Quantity Surveyor

Recruiter
Balfour Beatty
Location
Peterborough
Salary
Competitive
Posted
13 Oct 2017
Closes
30 Oct 2017
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

About the role
Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a Quantity Surveyor to join our Water business unit to work in Peterborough.

What you'll be doing

As a Quantity Surveyor you will:

  • Manage all aspects of commercial and cost management of a project or group of projects as designated by the Project Commercial Manager
  • Provide an estimating service & / or assist the programme area estimating team to ensure robust estimates are provided that align to scope & make allowance for all risks & opportunities including any necessary analysis, transfer of data to CCMS & the Cost Base
  • Ensure subcontracts are properly managed in accordance with contractrequirements including compliance with all responses to communications, payments, compensation events, programme submissions etc., that all contract files are maintained & kept up to date
  • Work closely with the procurement team & PDM to develop & monitor procurement strategy.
  • Responsible for developing procurement schedule and ensuring timely delivery of goods and services in line with solution cost estimate allowances & programme



Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.

Based in Peterborough, with good transport links from Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Rutland, the roles include all engineering disciplines, quantity surveyors, project delivery managers plus many more.

The contract is based from an integrated office at Peterborough offering a collaborative, innovative and unique working environment with a subsidised caf??, free parking and teams focused on the customers we serve within the Anglian Water region.

The collaborative working environment allows our teams to develop many technical and personal skills to enhance future personal opportunities within the alliance project.

About us

Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group has been a member of Anglian Water' Alliance since 2004, delivering a number of major water projects.

Alliance is a collaborative organisation of consultants and contractors working together to deliver more than half of Anglian Water's capital investment programme.

The Anglian Alliance will design and build around 800 schemes worth approximately GBP1.2billion between April 2015 and March 2020, known as AMP6 - the current five year investment period, working closely with Anglian Water operations teams and other key stakeholders.

The contract is for the entire five-year regulatory period, from 2015 to 2020, with extensions which could take it to 2030, making it one of the longest collaborations in the sector. It operates within an alliance of delivery partners set up by Anglian Water

As a stakeholder within the Anglian Alliance, Balfour Beatty provide both design and construction services across the whole of Anglian Water's region, which is the largest by geographic area in the UK, stretching from the Humber to the Thames estuary and from Buckinghamshire to the East Coast. Work is mainly focussed on clean water infrastructure (water mains), but also includes wastewater pipes and non-infrastructure projects, such as treatment works.

We value diversity and celebrate individual differences, believing that our inclusive culture helps the business continue to grow as a strong, dynamic and innovative organisation.

Balfour Beatty is a corporate signatory to WISE (Women in Science & Engineering) and a member of Stonewall's Diversity Champions programme. Our aim is to attract more people from diverse backgrounds to help us build on our inclusive culture. We are a member of the workingmums.co.uk Top Employers' Charter through which we demonstrate our commitment to enabling parents to progress and enhance their careers whilst managing the challenges of family life.

Balfour Beatty is also Gold Award holders in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists

Click the following link to apply

https://balfourbeatty/form/commercial?vacancy=HJr4pp32W