Quantity Surveyor

About the role
Balfour Beatty are recruiting a Quantity Surveyor with build experience to join our North of Scotland Delivery Unit, where you'll ensure commercial & contractual control and co-ordination of the efforts of all parties involved in the execution of a specified project or range of projects.

What you'll be doing
Working with Project Management team members, you'll be accountable for the profitability of the projects, developing an appropriate commercial strategy for the projects to ensure delivery of required margins. You can also expect your role to include: * 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

Who we're looking for
You'll have experience in Quantity Surveying, some of which should have been obtained within a relevant business environment and a valid CSCS card are required. Membership of a relevant professional body and/or relevant professional qualification is desirable, such as RICS/CIOB/RIBA/ICE/CIBSE. You'll be comfortable operating at a Project QS level, running your own sub-contracts and trades. Ideally your build experience should include education, office and/or healthcare projects.

Why work for us
We are the largest infrastructure company in the UK, with annual sales of over £11 billion, and are in the Top 20 in the world.

About us
About us We deliver flexible civil engineering and construction services from regional hubs and UK-wide local delivery units, aligned to chosen sectors. Responsible for close to £2 billion of turnover annually, our teams deliver regional and national framework contracts,new build, refurbishment and fit out across a number of core markets. Our principle: We treat everyone equally and embrace difference. We believe everyone should be employed and promoted solely on the basis of his or her personal merit and contribution. Equal opportunity in the workplace is about ensuring that everyone gets equal treatment and respect, and that the criteria for employment and promotion are the same for everybody. Its purpose is to ensure fairness, act against all forms of discrimination, and promote talent and merit. What we mean: We value difference, and believe diversity of people, skills and abilities is a strength that helps us to achieve our best. We also believe everyone should be recruited and promoted on the basis of their personal ability, contribution and potential. We are committed to ensuring that everywhere across our organisation we promote, support and maintain a culture of fairness, respect and equal opportunity for all. We are committed to: - Providing equal opportunities for all - Maintaining a supportive work environment free from discrimination, harassment, victimisation and bullying - Complying with all employment laws - Hiring the best-qualified people - Promoting talent on the basis of merit