1 Senior Quantity Surveyor roles in Herefordshire

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Job No. BBUK12623

Senior Quantity Surveyor - Herefordshire

Regional Buildings

Quantity Surveying & Commercial

Herefordshire
Permanent

About the role

Shape a culture that feels like family, in an organisation that’s the biggest of its kind. As a Quantity Surveyor, you’ll join for our stability and pride in delivering inspiring infrastructure. You’ll stay for the sheer scope, award-winning training and career development. From community-based projects to the UK’s biggest civil engineering works, we’ve a presence in almost every market. If you’ve ambition and enthusiasm, this is your chance to grow with us.


As part of our Regional Buildings division, as a 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 offers an exciting position within our Regional Buildings team based on a project on the English/Welsh border. With flexible site and home working on offer.

What you'll be doing

Analytical Thinking & Decision Making



  • Orders information and systematically checks data


Cost Engineering



  • Prepares Activity Schedules, Resource Schedules & analyses tender documents


Estimating



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


Planning



  • Reviews complex contract programmes such as Time-Location,

  • Assists with the preparation of delay and disruption programmes


Project Management



  • Monitors subcontract activities, measure and respond appropriately

  • Analyses the commercial progress and report to senior project staff


Procurement



  • Undertakes constructability analyses using construction programmes

  • Prepares procurement programme and helps develop the strategy


Commercial Management



  • 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


Development, Recruitment and Retention



  • 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 CIO

  • 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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