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.
Owing to the continued expansion within our Buildings portfolio we have an exciting opportunity for a quantity surveying professional to join and lead our growing team to be based in London as Head of Cities Cost Management. This is a unique opportunity to be involved in some of our most complex and challenging projects.
As a Project Director, you will be responsible for driving best practice and innovation within our Cities sector, working on a variety of projects across a diverse client base including Residential, Stadia and Arena, and Mixed use developments. As Head of Cities Cost Management you will be responsible for Team Leadership and Team Growth within the sector.
Within the Mott MacDonald family we are looking to attract the finest talent to be part of this journey as we mobilise for a number of key opportunities across a broad portfolio of both public and private sector projects and programmes. Many of these are long term opportunities allowing you to grow and develop your career, whilst supporting others with their own career aspirations.
What you will contribute to the team:
Our Buildings Team specialise in providing Programme, Project and Cost Management (PPCM) services to tackle a wide range of complex and challenging projects for our clients. Our focus on Excellence was recognised at the National RICS Awards, as winners of Outstanding Contribution to Surveying 2024, and our diverse team PRIDE ourselves on the quality of the service we provide for our clients.
Driving Social Outcomes is at the heart of every project we work on and we specialise in working collaboratively with project stakeholders to maximise the potential for environmental, social and economic benefits to positively improve the communities in which we live, work and play.
We have a very dynamic and diverse team who are leading our Digital by Default agenda by developing and rolling out digital PPCM solutions to drive efficiencies for our clients and enhance the use of project data to provide live analytics to inform project decision making.
Whilst we operate a flexible working policy, the location for this role will be London, to provide face to face leadership of our growing team, which is planned to double in size over the next 3 years.
We currently have three strategic areas of focus including:
Cities – Supporting our Cities clients deliver better social, economic and environmental outcomes including £1bn residential led regeneration programme and major sports and entertainment venues as a catalyst for regeneration, primarily a UK based business, however is engaged with supporting the wider business with commissions in Europe, North America, and the Middle East.
Health – Assisting with the delivery of the Government’s Health Ambitions through major Programmes and working directly with NHS trusts to support with capital delivery and estate rationalisation.
Government - Supporting the delivery of a number of major Government led property improvement national programmes.
Required for the position of Head of Cities Cost Management:
Preferred, but not required:
If you meet 80% or more of what we’re looking for, please still apply. We understand not everyone will meet all the requirements, but you might have skills we didn’t know we need.
To apply for this opportunity, please submit your CV and a brief (2 page max) cover letter outlining the following:
The Advisory and Programme Delivery (APD) unit delivers management services in all the sectors that Mott MacDonald operate in the Built Environment, Defence, Energy, Water, Transportation and, Education, Health and Care.
The Unit 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.
Our buildings portfolio is primarily a UK business working in both the public and private sector of the construction market. We provide cost and project management services for a wide range of clients including central government, local authorities and private clients. We work in the majority of buildings market sectors including workplace, residential, law and order, health, education, retail, sports and commercial property. Our vision is to provide added value to our clients business through high quality services and our people. #LI-NM1
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 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 reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com 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
Financial wellbeing
Lifestyle
Enhanced family and carers leave
Learning and development
Networks, communities, and social outcomes
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