Senior Quantity Surveyor

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.

Owing to the expansion of our Environment and Water portfolio we have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Quantity Surveyor. The successful applicant will exhibit a keen enthusiasm for collaborating with our client teams to ensure the successful delivery of their complex projects on schedule, within budget, and to high-quality standards, while upholding a strong commitment to safety. This exceptional opportunity provides the successful candidate with exposure to complex infrastructure projects in the UK.

• Support and advise the project manager in respect of fulfilment of all contractual obligations.
• Monitor and process on behalf of the client commercial queries from consultants and contractors.
• Attend progress meetings to respond to commercial matters raised.
• Attend internal management meetings to input to reporting processes
• Check submitted assessments and applications and process
• Clarify any queries with consultant or contractor and agree with project managers.
• 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 or contractor’s estimate to completion
• Receive and check consultant or contractor’s final account.
• Negotiate any amendments and reach a final figure and recommendation for acceptance or rejection.
• Act in accordance with the project leaders instructions
• Preparation of monthly management reports
• Secure new and repeat business in line with the sub-divisional budget
• Prepare estimates and cost plans in line with the brief
• Preparation of standard documentation – reports, valuations, letters, financial statements etc
• Assess applications for payment inline with the contract term
• The production of lessons learned report for post contract review
• The collection and analysis of cost data

• Chartered Surveyor, ideally MRICS, with a degree or equivalent in Quantity Surveying
• Proven skills and experience of delivering within a Cost Consultancy/Main Contractor
• Degree qualified in a Quantity Surveying subject (or equivalent)
• Pre and post contract experience – including tender assessment and supplier negotiation.
• Experience working in collaborative teams / Alliances.
• Strong knowledge of NEC Contracts and experience of practical application on projects in delivery
• Experience of contract drafting and review

• Demonstrable track record of working in the management services environment.
• Environment and water sector experience preferred.
• Experience of commercial audits / cost assurance processes
• Experience of contract administration systems – e.g CEMAR

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.

The Advisory and Programme Delivery (APD) unit delivers management services in all the sectors that Mott Mac Donald operate in the Built Environment, Defence, Energy, Water, Transportation and, Education, Health and 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 primarily a UK based business delivering project, programme and commercial management services to regulated water/wastewater…