Location: Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield and York

Recruiter: Phil Moreland

 

Mott MacDonald

 

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. 

 

We are proud to be a one of Glassdoor’s top employers to work for in the UK, as well as being recognised as a Top Inclusive Company in the UK.

 

Our values: Progress, Respect, Integrity, Drive, Excellence.  #LI-PM1

 

Transportation 

Our transportation portfolio is primarily a UK based business working in three key sectors of rail, highways and aviation.  We deliver programme, project and commercial management services to clients in mainland Europe, Africa, Middle East, India and Australasia and supporting other parts of the transportation business across the globe.  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.  

 

Overview of role
As a Quantity Surveyor you will manage your own projects or workstreams on major Transportation projects. This opportunity will enable you to support the development of this growing and diverse business whilst progressing your own career. The focus of this exciting new role and opportunity is to help build the growing business and to support our clients by winning and delivering high quality project and programme management services that contribute to society and make the communities in which we live and work better.

What will the role offer?
You will have opportunities to work on some of the UK’s largest Transportation projects, working with key clients and with experts from across Mott MacDonald and the industry. We are passionate about collaborating to deliver high quality solutions with a focus on sustainability, social value and technical excellence.

Some examples of the areas that you may be able to work on;

Rail – We provide support to major rail infrastructure projects across the UK. We are particularly proud to be involved with Crossrail, HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail along with a large number of other projects.Highways – We work closely with National Highways supporting them on a variety of projects across the UK.Ports –  Our Ports team covers aviation and maritime projects and we are seeing a lot of growth in this area with opportunities at key airports in the UK as well as further afield.Local Authority – we support a wide range of local authorities across the country with their transportation projects. These projects often cover elements of rail, highways, sustainability and social value.

 

Mott MacDonald is proud to support the professional development of all employees, funding one professional institution subscription per year and providing learning and development opportunities to support team members as they progress to chartership.

 

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 reportingDispute resolution / avoidanceOffering commercial strategy adviceReview and recommendation of subcontractor acceptanceAssessment of compensation eventsAssessment of monthly payment applicationsCommercial auditsMentoring of junior members of teamCandidate Specification :

Required for the position of Quantity Surveyor:

Experience working on a large infrastructure project, preferably a transportation oneAchieved or working towards Member of Professional Body / relevant qualificationCost planning skills and experience of delivering ideally within a cost consultancy / multi-disciplinary environmentPrevious experience of contract administration, cost estimates and NEC contractsAbility to operate both autonomously and as a part of a larger teamExcellent IT Skills – Word/Excel/PowerPointStrong communication skills including writing reports and presentingAbility to establish and maintain good working relationships with clients, stakeholders, colleagues and the supply chainAbility to demonstrate a flexible approach to workFlexibility to travel to client sites and other MM offices

Preferred but not essential;

Relevant experience working on transportation/rail projects is preferredA degree qualification in a relevant subjectNEC accreditation