Available Location - Any BT location in UK

Working Style - 3 days office, 2 days anywhere

Why this job matters

Our purpose is to use the power of communication to make a better world; for each other, for our customers, for society and our communities. Environmental Services deliver the supporting activities which ensure network capacity, reliability and energy reduction.

You will play a key role in the strategic design and delivery of BT’s key Tier 1 telephone exchanges, Data Centres and Core Mobile sites.

You’ll be Quantity Surveyor supporting the full delivery programme covering all elements associated with M&E projects. Projects includes DNO upgrades and reductions, AC / Standby Power systems, AC infrastructure, DC Power, Cooling, BMS and site construction. 

Experienced in Mechanical & Electrical projects to help support the delivery team in the full end to end project and programme delivery. Experience in cost evaluations, cost modelling, monthly valuations, project measuring.

Ensure projects are cost effective by helping support the delivery team and PC/PD to find efficient techniques that can reduce our CAPEX investments. Help support best practices, standardisation and other techniques to create programme cost efficiencies.

Lead and support post project completion audits.

Stakeholder management is crucial to the job, you will produce reports, brief the wider organisation on progress and ensure our suppliers are well informed.

You will oversee the end to end delivery programme, providing programme management and structured progress communication to stakeholders.

What you’ll be doing

• Supporting procurement and vetting of subcontractor tenders and packages
• Carry out monthly valuations
• Carry out auditing following project completion
• Support delivery team on audit principles, measuring, assurance against the project costs
• Cost forecasting, review, monitoring and reporting
• Support the delivery teams on tracking PO’s and managing cost control within the budgets
• Prepare and monitor project cash flow forecasts
• Measuring, valuing and submitting of Variations
• Support delivery teams on commercial and contractual matters
• Prepare submit and negotiate project final accounts
• Management and approval of subcontractor monthly valuations and final accounts
• Ensure business commercial processes are maintained throughout project life-cycle
• Support in ROI understanding and assessments
• You will support the delivery of M&E projects across BT’s Telephone exchanges, Data Centre’s and Core Mobile sites – expanding space, power and cooling capacity
• Ensuring assets are registered in a timely manner
• Ensuring that Legal and Regulatory compliance is maintained and that BT safe working practices are applied. 
• Hold regular commercial review meetings with the suppliers and internal BT stakeholders to facilitate progress, supplier performance and improvement opportunities.
• Produce regular reports detailing the progress and performance of the suppliers against agreed delivery and financial targets.
• Undertake supplier engagement to ensure that unforeseen issues that could put projects into delay are resolved in the quickest most efficient manner possible, agreeing adjustments to keep projects on track. 
• Manage supply contracts 
• Assisting Investment Business Cases
• Support CAPEX, OWC business cases as part MTP/ MTO

Prioritise H&S – To have regard for health and safety, his/her job license and skills as agreed with line manager.
Delivers work with full regard of H&S aspects. Carries out on-site risk assessments giving careful consideration to any hazards before starting work and as the work progresses. Inform manager and record near misses/incidents. Is comfortable challenging and asking others to display their ID passes when on BT premises. Complies with all ISO Audit Requirements, including 14001 and 45001.

What you'll bring

Mandatory -

• Experience within M&E Quantity Surveying.
• Analytical & Problem solving skills.
• A proven delivery track record of M&E infrastructure project support.
• Comfortable in developing your expertise into emerging technology areas with minimal training.
• Ability to deal with multiple competing suppliers.
• An understanding of commercial litigation and warranty claims.
• You will have experience of delivering capital and current account programmes of work. 
• Good stakeholder management and communication skills. 

Nice to have - 

• Ability to effectively manage geographically dispersed people, including matrix management.
• Ability to translate complex issues into simple explanations.
• Excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Degree or equivalent work experience in Quantity Surveying.
• In-depth knowledge and experience of core network  power, space, and cooling solutions. 
• Lean Manufacturing/Continuous Improvement.
• Business expertise in delivering to a business prioritised workstack. 
• Working with internal and external partners to deliver to quality and time requirements.

Your Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• 10% on target bonus
• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme
• Direct share scheme
• Option to join the Healthcare Cash Plan or other benefits such as dental insurance, gym memberships etc.
• 50% off EE mobile pay monthly or SIM only plans
• Exclusive colleague discounts on our latest and greatest BT broadband packages
• BT TV with TNT Sports and NOW Entertainment
• 30% discount for friends and family on EE mobile pay monthly and SIM only plans

Our leadership standards

Looking in:
Leading inclusively
I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.
Owning outcomes
I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.

Looking out:
Delivering for the customer
I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.
Commercially savvy
I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.

Looking to the future:
Growth mindset
I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.
Building for the future
I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.

About us

BT is part of BT Group, along with EE, Openreach, and Plusnet.

Millions of people rely on us every day to help them live their lives, power their businesses, and keep their public services running. We connect friends to family, clients to colleagues, people to possibilities. We keep the wheels of business spinning, and the emergency services responding. 

We value diversity and celebrate difference. As Philip Jansen, our CEO, says ‘We embed diversity and inclusion into everything that we do. It’s fundamental to our purpose: we connect for good.’

We all stick to the same values: Personal, Simple, and Brilliant. From day one, you’ll get stuck in to tough challenges, pitch in with ideas, make things happen. But you won’t be alone: we’ll be there with help and support, learning and development.  

This is your chance to make a real difference to the world: to be part of the digital transformation of countless lives and businesses. Grab it.