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Job No. BBUK12334

Senior Quantity Surveyor - Oxfordshire

Regional Civils

Quantity Surveying & Commercial

Oxfordshire
Permanent

About the role

Shape 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 engineering works, we’ve a presence in almost every market. This is your chance to grow with us.


As part of our Regional Civils division, as s Senior Quantity Surveyor you will have a track record in managing all costs relating to building and civil engineering projects, from the initial calculations to the final figures. Seeking to minimise the costs of a project and enhance value for money, while still achieving the required standards and quality. Typically, you will be a Chartered Member of the RICS, ICES or CIOB. Experience of managing a small team of less experienced commercial staff as well as mentoring others on their journey to becoming professionally qualified.


This role will be site based in Oxfordshire and requires experience in highways, local authorities/scape framework.

What you'll be doing


  • Analytical Thinking & Decision Making

  • Orders information and systematically checks data

  • Prepares Activity Schedules, Resource Schedules & analyses tender documents

  • Critically appraises, estimates and negotiates the above with 3rd parties

  • Reviews complex contract programmes such as Time-Location

  • Assists with the preparation of delay and disruption programmes

  • Monitors subcontract activities, measure and respond appropriately

  • Analyses the commercial progress and report to senior project staff

  • Undertakes constructability analyses using construction programmes

  • Prepares procurement programme and helps develop the strategy

  • Analyses rates & prices, agreement of variations and or compensation events as required

  • Prepares, submits and negotiates claims when required

  • Prepares Internal reports, commercial progress and financial reconciliation

  • Maintains own Personal Development Plan

  • Actively supports the development of others

  • Produces plans for team to achieve goals / aspirations

  • Supports recruitment of lower grades

Who we're looking for

To progress your leadership career with us as a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you’ll need to:  



  • Be a member of RICS, ICES or CIOB

  • Have a strong focus on safety and quality

  • Share our positive outlook and passion for what we do

  • Understand how best to mentor and develop our Quantity Surveyors and other commercial teams

  • Be a natural collaborator who can work as a team with people in other disciplines

  • Ideally have a degree (in any field) or equivalent experience. 

Why work for us

If 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 us

At 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 at https://www.balfourbeatty.com/how-we-work/diversity-and-inclusion/


As 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 https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

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