Quantity Surveyor

Discipline: Project programme and commercial management

Job Ref: 17415

Position location: Cumbria, UK / Warrington, UK / Manchester, UK

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.

Overview of role

As Quantity Surveyor you will be supporting the team within the Environment and Water portfolio.

• Work on the pre-contract tender process including tender assessment and queries and advise on the contract award recommendation report.
• Ensuring robust estimates are provided that are aligned to scope and make allowance for all risks.
• Contracts are properly managed and administered in accordance with contract requirements including compliance with all responses to communications, payments, compensation events and programme submissions etc.
• Ensuring robust budget and cost management is always undertaken, taking a proactive approach, providing solutions with a ‘can do’ attitude.
• Ownership of accurate commercial reporting.
• Proactive management of project and programme risk including ensuring that mitigation plans are in place and implemented.
• Development of strong client relationships across its organisation.
• Administering contracts via CEMAR.
• Make well reasoned, sound and timely decisions based on the needs of the situation, the clients and the team members.
• Have NEC3 or 4 ECC main Option A, C or E extensive experience for project delivery, administration and management.
• Demonstrable understanding and practical application of the NEC3 or 4 ECC main Option A, C or E.
• Delivered post-contract projects including the commercial management from contract award to final account, e.g. budget and price control, forecast to complete, payment assessments and compensation events.
• Experience of a contract management software, such as CEMAR.
• Travel to and work in the client’s office(s) in North West England.
• Chartered Surveyor (MRICS) or working towards their APC.
• A knowledge and expertise in the water/wastewater industry sector including the Water Industry Act 1991 and the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 section 84.
• Pre-contract tendering experience on the NEC3 or 4 ECC.

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 and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

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
• 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

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