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Job No. BBUK13767
Regional Buildings
Quantity Surveying & Commercial
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 civil engineering works, we’ve a presence in almost every market. This is your chance to grow with us.
As part of the Regional Buildings division, you will join the team working and based at QEH in Birmingham. This role is suited to a commercially bias lateral thinking individual who possesses an inquisitive and investigative mindset, ideally a Senior QS with Claims/arbitration experience, as well as experience in PFI Contracts and a legal understanding.
Working in the post construction stage of the project, the role will include the identification and interpretation of contractual exposure / entitlement; review of existing supply chain contract documentation; and exploring liability and recovery of cost.
Reporting directly to the Commercial Manager, the role will also involve some traditional QS related tasks typically including pricing of variations, cost planning, forecast modelling, and minimising risk / maximising opportunities appropriately both up and downstream.
The ideal candidate will have previous life cycle cost modelling experience, and involvement in cost recovery exercises through claim preparation for delays and disruption. Experience of Facilities Management and / or PFI contracts are desirable but not essential. Particular interest in law, contracts and complex contentious matters is beneficial, although specific experience is less important than mindset.
This is a unique opportunity to join a market leading Contractor and dynamic Commercial team. It would suit a person wishing to expand their commercial skillset from the traditional QS path and diversify into a Quantum Claim / Dispute bias function.
As a Senior Quantity Surveyor and custodian of the commercial side of construction works, you’ll have experience in:
The following qualifications are essential:
The following qualities/experience are desirable:
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…
Operating across England and Wales, our buildings teams create places where people live, are cared for, work, learn, meet and have fun, with a focus on the aviation, health, defence, education and development sectors.
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: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com
