Senior Quantity Surveyor

Overview

Senior Quantity Surveyor role in Balfour Beatty’s Regional Civils, Birmingham, overseeing a portfolio of civil projects across the East and West Midlands. You’ll provide commercial leadership to maximise profitability, mentor junior QS staff, and embed best practice across projects. The position involves collaborating with project teams, clients and suppliers to drive value and manage risk while upholding BB’s commercial standards. This is a chance to shape commercial performance within a growing regional division and high-impact infrastructure schemes.

Pay / Benefits

• Smart working with up to 40% remote work
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• family-friendly policies including extended maternity/adoption leave and paternity/partners leave
• pension
• share incentive plan
• volunteering leave and recognition schemes

Responsibilities

• Take commercial ownership of a portfolio of civil projects across the region, ensuring financial performance and on-time delivery
• Lead, mentor and develop Quantity Surveyors and junior staff, providing commercial guidance to project teams
• Develop and implement commercial strategies to maximise profitability and target margins
• Produce cost forecasts, cost-to-complete assessments and monthly cost/value reports with robust financial control
• Manage contract administration and change control (valuation, negotiation, variations) using CEMAR
• Monitor budgets, cash flow and applications for payment, ensuring timely valuations and working capital management
• Lead subcontract procurement from tendering to settlement and account management
• Maintain accurate commercial records and support claims, variations and insurance notifications
• Collaborate with Project Managers, clients, subcontractors and internal teams to meet commercial objectives and manage risks
• Ensure compliance with Balfour Beatty’s procedures, BMS, and health, safety & environment standards

Key requirements

• Significant experience as a Senior Quantity Surveyor in civil engineering with a track record of commercial delivery
• Strong knowledge of construction and contract law; experience with NEC/ECC forms preferred
• Expertise in commercial management, cost control, forecasting, procurement and subcontract management
• Good understanding of tendering, subcontracting, drafting and negotiating subcontract agreements
• Excellent negotiation and stakeholder management skills; ability to build relationships with clients and supply chain
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team to lead commercial activities
• Strong analytical and numerical skills with experience in quantification and valuation
• Understanding of insurance requirements, bonds, warranties, and construction techniques/equipment
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and commercial reporting systems; strong communication and report-writing
• CSCS Card; degree in Quantity Surveying and professional membership (RICS, ICES or CIOB) advantageous

• negotiation
• stakeholder management
• leadership and mentoring
• cost control
• forecasting
• cost-to-complete

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