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Managing Quantity Surveyor

Balfour Beatty
Aberdeen, GBR
Contract
Onsite
Discovered 2 weeks ago
Quantity surveyingPower transmission and distributionNEC3 and NEC4 contractsProject cost managementCommercial performance managementSubcontract procurement

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Role overview

Managing Quantity Surveyor in Balfour Beatty's Power Transmission & Distribution business, based in Aberdeen.

The role supports commercial delivery of major electricity infrastructure projects across Scotland.

Responsibilities

  • Lead commercial management of major transmission and substation projects; manage costs, budgets, forecasts, and financial reporting.
  • Produce and review CVRs, cash-flow forecasts, and project performance reports; manage commercial risks and opportunities.
  • Support contract negotiations and commercial strategies; procure and manage subcontractors and supply-chain partners.
  • Administer NEC contracts and contractual compliance; manage change control, compensation events, and commercial recovery.
  • Maintain client and stakeholder relationships; support value engineering and commercial efficiencies.
  • Lead, mentor, and develop quantity surveying staff; uphold commercial governance and company processes.

Candidate requirements

  • Experience delivering large-scale infrastructure, utilities, power, energy, civil engineering, or construction projects is sought.
  • Experience operating as a Managing or Senior Quantity Surveyor, or Commercial Manager, on major projects is desired.
  • Strong NEC3 and NEC4 knowledge; proven project-cost and commercial-performance management experience.
  • Experience leading commercial teams, managing subcontract procurement and supply chains, and handling risk, opportunity, change control, and financial reporting.
  • Strong commercial awareness and negotiation skills.
  • Degree or equivalent qualification in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, or a related discipline.
  • Membership of, or progress toward, RICS, ICES, CIOB, or a similar professional body is sought.

Work arrangement

  • The employer describes flexible and hybrid working arrangements.

Working hours

  • The advertised working week is 37.5 hours.

Benefits

  • Benefits include a company car or car allowance, annual bonus, employer pension contribution up to 7%, and 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays.
  • Other benefits include holiday purchase, paid family leave, professional membership fees, training and development, an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible working, and up to two paid volunteering days annually.

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