Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive salary package

About the Role
Balfour Beatty Power T&D is recruiting a Senior Quantity Surveyor to support the Lower Thames Crossing Project. You will be responsible for the commercial management of projects from pre-contract through to final account, ensuring robust cost control, value for money, commercial compliance, and effective risk management. This role provides leadership to the commercial team and supports project delivery in line with contractual, financial, and governance requirements. You will seek to minimise project costs while maximising value, ensuring the highest standards of safety, quality, and performance are achieved.

Typically, you will be a Chartered Member of RICS, ICES, or CIOB (or working towards chartership) with experience managing and mentoring less-experienced commercial team members, supporting their development towards professional qualification. Commitment to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and contributing to the ongoing development of commercial capability within the project team is essential.

Key responsibilities include leading commercial management of assigned projects, managing budgets, forecasting, cost reporting (CVRs), and change control processes. You will prepare, assess, and agree compensation events, valuations, and final accounts, ensuring payment mechanisms, applications, and certifications are managed accurately and on time. You will manage subcontract procurement strategies including tendering, negotiation, and contract award, identify and mitigate commercial and contractual risks, support governance approvals, and ensure compliance with internal commercial and financial controls.

Providing clear commercial advice to project teams and senior stakeholders, contributing to dispute avoidance and resolution, and offering line management, mentoring, and technical guidance to Quantity Surveyors and Assistant Quantity Surveyors are also key aspects of the role. Collaboration with project managers, procurement, legal, and finance teams to support successful project delivery, building effective relationships with clients, supply chain partners, and internal stakeholders, producing accurate and timely commercial reports, maintaining robust record-keeping and audit trails, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives within commercial processes and systems are expected.

Why work for us
Our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious and meaningful infrastructure projects, developing and maintaining vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities. We offer a flexible working environment including smart working options with up to 40% remote working where roles allow, 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata), family friendly policies including maternity, adoption and paternity/partner leave, pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes, and more.

Experience
- Strong experience managing commercial activities on major construction or infrastructure projects
- Excellent working knowledge of NEC contracts (NEC3/NEC4 preferred)
- Proven ability to manage risk, change, and cost forecasting
- Experience leading or mentoring commercial team members
- Demonstrated ability to work efficiently to deadlines and high standards

About you
- Organised, innovative, and creative with enthusiasm for gaining knowledge and experience on diverse projects and portfolios
- Strong negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- High level of commercial awareness and attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills with all internal and external stakeholders
- Demonstration of resilience, determination to succeed, and achievement focus
- Proactive in managing opportunities, risks, and threats

Qualifications
- Chartered Member of RICS, ICES, or CIOB, or working towards chartership
- Commitment to Continuing Professional Development (CPD)