About the role
Balfour Beatty Highways maintain, manage and operate major highway networks across the UK and support local authorities creating communities where people want to live work and play.
We provide high quality asset strategy, management and planning consultancy services to a wide range of public and private sector customers. We provide specialist, reliable, sustainable and creative advice for asset management planning and implementation in the UK. We put our customers first and prioritise completing schemes safely, efficiently and to a high standard.
Our Balfour Beatty Highways business has a terrific opportunity for a Senior Quantity Surveyor as part of the Connect Plus Services (CPS) team based in South Mimms, Leatherhead or Dartford.
Here at CPS we have an exciting opportunity to plan and deliver improvements projects around the M25 and adjoining network.
You will help us achieve the best outcomes for our network by delivering to time, cost and quality whilst supporting our wider objectives for zero harm and sustainability.
You will be working in the Service Delivery team managing the commercial aspects of the Technical Services Subcontractors and self-delivery teams.
The Technical Services team manage the traffic signalling and road traffic electronic signage across the M25 network.
What you'll be doing
- Undertake procurement of Subcontractor packages.
- Manage and be responsible for the process of monthly assessments of the Subcontractors applications.
- Prepare weekly and monthly budget/cost reports.
- Take part in weekly and monthly budget/cost reviews.
- Complete cost verification audits of the Framework Contractors.
- Assist with preparing the monthly report for the remaining forecast for the year for each of the service maintenance elements.
- Assist with preparing the monthly report for the CPS Senior Team including progress, fees earned, cost to date, forecast and EVM.
- Assist with supply chain scoring.
Who we're looking for
- Experience in road traffic monitoring, signalling and electronic signage
- Previous experience of managing a Commercial staff
- Previous relevant experience in commercial management of NEC subcontracts
- Detailed understanding of the operation of the NEC contract
- Experience in Cost Accreditation auditing
- Membership of a relevant professional body and/or working towards a relevant professional qualification is desirable, such as RICS/CIOB/InstCES
- A valid CSCS card is required.
Why work for us
CPS is a joint Venture project with Balfour Beatty, AtkinsR alis, and Egis. We operate and maintain the M25. The M25 is the busiest section of motorway in Europe and requires careful and efficient planning of work in order to deliver over 100m of annual investment in the highway infrastructure each year, in addition to planned and reactive maintenance activity.
If you have or are looking for a career in Highways, working on the M25 will give you experience and challenge that no other highways project can offer.
About us
At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business.
To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. 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.
Further information on Disability Confident can be found at: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
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