Quantity Surveyor - Inverness

About the role Join our Power Commercial team as a Quantity Surveyor and take part in delivering complex, high-impact projects, including the ASTI scheme, a critical initiative to enhance the reliability and capacity of Scotland’s …...

About the role

Join our Power Commercial team as a Quantity Surveyor and take part in delivering complex, high-impact projects, including the ASTI scheme, a critical initiative to enhance the reliability and capacity of Scotland’s overhead line network.


Ideal Locations: Inverness, Aberdeenshire, Dundee


Role Purpose: 


The Quantity Surveyor is responsible for managing all aspects of the contractual and financial side of construction projects. This includes cost planning, procurement, contract administration, and financial management to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards. The role involves close collaboration with project teams, clients, and stakeholders to provide accurate cost advice, manage risks, and optimize project profitability.

What you'll be doing


  • Collate costs in relation to infrastructure projects with experience of identifying commercial risks and opportunities in respect of their works

  • Deliver varied commercial duties including responsibility for procuring and managing supply chain

  • Optimise commercial performance through diligent cost control and value for money opportunities, whilst achieving the required standards and quality for our customers

  • Create and maintain commercial relationships to both internal and external stakeholders

  • Contract administration with both client and subcontractors

  • Provide support and adherence for the Gated Business Lifecycle process.

  • Proactively drive career and personal development, including professional certification

Who we're looking for

You will have the following qualities/experience:



  • BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying or experience equivalent

  • Membership of RICS, ICES or CIOB (or working towards)

  • Experience with key contracts such as NEC

  • Good communication skills

  • Great Teamwork / Role Model

  • Leadership skills

  • Achievement Focus (Achieving Results)

  • Business and Customer Awareness

  • Applies organisational aims & objectives

  • Identifies with the customer needs

  • Recognises opportunities & threats

  • Experience working on NEC 3 & 4 Contracts

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?


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 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 www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion


We are 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: 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





Show more Show less

Apply now

The application for this job will open in a new window on the employer's own website.

Create an alert for jobs like this

Be the first to get notified when new jobs are added

You can unsubscribe at any time.

Similar jobs

More similar jobs