Quantity Surveyor
// Role Summary
Join Babcock at Devonport Royal Dockyard as a Quantity Surveyor and play a crucial role in delivering national security projects. Multiple opportunities exist for individuals at all career stages to contribute to critical defence infrastructure.
// Key Responsibilities
- Work on vital UK defence infrastructure projects.
- Multiple full-time, permanent Quantity Surveyor roles available.
- Location: Plymouth, Devon with hybrid working.
- Involves strategic cost planning, financial reporting, and contract negotiation.
- Requires experience with MOD contracts and NEC3/4 frameworks.
- Must be a sole UK national eligible for SC security clearance.
// Role Specification
Quantity Surveyor Opportunities
Babcock is seeking motivated Quantity Surveyors to join their team at the historic Devonport Royal Dockyard. This is a chance to contribute to critical defence infrastructure projects and national security while developing your career in a dynamic environment.
As a Quantity Surveyor at Babcock, you will be instrumental in ensuring commercial excellence across high-impact contracts. You will support projects that protect the nation and contribute to global peacekeeping efforts, offering a role that is truly out of the ordinary.
What you’ll do:
- Drive strategic cost planning through robust pre-tender estimates and evaluation of design alternatives.
- Deliver insightful financial reporting to support project and client decision-making.
- Shape project budgets in collaboration with subcontractors and internal teams.
- Support high-stakes contract negotiations to secure favourable commercial outcomes.
- Monitor financial performance and recommend corrective actions to maintain profitability.
What you’ll need:
- Relevant degree or equivalent experience in quantity surveying or a related discipline.
- Strong knowledge of building and construction practices.
- Experience with Ministry of Defence (MOD) contracts.
- Proficiency in NEC3 or NEC4 contract frameworks.
- Specialism in a relevant field such as Civils, Building, Mechanical, or Commercial.
- A drive to own and shape your career development journey.
- Background in project management.
- Professional membership or accreditation (e.g., RICS) is advantageous but not essential.
Security Clearance:
The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
What we offer:
- Competitive compensation and benefits.
- Generous holiday allowance.
- Matched contribution pension scheme with life assurance.
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations.
- Employee share scheme and shopping savings portal.
- Payment of Professional Fees.
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave.
- Holiday Trading – buy or sell up to one working week of annual leave.
- ‘Be Kind Day’ – one paid day a year for volunteering.
- Flexible working options.
- A dynamic working environment.
- Excellent development opportunities and employee assistance programme supporting wellbeing.
Babcock is committed to building an inclusive culture and is a disability confident committed employer. Reasonable adjustments can be discussed during the application and selection stages.