Quantity Surveyor

Reading, England, United Kingdom

1/17/2025

Recruiter Contact: Sacha Kelly

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

Mott MacDonald

We’re a global engineering, management, and development consultancy.

Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.

A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs.

Our values: Progress, Respect, Integrity, Drive, Excellence.

We're expanding our Environment and Water portfolio and have fantastic opportunities for Quantity Surveyors to join us. If you're passionate about collaborating with clients to deliver complex projects on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards, all while maintaining a strong commitment to safety, we want to hear from you!

This role offers a unique chance to work on some of the UK's most challenging infrastructure projects, providing you with invaluable experience and growth opportunities. Be part of a dynamic team that's making a real difference

What you will contribute to the team;

• 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
  
  

Required For The Position Of Quantity Surveyor

• 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.

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 our 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. 

Environment & Water

Our multidisciplinary experts help water, wastewater, and government organisations find sustainable, cost-effective solutions to the challenges of climate change, net-zero, water scarcity and environmental protection. 

We work with around half of the UK’s regulated water and wastewater companies, and our work stretches across the entire project lifecycle - from pre-contract cost estimating and benchmarking, to post-contract quantity surveying and commercial assurance. 

For project and programme management, we deliver capital projects on behalf of our clients, both internal and external that range from several hundred thousand pounds in value to major projects and programmes worth over £0.5bn. 

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to 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 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

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.

Agile working

Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.

We Offer Some Fantastic Benefits Including

• Pension matched up to 7%  
• Life insurance 
• An annual professional institution subscription  
• Continuous development opportunities – because we want you to thrive 
• Agile/flexible working – because life isn’t 9-5 
• Enhanced parental leave; shared parental leave policies – for parents and care givers 
• Annual bonus scheme
• Flexible benefits that suit you, including ability to buy/sell annual leave entitlement, cycle to work & interest free season ticket loans
• Wellbeing support including access to an independent Employer Assistance Scheme, wellbeing champions and access to learning and support resources
• Access to our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability and parents/carers communities
• The opportunity to make a difference; learn more about our social outcomes
  
  

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

Location(s):

Birmingham, GB Bristol, GB Cambridge, GB Cardiff, GB Leeds, GB London, GB Reading, GB Sheffield, GB Southampton, GB

Contract Type: Permanent

Work Pattern: Full Time

Market: Water

Discipline: Cost and quantity surveying

Job Ref: 6831

Recruiter Contact: Alice Roostan