Quantity Surveyor

As Quantity Surveyor you will be responsible for the commercial management of multiple projects and workstreams on major highways projects.

Within our Advisory & Programme Delivery (APD) we deliver advisory, project, programme and commercial management services to customers. We operate in Highways, Rail, Aviation and Maritime. Our vision is to deliver major transportation projects as part of a global business and to establish our wide-ranging consultancy as ‘credible’ and ‘preferred’ for our existing and new clients.

A bit about the team

Our North Eastern transportation team is expanding, and we have multiple exciting opportunities for project and commercial managers. We are a vibrant team based across York, Leeds, Sheffield and Newcastle with an ambitious goal of doubling our size in 2025 to match our expanding portfolio. Our core team consists of professionally qualified and experienced Project/Programme Managers, Planners, Commercial Managers, and Quantity Surveyors.

We lead and deliver a broad range of exciting transportation projects and programmes through our integrated, full service, Project, Programme, and Commercial Management (PPCM). We deliver a one Mott MacDonald solution by collaborating closely with our clients in the transportation sector and leveraging Mott MacDonalds technical excellence in engineering, development, and management services.

We are seeking driven professionals with the right attitude to integrate both internally and externally, grow our team, represent Mott MacDonald, and to deliver excellent service to our clients.

We operate in Aviation, Highways, Rail and Maritime. Our vision is to deliver major transportation projects as part of a global business and to establish our wide-ranging consultancy as ‘credible’ and ‘preferred’ for our existing and new clients.

Main Duties

Responsible for commercially managing a project or multiple projects, including:

Budget management including month end reporting (actuals, monthly variances, accruals and annual variances)

Risk management and reporting

Dispute resolution / avoidance

Offering commercial strategy advice

Review and recommendation of subcontractor acceptance

Assessment of compensation events

Assessment of monthly payment applications

Commercial audits

Mentoring of junior members of team

Required;

Full Membership of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS)

Cost planning skills and experience of delivering ideally within a cost consultancy / multi-disciplinary environment

Previous experience of contract administration, cost estimates and NEC contracts

Relevant experience working on transportation/highways projects is preferred

Ideally degree qualified

Ability to operate both autonomously and as a part of a larger team

Excellent IT Skills – Word/Excel/PowerPoint

Strong communication skills including writing reports and presenting

Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with clients, stakeholders, colleagues and the supply chain

Ability to demonstrate a flexible approach to work

Flexibility to travel to client sites and other MM offices

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 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:

Health and wellbeing

* Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.

* Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.

* Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.

* A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.

* Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.

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.

Lifestyle

A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.

Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.

Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.

Enhanced family and carers leave

Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.

Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.

Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.

Learning and development

Primary annual professional institution subscription.

A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.

Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes