About The Role
At Balfour Beatty Power T&D, we're growing our Commercial team in Scotland and are looking for multiple Quantity Surveyors to join us on the BBNP (Beauly, Blackhillock, New Deer and Peterhead) 400kV Overhead Line Project.
Whether you're an experienced Quantity Surveyor, working towards chartership, or looking to bring your commercial expertise from another sector, we'd love to hear from you.
You can be based from Glasgow, Inverness or Elgin, with flexible travel arrangements to site and hybrid working options available.
Full-time and part-time applications are welcome. We're building our team and are open to different levels of experience, backgrounds and working patterns.
We're not looking for people who have done it all before. In fact, you do not need Power Transmission & Distribution experience or NEC contract experience to be successful in this role. We welcome applications from a range of sectors including construction, infrastructure, utilities, rail, highways, defence, energy and manufacturing.
What you'll be doing
As a Quantity Surveyor, you will play a key role in managing costs and commercial activities across our projects, helping us deliver outstanding outcomes for our customers while maximising value and maintaining quality.
You'll support the Senior Quantity Surveyor and wider commercial team while taking ownership of a range of commercial responsibilities, including procurement, subcontract management, cost control and reporting.
Commercial Management
- Managing costs and income within your area of responsibility
- Producing cost reconciliations and commercial reports
- Measuring, recording and valuing work in line with company procedures
- Building estimates from first principles
- Interpreting drawings, specifications and works information
- Supporting customer and stakeholder management activities
- Understanding and monitoring project programmes and commercial performance
Procurement & Supply Chain
- Supporting procurement activities and subcontract enquiries
- Preparing and reviewing tender documentation
- Managing subcontractor relationships and agreements
- Supporting supply chain performance and value delivery
Who we're looking for
Essential
- Degree qualified in Quantity Surveying or equivalent experience
- CSCS Academically/Professionally Qualified Person Card
- MRICS, MCIOB, MCInstCES, or working towards professional membership
What Will Make You Stand Out
- A positive attitude and willingness to learn
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills
- A collaborative approach and team-first mindset
- Commercial awareness and problem-solving ability
- Desire to develop and grow your career
Sector Experience
We Welcome Applications From Candidates With Experience Across
- Construction
- Infrastructure
- Utilities
- Rail
- Highways
- Civil Engineering
- Housebuilding
- Facilities Management
- Defence
- Energy
- Manufacturing
Career changers are encouraged to apply. If you have strong commercial experience and the right behaviours, we'll provide the support to help you succeed.
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…
Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.
From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.
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
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:
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: ***email_hidden***
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