Overview
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Location/s: Birmingham, London, Cambridge, Reading, Bristol, Cardiff, Sheffield and Southampton.
Recruiter contact: Alice Roostan. Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy focused on improving society through excellence and digital innovation. Our values are Progress, Respect, Integrity, Drive, and Excellence.
We’re expanding our Environment and Water portfolio and have opportunities for Quantity Surveyors to join us. If you’re passionate about collaborating with clients to deliver complex projects on time, within budget, and to high quality standards, while maintaining safety, we’d like to hear from you. This role offers the chance to work on some of the UK’s most challenging infrastructure projects, with opportunities for growth.
What you will contribute to the team:
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.
* Support and advise the Project Manager in fulfilling their contractual obligations.
* On behalf of the Project Manager, monitor and process commercial queries from Consultants and Contractors.
* Attend progress meetings to respond to commercial matters raised.
* Assess applications for payment and support the payment process. Clarify any queries with the relevant Consultants and/or Contractors so they can be agreed with the Project Manager.
* Carry out periodic commercial checks and due diligence with the Project Manager to ensure information submitted matches records held by the Consultant or Contractor.
* In conjunction with the Project Manager provide ongoing assessment of Consultant and Contractor’s estimate to completion.
* Receive and check Consultant and Contractor’s final accounts. Negotiate amendments and reach a final figure and recommendation for acceptance or rejection.
* Prepare estimates and cost plans to support project development and budgetary governance.
* Preparation of standard documentation – reports, valuations, letters, financial statements, etc.
Required For The Position Of Quantity Surveyor
* A degree or equivalent in Quantity Surveying
* Experience working with NEC Contracts and other target cost, or cost reimbursable contracts
* Proven skills and experience of delivering within a Cost Consultancy or Main Contractor environment
* Developed contract management skills
* Experience on large scale infrastructure projects
* Pre and post contract experience
* Experience working in collaborative teams
* Willing to travel to client site, with potential overnight stays
We are actively recruiting a diverse workforce reflective of the communities we serve. We recognise that differences in ability, skills and experience are a strength and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.
About The Business Unit
Mott MacDonald’s Advisory and Programme Delivery (APD) unit delivers project, programme & commercial management (PPCM) services and advisory solutions across built environment, defence, energy, water, environmental, transportation, health and care sectors. APD delivers services to projects ranging in scale and complexity up to £20bn, through disciplines including programme management, project management, project controls, scheduling, cost management, estimating, infrastructure finance, management consulting, digital consulting and education, health and care management.
Environment & Water: Our multidisciplinary experts help water, wastewater, and government organisations find sustainable, cost-effective solutions to climate change, net-zero, water scarcity and environmental protection. We work with around half of the UK’s regulated water and wastewater companies, across the project lifecycle—from pre-contract cost estimating to post-contract quantity surveying and commercial assurance. For project and programme management, we deliver capital projects ranging from hundreds of thousands to over £0.5bn.
Note: Mott MacDonald Ltd. are 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 that do not require sponsorship now or in the future.
Equality, diversity, and inclusion: We are committed to fair employment procedures and practices and to an inclusive environment where everyone can contribute. Accessibility: If you need support to apply or attend an interview, please contact reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com.
Agile working: We support flexible working arrangements.
Benefits
* Pension matched up to 7%
* Life insurance
* Annual professional institution subscription
* Continuous development opportunities
* Agile/flexible working
* Enhanced parental leave and shared parental leave policies
* Annual bonus scheme
* Flexible benefits (buy/sell annual leave, cycle to work, season ticket loans)
* Wellbeing support and resources
* Access to our Employee Networks for LGBTQ+, gender, race/ethnicity, disability and parents/carers communities
* Opportunity to contribute to social outcomes
Location(s): Birmingham, Cambridge, Cardiff, Reading, Bristol, Sheffield, London, Southampton. Contract Type: Permanent. Work Pattern: Full Time. Market: Water. Discipline: Cost and quantity surveying. Job Ref: 6831. Recruiter: Alice Roostan.
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