Senior Quantity Surveyor

Location/s: London, Croydon, Brighton; UK

Recruiter contact: Danielle Judd

About the business unit

Mott MacDonald's Advisory and Programme Delivery (APD) unit delivers both project, programme & commercial management (PPCM) services and advisory solutions across the built environment, defence, energy, water, environmental, transportation, health and care sectors.

We deliver tailored solutions that directly address our clients' key challenges, combining world leading project expertise with unrivalled programme delivery capabilities and advisory services.

APD delivers services to projects ranging in scale and complexity up to £20bn, through the technical disciplines of programme management, project management, project controls, scheduling, cost management, estimating, infrastructure finance, management consulting, digital consulting, and education, health and care management.

Transportation

Through APD, Mott MacDonald provides advisory and project, programme and commercial management (PPCM) services to help aviation, highways and rail sector clients deliver transport infrastructure projects both cost effectively and sustainably.

Our reach in transportation extends across mainland Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India, Australasia and beyond.

Overview of the role

We are seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our Advisory & Programme Delivery (APD) Transportation team, supporting the successful delivery of major highways projects.

This role offers a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment and clear opportunities for long term progression.

Key responsibilities and duties include:

• Provide key support to the senior project manager in the delivery of commission obligations and internal project performance.
• Control the internal and external commercial aspects of project across a range of contractual arrangements.
• Advise and work closely with the project and design managers to ensure successful delivery of projects to time, quality, and budget throughout the project lifecycle.
• Liaise with the Client Representative on commercial matters and act as focal point for the MM team on commercial and contractual issues, contributing to open and effective communications across the project delivery and client teams.
• Drive effective change management across the project.
• Procure and manage sub consultants, including timesheet approvals and payments.
• Mentor colleagues in the skills of cost and commercial management.
• Contribute to securing opportunities and repeat business through high quality service delivery.
• Demonstrate NEC3/4 accreditation or significant knowledge and experience.
• Show a proven track record of commercial managing a range of infrastructure and built environment developments and disciplines, with substantial experience of managing and leading large project teams to successful outcomes.
• Have highways or major infrastructure experience.
• Hold a degree in Accountancy, Finance, Quantity Surveying, Engineering Discipline, or equivalent.
• Be a chartered member with RICS, ICES, or a relevant professional institute.
• Demonstrate experience of working within a multi disciplinary environment.
• Create and manage work package labour estimates and associated P&L.
• Take ownership of contract administration, billing, cost management, subcontractor financial management, cost reconciliation, and P&L reporting at a project level.
• Plan cost management in the organisational ERP systems with advanced ability to reproduce reports in a customer facing environment.
• Guide team members to create efficient cost and contract administration procedures.
• Work under pressure.
• Use effective time management with excellent presentation and communication skills.

UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. is not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is a consequence of changes to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in the future.

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

If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at and we will talk about how we can support you.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes financial wellbeing, employee ownership, health and wellbeing, lifestyle, family and carers leave, learning and development, and community support.

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.
• Income protection scheme provides a financial benefit and 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 our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.

Employee Ownership

• Our employee ownership model means no external investors, just us, creating a culture of shared success.
• Our employees have a stake and a voice in our business, giving them a direct connection to our success through personal and group performance bonuses.
• As your career grows, so does your stake, recognising your long term impact and contribution.
• Your voice matters, with the opportunity to connect directly with senior leadership through formal channels to help shape our future.
• For our senior roles you will have a direct pathway towards ownership from day one.

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with everyday health costs and treatments.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• Wellbeing support is available through a comprehensive program, 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 too.

Lifestyle

• A minimum of 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.
• 10 days additional paid leave for Armed Forces Reservists and Cadet Force Adult Volunteers.
• 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.
• We offer policies and dedicated support to help military families balance service life with career and wellbeing.

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 that support LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and Gold Award holders in the MOD Employer Recognition Scheme, supported by our dedicated internal Armed Forces Network.