Senior Quantity Surveyor in City of London

The Advisory and Programme Delivery (APD) unit delivers management services across all sectors that Mott MacDonald operates in the Built Environment, Defence, Energy, Water, Transportation and Health & Care. The unit 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.

Our environment and water portfolio is largely a UK‑based business delivering project, programme and commercial management services to regulated water/wastewater clients and the Environment Agency. The work spans the entire project lifecycle, from pre‑contract cost estimating and benchmarking to post‑contract QS services and commercial assurance. Projects and programmes include capital projects ranging from several hundred thousand pounds to major programmes worth over £0.5 billion. Additionally, we house a cost intelligence service that provides expert advice across all sectors on inflation and indexation.

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 make due allowance for all risks and opportunities.
• Manage commercial inputs to the procurement process, including developing and agreeing strategies.
• Contracts are properly managed in accordance with contract requirements, including compliance with all communication, 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 the 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 member.
• Involve and consult those affected by the decision.
• Maintain and build on existing client relationships to anticipate needs.

Required Skills and Experience

• 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

• 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 you with everyday health costs and treatments. Access to PEP, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues. 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. Income protection scheme providing financial benefits and absence/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. Annual bonus schemes as part of the business’s independent success sharing.
• 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 increases to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years of 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. Shared parental leave matches maternity leave, paying up to 24 weeks at full pay. Up to five additional days leave for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.
• Learning and Development: Primary annual professional institution subscription. 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.
• 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 can contribute.
• Accessibility: We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. 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.
• Flexibility: We are happy to discuss flexible working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the traditional workplace.

Application

Apply now, or for more information about our application process, click here. Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is a consequence of the changes made 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. 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.