Quantity Surveyor

Job Title:              Quantity Surveyor
Location:              Plymouth Devon
Compensation:    £51,941 + Benefits
Role Type:           Full time / Permanent
Role ID:               SF64120

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Quantity Surveyor at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role
As a Quantity Surveyor, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. The Devonport site is undergoing major infrastructure investment to support future MOD ship and submarine programmes. The Major Infrastructure Projects (MIP) Business Unit leads facility development, including the design, build, and commissioning of docking and berthing for Astute Class submarine maintenance. 

Day-to-day, you’ll drive change management within a key zone of a Submarine Deep Maintenance Project, overseeing governance, analysis, impact assessments, and approvals. Provide expert insights, multi-layered reporting, and data-driven recommendations to support strategic decisions.

• Oversee change management against the performance measurement baseline.
• Conduct data analysis, impact assessments, and provide strategic recommendations.
• Coordinate forecasts from supporting functions and prepare pre-tender estimates.
• Assist the commercial function with tender compilations, negotiations, and reviews.
• Generate internal and external monthly reports and perform in-depth investigations.

This role is full time 35, hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

Essential experience of the Quantity Surveyor

• Proven experience in a change control/management environment.
• Strong understanding of project controls, including cost control, earned value, scheduling, and estimating.
• Skilled in operating and managing change management systems.
• Experience working with MOD / Qualifying Defence Contracts.
• Familiarity with NEC4 / JCT contracts.

Qualifications for the Quantity Surveyor

• APMP/RICS or equivalent qualification, or currently working towards it.
• Degree, HNC, or HND qualification, preferably in an engineering discipline.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information (NNPPI) security clearance for this role.
 

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)  security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer 

• Generous holiday allowance 
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme 
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave 
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International 
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal. 

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 21/05/2025

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