Quantity Surveyor – Mott MacDonald
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Location: Leeds, Sheffield, York, and Newcastle
Recruiter: Danielle Judd
Job Position
Quantity Surveyor
Job Description
Are you an experienced Quantity Surveyor seeking a new challenge? Do you want to join a leading multi-million‑pound organisation to work within our Transportation Portfolio, specifically on our Highways Programme and Projects? Do you wish to take on a role with excellent opportunities for long‑term career progression? If so, please read on.
A Bit About The Role
As a Quantity Surveyor you will be responsible for the commercial management of multiple projects and workstreams on major highways projects. Within our Advisory & Programme Delivery (APD) we deliver advisory, project, programme and commercial management services to customers. We operate in Highways, Rail, Aviation and Maritime, aiming to deliver major transportation projects as part of a global business and establish our consultancy as credible and preferred for clients.
A Bit About The Team
The North Eastern transportation team is expanding. Based across York, Leeds, Sheffield and Newcastle, the team aims to double in size in 2025. The core team comprises professionally qualified and experienced Project/Programme Managers, Planners, Commercial Managers, and Quantity Surveyors. We deliver a broad range of exciting transportation projects and programmes through our integrated, full‑service Project, Programme, and Commercial Management (PPCM) approach.
Main Duties
* Responsible for commercially managing a project or multiple projects, including:
o Budget management including month‑end reporting (actuals, monthly variances, accruals, and annual variances)
o Risk management and reporting
o Dispute resolution / avoidance
o Offering commercial strategy advice
o Review and recommendation of subcontractor acceptance
o Assessment of compensation events
o Assessment of monthly payment applications
o Commercial audits
* Mentoring of junior team members
Requirements
* Full Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS)
* Cost planning skills and experience deliverable ideally within a cost consultancy or multi‑disciplinary environment
* Previous experience of contract administration, cost estimates, and NEC contracts
* Relevant experience working on transportation/highways projects is preferred
* Ideally degree qualified
* Ability to operate autonomously and as part of a larger team
* Excellent IT skills – Word/Excel/PowerPoint
* Strong communication skills, including writing reports and presenting
* Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with clients, stakeholders, colleagues, and the supply chain
* Ability to demonstrate a flexible approach to work
* Flexibility to travel to client sites and other MM offices
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.
Accessibility
We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need support to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will discuss how we can support you.
Agile Working
Happy to discuss flexible working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.
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
* A variety of wellbeing support available through our comprehensive wellbeing programme, including access for you and your family
* Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family
Financial Wellbeing
* We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%
* Life assurance equal up to 4× your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6× your salary
* Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long‑term illness or injury
* Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing
* As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes
Lifestyle
* A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme
* Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service
* Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high‑street retailers
Enhanced Family and Carers Leave
* Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave
* Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay
* Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid
Learning and Development
* Primary annual professional institution subscription
* A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self‑development options
Networks, Communities, and Social Outcomes
* Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks supporting LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities
* Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes
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Location(s): Leeds, GB
Contract Type: Permanent
Work Pattern: Full Time
Market: Various
Discipline: Railways
Job Ref: 11550
Recruiter Contact: Danielle Judd
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