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 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 the commercial and cost management of projects from inception through to close‑out, Balfour Beatty’s is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Assistant Quantity Surveyor (AQS) to join us on the @One Alliance.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to build a long‑term career in commercial management within an industry‑leading alliance.
What you'll be doing
As an Assistant Quantity Surveyor, you will act as the commercial conscience of the integrated delivery team, providing commercial support to both project management and site‑based delivery teams. Embracing the @One Alliance outperformance mindset, you’ll support cost control activities, maximise value, minimise future liabilities, and help ensure delivery to the required standards of quality and safety.
Alongside this, you’ll continue to develop your commercial and interpersonal skills, gaining hands‑on experience within a fast‑paced and collaborative project environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the estimating team in producing robust cost estimates aligned to scope, including risk and opportunity allowances
- Assist with data transfer into the Alliance Procurement system and cost base
- Work closely with the Cost Manager, Procurement, Construction Manager and Project Delivery Manager to support subcontract preparation and procurement strategies
- Produce and maintain accurate cost forecasts aligned to programme and WBS/CBS structures
- Monitor actual costs against baseline, value of work done and final outturn forecasts
- Support cost reporting, variance analysis and resolution of cost challenges
- Assist in ensuring project teams understand contractual arrangements and client requirements
- Maintain accurate commercial records to support audits and cost assurance
Who we're looking for
About You
- Studying towards, or recently completed, a degree (or equivalent) in a commercial, engineering, management or cost‑related discipline
- Passionate about developing a career in a commercial or quantity surveying role
- Strong IT skills, particularly in Excel
- Confident communicator, able to work with a range of stakeholders
- Well organised, proactive and keen to learn
- A collaborative team player with a positive, professional attitude
This role offers the opportunity to gain practical, hands‑on commercial experience within a major infrastructure alliance, supporting your development and helping launch a successful career with Balfour Beatty.
If you’re ready to add real‑world experience to your studies and take the first step in your commercial career, apply today.
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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
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: BBUK17925
