Balfour Beatty

About the role

Join Balfour Beatty and help shape the future of UK infrastructure.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our Regional Civils team working on the prestigious Apollo Substation Project in Bridgwater. This is a fantastic chance to play a key role in delivering critical infrastructure that supports the nation’s energy network.

As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you’ll lead the commercial management of a high-profile civils project, ensuring value, efficiency, and quality at every stage. You’ll oversee cost control, subcontractor management, and forecasting while supporting and mentoring junior members of the commercial team.

What you'll be doing

As a Senior Quantity Surveyor you will:

• Manage all commercial aspects of the project, from procurement through to final accounts
• Drive value for money while maintaining high standards of safety and quality
• Provide accurate cost forecasting, reporting, and risk management
• Work collaboratively with project teams to ensure smooth financial and operational delivery
• Mentor and support less experienced team members in their professional development.

Who we're looking for

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience as a Quantity Surveyor or Senior Quantity Surveyor within civil engineering, M&E, Power or any infrastructure projects
• Strong commercial acumen and leadership skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
• Chartered (RICS, ICES, or CIOB) or working towards professional accreditation
• Hands-on experience managing civils projects — ideally within the energy or utilities sector.

Why work for us

If you’re inspired by the chance to grow like never before through meaningful work, join us as a Senior Quantity Surveyor. As well as benefits that include a share plan, pension, recognition scheme, employee assistance programme and generous annual and volunteering leave, you’ll be safe, seen, heard and respected throughout your career with us. You’ll also discover Smart Working. It’s our flexible approach to when, where and how you work, and at the heart of a warm and inclusive culture that supports you to be you. Apply now.

About us

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone D&I Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. Our Smart Working policy enables employees to work flexibly where operationally possible, and we would be happy to explore this with you.

To find out more about our Value Everyone D&I Strategy and Action Plan, visit our website at https://www.balfourbeatty.com/how-we-work/diversity-and-inclusion/

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with disabled people and people with 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.

Further information about Disability Confident can be found at https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

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