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Senior Quantity Surveyor
Mott MacDonald
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
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Location/s: Bristol, UK Cardiff, UK, Birmingham, UK
Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy
with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices.
We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is
defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities
we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With
countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for
excellence are as varied as every individual.
Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience
with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global
specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your
best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our
communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone
to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald
is where people come to be brilliant.
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.
Overview of the role
Are you a Senior Quantity Surveyor looking for more than just project delivery?
Do you want the freedom to lead major commissions, build trusted client
relationships, influence strategic decisions and accelerate your journey towards
Associate level?
We're looking for an ambitious and commercially-minded Senior Quantity Surveyor
to join our growing Cost Management team across the Western Region. This is an
opportunity to take ownership of high-profile projects, work directly with major
public and private sector clients and play a key role in shaping the future
growth of our business.
You'll be trusted to lead from the front, manage your own portfolio of work and
develop into a recognised commercial leader within the organisation.
This role offers a genuine platform for career progression and professional
growth.
You'll have the opportunity to:
• Lead significant projects and programmes from inception through to
completion.
• Develop long-term relationships with key clients and become their trusted
advisor.
• Work across major government, infrastructure and regeneration programmes.
• Influence commercial strategy and project outcomes.
• Mentor and develop future talent within the business.
• Contribute to business growth, winning work and expanding key client
accounts.
• Progress towards Associate level through increased responsibility, client
leadership and business development opportunities.
As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you'll take ownership of a diverse portfolio of
projects across a range of sectors, delivering high-quality cost management
services while acting as a key point of contact for clients and project teams.
You'll be part of a collaborative and ambitious regional team with opportunities
to work across our Bristol, Birmingham and Cardiff offices.
Key Responsibilities
Lead Project Delivery
• Take full commercial ownership of projects and programmes from early-stage
business case through to final account.
• Deliver cost planning, estimating, procurement, change management and
commercial assurance services.
• Manage project budgets, cashflows, risk allowances and reporting
requirements.
• Provide strategic commercial advice that helps clients make informed
decisions and achieve successful outcomes.
Manage Client Relationships
• Build strong and lasting relationships with clients across government,
education, housing and regeneration sectors.
• Act as a trusted commercial advisor, providing confidence and clarity
throughout project delivery.
• Identify opportunities to add value and grow client accounts.
Drive Commercial Excellence
• Lead the delivery of high-quality cost management services across multiple
commissions.
• Ensure consistency, accuracy and quality in project outputs.
• Share knowledge and best practice across project teams.
Develop Future Talent
• Coach, mentor and support junior and intermediate quantity surveyors.
• Help develop the next generation of commercial professionals.
• Contribute to a positive, collaborative and high-performing team culture.
Support Business Growth
• Play an active role in bid submissions, proposals and framework
opportunities.
• Identify new opportunities within existing accounts and sectors.
• Represent the business at client meetings, networking events and industry
forums.
Typical Clients and Programmes
You'll have the opportunity to work on some of the UK's most significant public
sector programmes, including:
• Department for Education (DfE)
• Homes England
• Local Authorities
• Regeneration and Infrastructure Programmes
• Wider Government and Public Sector Frameworks
About You
We're looking for someone who combines strong technical capability with
ambition, commercial awareness and leadership potential.
Essential
• Degree qualified in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management or a related
discipline.
• Chartered (MRICS or equivalent).
• Proven experience delivering cost management services on major construction,
infrastructure or public sector projects.
• Strong knowledge of NEC and JCT contracts.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and client relationships simultaneously.
• Experience leading teams and mentoring others.
Desirable
• Experience working with public sector clients such as DfE, Homes England.
• Consultancy experience.
• Experience supporting bids, frameworks and business development activities.
• Knowledge of programme-level cost management and commercial assurance.
Your Next Step
If you're a Senior Quantity Surveyor who wants greater responsibility, greater
influence and a clear route into leadership, we'd love to hear from you.
Join us and help shape some of the UK's most important projects while building
the next stage of your career.
UK Immigration
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 20
24.
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.
Agile working
At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager
to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and
personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your
well-being, flexibility, and trust.
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 reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com
[reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com] 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.
• As your career grows, so does your stake, recognising your long-term impact
and contribution.
• Your voice matters, with the opportunity to connect directly with senior
leadership through formal channels to help shape our future.
• For our senior roles
you will have a direct pathway towards ownership from
day one.
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.
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
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