suction excavators, sweepers, modular accommodation and much more.
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: BBUK19524
