Senior Quantity Surveyor

Balfour Beatty

  • Lincolnshire
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 23 days ago
About the roleShape the commercial success of inspiring infrastructure projects as a Senior Quantity Surveyor. You'll join for our stability, award-winning training and huge scope for career development. You'll stay for our culture that feels like family in an organisation that's the biggest of its kind. From community-based projects to the UK's biggest civil engineering works, we've a presence in almost every market. This is your chance to grow with us.Based within our Regional Civils division, you will work on an 8km road scheme in Lincolnshire. The role has flexible working from a new site office, on-site and home working.The NHRR is a new 8km dual carriageway link between the A46 on the western side of Lincoln and tying into the A15 / LEB Junction at Sleaford Road. It is the last section of the Lincoln radial ring road.The scheme consists of two new connections to the existing roundabouts at the A46 and the A15 and 3 new junctions within the existing local road network. The scheme will require 5 new structures, most notably a 100m span bridge across the River Witham which is to be constructed over 3 spans. The other structures are 38.5m span Station Road overbridge, 32.3m span Wath Lane accommodation bridge, 50m span Viking way footbridge and a 33.6m span bat bridge.What you'll be doingAs a Senior Quantity Surveyor you will:
  • Ensure all duties are carried out in accordance with standard company HSE procedures and work instructions
  • In conjunction with the relevant Project Management team member(s), be accountable for the profitability of the project(s), and develop an appropriate commercial strategy for the project(s) to ensure delivery of required margins
  • Contribute to the management and maintenance of a contract cost reporting system ensuring all financial information is managed and up-to-date and tracked with budget/tender allowances, commitments and deviations highlighted and managed
  • With other members of the team, produce and provide accurate forecasts of project cost to completion and final value
  • Continually monitor projected costs to completion in line with budget
Ensure that necessary interface information between customers, sub-contractors and other departments is provided in a timely manner
  • Monitor cash flow and valuation plan, ensuring applications are made correctly and in a timely manner
  • Ensure contract variations are identified, valued and turned into agreed variation orders with the customer in a timely manner
  • Assist in ensuring effective records are maintained to support claims and that applications for payment for variations are issued in a timely manner
  • Manage the subcontract tender process, including the selection of sub-contractors and provision of all relevant contract and schedule documentation
  • Ensure that subcontracts are placed in an appropriate manner to step down appropriate responsibilities from the Main Contract
  • Ensure that each sub-contractor's account is managed strictly in accordance with their terms and conditions
  • Ensure that any insurance claims are notified in accordance with CSUK requirements and that appropriate data is compiled for insurance claims
  • Assist the Project Management team member(s) in arranging and undertaking project reviews and issue of associated reports
  • Provide accurate monthly reporting of cost and value on the project(s) in line with the Company's reporting process
  • Ensure compliance with BMS and Group Minimum Commercial Expectations
  • Where appropriate and where used on the specified project, utilise BIM to support progress monitoring, provide commercial reporting and incorporate information to support change management, variations orders and encourage all sub-contractors/supply chain members to integrate their work into BIM
  • Live the Balfour Beatty Values
  • Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm.
Who we're looking forThe following qualifications are essential:
  • BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying or experience equivalent
  • Membership of RICS, ICES or CIOB (or working towards)
The following qualities/experience are desirable:
  • Communication
  • Teamwork / Role Model
  • Leadership
  • Achievement Focus (Achieving Results)
  • Business and Customer Awareness
  • Applies organisational aims & objectives
  • Identifies with the customer needs
  • Recognises opportunities & threats
Why work for usIf you're inspired by the chance to grow like never before through meaningful work, join us as a Senior Quantity Surveyor. As well as benefits that include a share plan, pension, recognition scheme, employee assistance programme and generous annual and volunteering leave, you'll be safe, seen, heard and respected throughout your career with us. Apply now.About usAt Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone D&I Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. Our Smart Working policy enables employees to work flexibly where operationally possible and we would be happy to explore this with you.To find out more about our Value Everyone D&I Strategy and Action Plan, visit our website atAs a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with disabled people and people with 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.Further information about Disability Confident can be found at

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