About the role
Assistant Quantity Surveyor – Balfour Beatty (@one Alliance)
Location: Norwich (hybrid working; 2–3 days per week office‑based)
Balfour Beatty play a key role as part of the {(6) Anglian Water's @one Alliance: Overview | LinkedIn} @Anglian Water’s one Alliance. The Alliance is a ground-breaking collaboration between Anglian Water and eight industry-leading partners: Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, Skanska and SWECO. And together, we deliver around 40% of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme.
Entering year 2 of AMP 8, our most ambitious Asset Management Period yet, we're taking on nature-based, sustainable solutions like wetlands and urban drainage schemes. We’re setting global benchmarks in environmental infrastructure and empowering our people with exceptional career growth opportunities.
To support our journey of commercial excellence, Balfour Beatty’s is seeking an experienced Quantity Surveyor to join the Commercial team on the @One Alliance and play a key role in delivering successful project outcomes.
What you'll be doing
What you’ll be doing:
As a Quantity Surveyor within the @One Alliance, you will act as the commercial conscience of the integrated delivery team, providing commercial support to both project management and site‑based delivery teams.
You will ensure operations are delivered in line with cost control objectives, maximising value, minimising future liabilities, and maintaining the required standards of quality and safety. You will also ensure consistent compliance with Alliance and Anglian Water governance procedures.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage all aspects of commercial and cost management for projects or programmes, as directed by the Project Commercial Manager
- Ensure robust cost management processes are in place, supported by accurate and timely reporting, data and analysis
- Support commercial decision‑making through effective forecasting and cost control
- Ensure project teams, including site staff, fully understand contractual arrangements and partner requirements
- Work collaboratively with delivery teams to identify, implement and monitor efficiency plans throughout the project lifecycle
- Maintain accurate commercial records, including final accounts, to support audits and cost assurance
Who we're looking for
About You
- Extensive experience in cost and commercial management
- Degree (or equivalent) in a commercial, engineering, management or cost discipline is desirable
- A strong passion for pursuing a career in Commercial Management
- Confident communicator with first‑class customer service and leadership skills
- In‑depth knowledge of construction and safety standards
- Comfortable challenging processes and practices to drive continuous improvement
This is an opportunity to make a real impact within an industry‑leading alliance, contributing to complex infrastructure projects while developing your commercial career with Balfour Beatty.
If you’re passionate about commercial management and ready to make a difference, apply today.
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’s Highways business delivers major schemes including motorway upgrade programmes, complex national infrastructure projects and regional investment programme works for National Highways. We have a strong orderbook and a positive pipeline of opportunities, we put the road user, at the heart of everything we do. We work safely, reduce carbon emissions and added social value to the communities within which we work.
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: BBUK19504
