Expression of Interest - Senior Quantity Surveyor

Expression of Interest - Senior Quantity Surveyor (Whitehaven)

Location/s: Whitehaven, UK
Recruiter contact: Aoife Cullen

The Senior Quantity Surveyor will support the successful delivery of client projects. The role focuses on effective cost management, valuation, NEC3 contract administration, and commercial leadership to ensure efficient, transparent delivery aligned with client objectives. The Senior Quantity Surveyor will drive value, manage risk, build effective stakeholder relationships, and champion commercial best practice throughout the construction lifecycle.

Key responsibilities and duties include:

• Manage and administer NEC3 contracts in accordance with project and governance requirements
• Control and implement contract variations efficiently, ensuring timely and compliant agreement
• Maintain accurate cost control, monitoring, and forecasting
• Valuation of construction works as they progress on site
• Assist the Project Manager in commercial and cost matters in a proactive and diligent manner
• Continuously improve the quality and reliability of cost forecasts and budgets
• Work collaboratively with client and contractor teams to achieve project objectives, KPIs, and value outcomes
• Demonstrate value for money of quotations, working with the contractor to drive best practice and value engineering
• NEC ECC accreditation and practical experience administering NEC3 ECC contracts
• Hold, or be working towards, membership of an appropriate professional body or equivalent such as MRICS
• Experience working on technically complex infrastructure projects, including during construction phases
• Experience managing contract cash flow, contract governance, and change to essential criteria
• Demonstrable experience administering contracts using CEMAR
• Proven experience in cost control and valuation of works
• Competent in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, Teams, Access, and Power Point
• Practical, hands-on experience administering NEC3 ECC and or PSC contracts
• Demonstrable experience administering contracts using Thinkproject Contracts

Please be advised that offers for this role are conditional upon obtaining the appropriate level of Security Clearance.

UK Immigration

Mott Mac Donald 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 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 reaso and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and 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.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.

Employee Ownership

• Our employee ownership model means no external investors, just us, creating a culture of shared success.
• Our employees have a stake and a voice in our business, giving them a direct connection to our success through our personal and group performance bonuses.
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