Quantity Surveyor in Peterborough

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Job DescriptionAbout The Role

Quantity Surveyor - Balfour Beatty (@one Alliance)

Location: Peterborough (hybrid working, 2–3 days per week in the office)

Balfour Beatty play a key role as part of the {(6) Anglian Water's @one Alliance: Overview | LinkedIn} @Anglian Water’s one Alliance. The Alliance is a ground-breaking collaboration between Anglian Water and eight industry-leading partners: Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, Skanska and SWECO. And together, we deliver around 40% of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme.

Entering AMP 8, our most ambitious Asset Management Period yet, we're taking on nature-based, sustainable solutions like wetlands and urban drainage schemes. We’re setting global benchmarks in environmental infrastructure and empowering our people with exceptional career growth opportunities.

We’re seeking a Quantity Surveyor to join our Water Non-Infrastructure team!

In this role, you will serve as the commercial conscious to the integrated delivery team, providing commercial support to both the delivery management and on-site delivery teams.  Ensuring that that operations are carried out to control costs, maximise value, minimise future liabilities and maintain the required standard of quality and safety, you’ll also oversee the full compliance with the Alliance and Anglian Water governance procedures on a consistent basis. 

What you'll be doing

Key Responsibilities

• Lead all aspects of commercial and cost management for assigned projects, supporting the Project Commercial Manager.
• Implement robust cost management processes, ensuring accurate reporting, data analysis, and informed commercial decision-making.
• Ensure all project team members understand and adhere to contractual agreements, meeting the expectations of both clients and partner organisations.
• Collaborate with the Delivery Team to identify, implement, and monitor efficiency strategies throughout the project lifecycle.
• Maintain comprehensive financial records, including final accounts, ensuring financial transparency for audits and cost assurance.
  
  

Who we're looking for

What We’re Looking For

• Extensive expertise in cost management and commercial operations within the construction sector.
• A passion for Commercial Management and a drive to deliver excellence.
• Strong leadership and customer service skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• In-depth knowledge of construction methodologies, contracts, and safety standards.
• A proactive mindset, comfortable challenging existing processes to enhance commercial outcomes.
• A degree (or equivalent) in engineering, management, or cost disciplines is highly desirable.
  
  

If you have a passion to pursue a career in Commercial management and make a real impact in an industry- leading alliance, please apply today! 

#oneAlliance #BalfourBeatty

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?

Benefits

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

Balfour Beatty’s Highways business delivers major schemes including motorway upgrade programmes, complex national infrastructure projects and regional investment programme works for National Highways. We have a strong orderbook and a positive pipeline of opportunities, we put the road user, at the heart of everything we do. We work safely, reduce carbon emissions and added social value to the communities within which we work.

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At Balfour Beatty we believe that and are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone and 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 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 Forum and the Association for Black and Minority 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 . 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 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 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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