Regional Civils
Company
Location
Lincoln, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
8/15/2025
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Description
About The Role
Shape the commercial success of inspiring infrastructure projects as a Managing Quantity Surveyor. You’ll join for our stability, award-winning training and huge scope for career development. You’ll stay for our culture that feels like family in an organisation that’s the biggest of its kind. From community-based projects to the UK’s biggest civil engineering works, we’ve a presence in almost every market. This is your chance to grow with us.
Reporting to the project commercial manager the MQS will manage a team of quantity surveyors and take responsibility for the management of all costs and income relating to the project from commencement through to completion.
The MQS will have significant experience in minimising the costs of a project and enhancing value for money, while still achieving the required standards and quality. The role will also lead on supply chain procurement and require a focus on building a strong client relationship. Typically, they will have a track record of managing a commercial team and be a Chartered Member of the RICS, ICES or CIOB, and a mentor to other commercial staff on their journey to becoming professionally qualified. They will maintain their Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
Based within our Regional Civils division, you will work on an 8km road scheme – the NHRR is a new 8km dual carriageway link between the A46 on the western side of Lincoln and tying into the A15 / LEB Junction at Sleaford Road. It is the last section of the Lincoln radial ring road.
The scheme consists of two new connections to the existing roundabouts at the A46 and the A15 and 3 new junctions within the existing local road network. The scheme will require 5 new structures, most notably a 100m span bridge across the River Witham which is to be constructed over 3 spans. The other structures are 38.5m span Station Road overbridge, 32.3m span Wath Lane accommodation bridge, 50m span Viking way footbridge and a 33.6m span bat bridge.
What you'll be doing
As a Managing Quantity Surveyor You Will
Governance
The Following Qualifications Are Essential
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?
Benefits
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:
With a strong track record of delivery, our civils teams connect communities through infrastructure projects in the highways, public realm, rail, flood and coastal defence, and industrial sectors across England and Wales.
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
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. 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: [email protected]
Shape the commercial success of inspiring infrastructure projects as a Managing Quantity Surveyor. You’ll join for our stability, award-winning training and huge scope for career development. You’ll stay for our culture that feels like family in an organisation that’s the biggest of its kind. From community-based projects to the UK’s biggest civil engineering works, we’ve a presence in almost every market. This is your chance to grow with us.
Reporting to the project commercial manager the MQS will manage a team of quantity surveyors and take responsibility for the management of all costs and income relating to the project from commencement through to completion.
The MQS will have significant experience in minimising the costs of a project and enhancing value for money, while still achieving the required standards and quality. The role will also lead on supply chain procurement and require a focus on building a strong client relationship. Typically, they will have a track record of managing a commercial team and be a Chartered Member of the RICS, ICES or CIOB, and a mentor to other commercial staff on their journey to becoming professionally qualified. They will maintain their Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
Based within our Regional Civils division, you will work on an 8km road scheme – the NHRR is a new 8km dual carriageway link between the A46 on the western side of Lincoln and tying into the A15 / LEB Junction at Sleaford Road. It is the last section of the Lincoln radial ring road.
The scheme consists of two new connections to the existing roundabouts at the A46 and the A15 and 3 new junctions within the existing local road network. The scheme will require 5 new structures, most notably a 100m span bridge across the River Witham which is to be constructed over 3 spans. The other structures are 38.5m span Station Road overbridge, 32.3m span Wath Lane accommodation bridge, 50m span Viking way footbridge and a 33.6m span bat bridge.
What you'll be doing
As a Managing Quantity Surveyor You Will
Governance
- Has a good knowledge of and adheres to the Company’s governance requirements maximises LEAN/digital opportunities.
- Ability to mitigate potentially damaging commercially situations.
- Applies principles of cost management & elemental cost analysis including life cycle implications where required.
- Effectively manages Subcontractors and wider supply chain.
- Recognises and understands cost sensitive areas.
- Manage the preparation of Pricing documents, Activity Schedules, Bills of Quantities and Target Costs.
- Risk and opportunity analysis and management.
- Undertakes benchmarking exercises & sets / monitors Performance indicators (KPI).
- Reviews progress of the project against the various programmes.
- Preparation of delay and disruption programmes.
- Monitors & controls critical elements of the process.
- Effectively reviews and reports commercial progress and performance as well as managing accurate out-turn cost predictions.
- Identifies & communicates threats to budget & programme.
The Following Qualifications Are Essential
- BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying or experience equivalent
- Membership of RICS, ICES or CIOB (or working towards)
- Communication
- Teamwork / Role Model
- Leadership
- Achievement Focus (Achieving Results)
- Business and Customer Awareness
- Applies organisational aims & objectives
- Identifies with the customer needs
- Recognises opportunities & threats
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?
Benefits
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…
With a strong track record of delivery, our civils teams connect communities through infrastructure projects in the highways, public realm, rail, flood and coastal defence, and industrial sectors across England and Wales.
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
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. 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: [email protected]
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