About the role

Job Title: Senior Quantity Surveyor

Location: UK wide depending on successful candidate

Company: Balfour Beatty - Asset & Technology Solutions (ATS)

About the role

Balfour Beatty Asset & Technology Solutions (ATS) is seeking a Managing or Senior Quantity Surveyor to join its growing Temporary Site Services team.

This role is ideal for an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor who is ready to take the next step , with responsibility for people management, commercial leadership, and strategic input across a fast-growing national portfolio.

Over the last two years, the TSS business has seen significant growth across multiple sectors and flagship UK projects. This role offers genuine career progression, exposure to senior stakeholders, and the opportunity to grow alongside a high-performing ATS team.

What you'll be doing

Key Responsibilities

You will be responsible for the commercial leadership of the Temporary Site Services portfolio, including:

Working closely with the Temporary Site Services Business Manager to provide end-to-end commercial support across the TSS operation

Producing month-end accounts, forecasting and reporting to the Site Services finance and leadership teams

Managing risk, opportunity and debt, ensuring robust commercial controls and accurate annual forecasts

Providing contractual and commercial advice to pre-construction and operational teams, including strategy for upcoming works

Leading and developing a team of Quantity Surveyors and Commercial Administrators, with a strong focus on mentoring and upskilling

Ensuring commercial alignment and cohesion with other ATS and Site Services business areas

Leading contractual processes including Early Warning Notices (EWN), Compensation Events (CEs) and final accounts

Reporting commercial performance and progress to senior project and business leaders

Managing commercial relationships with clients, customers and key stakeholders

Evaluating, negotiating and appointing subcontractors and suppliers

Who we're looking for

About You

Strong commercial and contractual knowledge within construction, asset services or infrastructure environments

Strong NEC contractual experience

Experience supporting or leading small commercial teams

Confident communicator, able to influence at multiple levels

Strong business and customer awareness

Proactive, resilient and tenacious approach to problem-solving

Able to identify and manage commercial risk and opportunity

Committed to developing others and promoting ATS and Balfour Beatty values

Full UK driving licence (required)

Why join ATS at Derby – Raynesway

Clear career pathway

Exposure to national projects and multiple sectors

Hybrid working

Backed by the scale, stability and investment of Balfour Beatty

Strong focus on people development, mentoring and progression

Professional and personal development

The size and scale of Balfour Beatty coupled with our strong pipeline of work provides incredible opportunities, regardless of what stage you are at in your career.

We encourage and empower our employees to take control of their career and explore which part of the business they want to work in and what role is right for them. We actively encourage our managers and employees to have open communication throughout the year about wellbeing, development and career opportunities.

We're proud of the Balfour Beatty Academy. Whether it’s sharpening your technical expertise, improving your personal skills or seeking support to become professionally qualified, our 70:20:10* approach to development means we have a learning approach that suits everyone.

*70% learning on the job, 20% learning from those around you, and 10% formal training courses and learning events.

For further information about Balfour Beatty please go to www.balfourbeatty.com/careers

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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

Asset & Technology Solutions provides innovative, safe and sustainable solutions to the Balfour Beatty projects across the UK. Our wide range of equipment and services includes HGV’s, tower and crawler cranes, piling equipment, CCTV and security services, survey services and drones, suction excavators, sweepers, modular accommodation and much more.

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

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