Quantity Surveyor in Cambridge

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices. We work across industries, delivering work that defines our future and makes a societal impact in the communities we serve. As a proudly employee-owned business, we invest in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. We are expanding our Environment and Water portfolio and have opportunities for Quantity Surveyors to join us. This role offers the chance to work on some of the UK's most challenging infrastructure projects, with growth opportunities and a focus on delivering projects on time, within budget, and to high quality standards while maintaining safety.

Location/s: Birmingham, London, Cambridge, Reading, Bristol, Cardiff, Sheffield and Southampton; UK

Key Responsibilities and Duties

• 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 in conjunction with the Project Manager to ensure information submitted corresponds to 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 any 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.

Candidate specification

Essential

• 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
• Experienced 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 that is 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.

Agile working

We believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces well-being, flexibility, and trust.

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 reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

We offer some fantastic benefits including

• Financial wellbeing: We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%. Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x 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 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. Employees have a stake and a voice in our business, with performance bonuses and a pathway toward ownership for senior roles.
• Health and wellbeing: Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues. Health cash plan to support everyday costs and treatments. Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues. Wellbeing program with support for you and your family. Salary sacrifice options to access a range of health benefits.
• Lifestyle: Minimum 33-35 days holiday per year, inclusive of public holidays, with the option to buy/sell leave. Holiday entitlement increases to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service. Various employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.
• Enhanced family and carers leave: 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave. Shared parental leave up to 24 weeks at full pay. Up to five additional days leave for caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.
• Learning and development: Primary annual professional institution subscription. Opportunities for mentoring, formal training, and self-development.
• Networks, communities, and social outcomes: Join groups including Advanced Employee Networks supporting LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities. Contribute to social outcomes in communities.

Apply now, or for more information about our application process.

Location(s): Birmingham, Reading, Cardiff, Sheffield, Southampton, Cambridge, London.