Senior Quantity Surveyor in Croydon

As Senior Quantity Surveyor you will support the team within Water and Environment, delivering complex infrastructure schemes.

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 allow for all risks and opportunities.
• Manage commercial inputs to the procurement process, including developing and agreeing strategies.
• Ensure contracts are properly managed in accordance with contract requirements, including compliance with all responses to communications, 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 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.
• Involve and consult those affected by the decision.
• Maintain and build on existing client relationships to anticipate needs.

Qualifications

• 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, But Not Essential

• 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 everyday health costs and treatments.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• Access to a comprehensive wellbeing program, including support for families.
• Option to flex salary to include a range of health benefits, many extendable to family.
• Financial Wellbeing
• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4× basic salary, with an option to increase to 6× salary.
• Income protection scheme providing financial benefit and support for 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 business success sharing.
• Lifestyle
• Minimum 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays; ability to buy or sell leave through the flexible benefits programme.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• Employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.
• Enhanced Family and Carers Leave
• 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave; two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Parental leave matches maternity leave, up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days for significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.
• Learning and Development
• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• Opportunities to enhance technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.
• Networks, Communities, and Social Outcomes
• Opportunity to join varied employee networks supporting LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parent/carer communities.
• Ability to make a difference through social outcomes in local communities.
• Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
• We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, promoting fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all.
• Accessibility
• If you are disabled or need support to apply or attend an interview, please contact reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com.
• Agile Working
• Flexible working arrangements are available to support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.
• Location(s)
• Croydon, GB; Reading, GB; London, GB
• Contract Type
• Permanent
• Work Pattern
• Full Time
• Discipline
• Cost and quantity surveying
• Job Reference
• 11544
• Recruiter Contact
• Danielle Judd
• Visa Sponsorship
• Mott MacDonald Ltd. is 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.