Expression of Interest - Quantity Surveyor

Expression of Interest - Quantity Surveyor (Whitehaven)

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

Mott Mac Donald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices.

Mott Mac Donald’s Advisory and Programme Delivery (APD) unit delivers project, programme & commercial management services and advisory solutions across the built environment, defence, energy, water, environmental, transportation, health and care sectors.

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.

With extensive experience in the global defence sector, Mott Mac Donald’s advisory and programme delivery teams support a wide range of clients including the UK Ministry of Defence, NATO, and international partners. Our work spans complex infrastructure upgrades, strategic asset management, and carbon reduction initiatives across land, air, maritime, and nuclear domains.

In the energy sector, our expertise covers nuclear, renewables, hydro, thermal, and electricity and gas. We provide services to a global customer base, supporting the delivery of major capital projects and the transition to low‑carbon generation.

Owing to the organic expansion of our Defence portfolio we have a unique opportunity for Quantity Surveyors to join our fast‑growing teams in Scotland. This is a unique opportunity to be involved in some of the most complex and challenging projects in the UK today.

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

• Manage and administer NEC4 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
• 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
• NEC ECC accreditation and practical experience administering NEC4 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 within a highly regulated industry
• Experience managing contract cash flow, contract governance and change to essential criteria
• Demonstrable experience administering contracts using CEMAR
• Proven experience in cost control and estimating
• Competent in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, Teams, Access and Power Point
• Practical, hands‑on experience administering NEC4 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.

Mott Mac Donald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. 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.

We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces wellbeing, flexibility, and trust.

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