Commercial Assistant: Kickstart Your QS Career (Remote), London

At Balfour Beatty, our work shapes the future of infrastructure—delivering smarter, safer and more sustainable solutions. As part of our Asset & Technology Solutions team, we’re looking for a Commercial Assistant to join us on the prestigious Old Oak Common Project.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop your Quantity Surveying career within a supportive and fast-paced environment, contributing to a high-profile project while gaining valuable commercial experience.

As a Commercial Assistant, you’ll support the Quantity Surveyor in the day-to-day commercial administration of temporary site services. Your responsibilities will include:

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• Preparing and producing documentation to support monthly applications for payment
  
• Supporting operations and procurement teams with commercial data for new opportunity submissions
  
• Assisting with the preparation of month-end accounts
  
• Raising purchase orders and managing timesheet administration
  
• Requesting and collating quotations and information from suppliers
  
• Maintaining accurate records and supporting document control activities
  

We’re looking for an organised and proactive individual who is eager to build a career within the commercial function. You’ll bring:

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• Good IT skills, with confidence using Microsoft tools such as Excel, SharePoint and Teams
  
• Strong attention to detail and a methodical approach to work
  
• A positive, tenacious attitude and willingness to learn
  
• Good communication skills and the ability to work effectively within a team
  

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?

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…

Asset & Technology Solutions provides innovative, safe and sustainable solutions to the Balfour Beatty projects across the UK. Our wide range of equipment and services includes HGV’s, tower and crawler cranes, piling equipment, CCTV and security services, survey services and drones, suction excavators, sweepers, modular accommodation and much more.

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 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: 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: