Quantity Surveyor in Nottingham

Ready to shape the future of rail? Balfour Beatty Rail Plant is on the lookout for a talented and driven Quantity Surveyor to join our dynamic team.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced commercial professional to take ownership of costs, contracts and supply chain management across high‑profile building and civil engineering projects. In this role, you’ll play a key part in maximising value for money, safeguarding quality, and supporting the growth of our commercial capability. Whether guiding less experienced team members or collaborating with senior colleagues, you’ll be central to delivering excellence on every project.

Ideally chartered — or well on the way to RICS, ICES or CIOB accreditation — you’ll bring strong commercial insight, a commitment to best practice, and a passion for continuous professional development. If you’re ready to step into a role where your expertise makes a real impact, we’d love to hear from you.

• Apply and follow all Company governance requirements (BMS & GMCEs).
• Use Company ERP and digital systems effectively.
• Accurately measure, record and value work independently.
• Prepare cost reconciliations and collate cost/value data.
• Interpret specifications, drawings and works information.
• Build estimates from first principles and produce Bills of Quantities/Schedules of Rates.
• Manage subcontractor measurement and agreements.
• Review weekly/monthly programmes and plan commercial activities accordingly.
• Understand the Customer Contract and manage stakeholder relationships.
• Demonstrate awareness of delay and disruption programmes.

• Gather and document information to define procurement needs.
• Manage subcontract enquiries, including assessment and adjudication.
• Follow all required procurement steps and documentation processes.

• BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying or equivalent knowledge.
• CSCS Card (Academically Qualified/Professional Qualified Person).
• MRCIS/MCInstCES/MCIOB with CPD maintained or working towards them.

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.

• 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 works at the heart of the UK’s rail networks – designing, enhancing and maintaining thousands of miles of the railways that connect communities and underpin growth. From feasibility studies, planning and design through to implementation and asset management, we provide multi-disciplinary rail infrastructure services across the lifecycle of rail assets. Our expertise covers electrification, track, power, civils, specialist rail plant, railway systems and technologies.

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 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.

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all.