Senior Quantity Surveyor – Water and Environment
As Senior Quantity Surveyor you will support the team within Water and Environment, delivering complex infrastructure schemes.
Responsibilities
* Support Water Companies in delivering large capital programmes, providing an essential service, and improving the environment.
* Provide commercial support to a large project or programme of works.
* Ensure robust estimates are provided that are aligned to scope and allow for all risks and opportunities.
* Manage commercial inputs to the procurement process, including developing and agreeing strategies.
* Ensure contracts are properly managed in accordance with contract requirements, including compliance with all responses to communications, payments, and programme submissions.
* Ensure robust cost management is undertaken at all times.
* Proactively manage project and programme risk, ensuring mitigation plans are in place and implemented.
* Develop strong client relationships across the organisation.
* Monitor that technical solutions meet technical standards, legal obligations, and client requirements.
* Use a systematic approach to critically examine the situation from different perspectives.
* Gather relevant information from different sources to reach a decision.
* Generate and weigh different options in arriving at decisions.
* Weigh the risks and consequences of all options.
* Make well‑reasoned, sound, and timely decisions based on the needs of the situation, the clients and the team.
* Involve and consult those affected by the decision.
* Maintain and build on existing client relationships to anticipate needs.
Qualifications
* Chartered Surveyor, ideally MRICS, with a degree or equivalent in Quantity Surveying.
* Experience working with NEC Contracts and other target cost or cost reimbursable contracts.
* Experience delivering commercial and contractual elements of heavy infrastructure projects.
* Experience in contract management.
* Demonstrated background working within a consultancy or main contracting environment.
* Ability to prioritise and work under pressure.
* Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with clients and colleagues.
* Excellent presentation and communication skills.
* Ability to demonstrate a flexible approach to work.
* Technically and commercially aware, able to deliver on all post‑contract service delivery and solve problems.
* Proactive and self‑motivated.
* Strong commercial knowledge.
* Effective time management – efficient and adding value to projects.
* Customer focus – ability to engage in sound relationships with the customer project team.
Preferred, But Not Essential
* Knowledge and expertise in the water/wastewater industry sector.
Benefits
Health and Wellbeing
* Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
* Health cash plan to support everyday health costs and treatments.
* Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
* Access to a comprehensive wellbeing program, including support for families.
* Option to flex salary to include a range of health benefits, many extendable to family.
Financial Wellbeing
* We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
* Life assurance equal up to 4× basic salary, with an option to increase to 6× salary.
* Income protection scheme providing financial benefit and support for long‑term illness or injury.
* Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
* Annual bonus schemes as part of business success sharing.
Lifestyle
* Minimum 33‑35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays; ability to buy or sell leave through the flexible benefits programme.
* Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
* Employee saving schemes and discounts from high‑street retailers.
Enhanced Family and Carers Leave
* 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave; two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
* Parental leave matches maternity leave, up to 24 weeks at full pay.
* Up to five additional days for significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.
Learning and Development
* Primary annual professional institution subscription.
* Opportunities to enhance technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self‑development options.
Networks, Communities, and Social Outcomes
* Opportunity to join varied employee networks supporting LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parent/carer communities.
* Ability to make a difference through social outcomes in local communities.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, promoting fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all.
Accessibility
If you are disabled or need support to apply or attend an interview, please contact reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com.
Agile Working
Flexible working arrangements are available to support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.
Location(s)
Croydon, GB; Reading, GB; London, GB
Contract Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Full Time
Discipline
Cost and quantity surveying
Job Reference
11544
Recruiter Contact
Danielle Judd
Visa Sponsorship
Mott MacDonald Ltd. is not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. We welcome applications from candidates eligible for alternative immigration routes.
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