Senior Estimator

Location/s: Liverpool. Warrington, Manchester, Altrincham, London, Croydon, Brighton, Belfast
Recruiter contact: Sacha Kelly

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
We are seeking talented Cost Estimators at all levels of experience to join our dynamic team. With opportunities across the UK in sectors such as Water, Environment, Energy, Defence, Rail, Highways, and Ports, we offer a diverse and exciting career path. 

Why Join Us?

• Comprehensive Training: Benefit from our Estimating Excellence Training Academy, designed to support your professional growth and upskilling
• Secured Workload: Be part of a team with a secured workload pipeline of over £100m in Estimating work
• Diverse Projects: Work on projects ranging from £100k to £100bn in value, providing a broad spectrum of experience
• Award-Winning Excellence: Proud recipients of the RICS Award for Outstanding Contribution to Surveying by a Large Firm (2024) and the Global Award for Innovation at the 2019 Project Controls Expo
• Career Progression: Enjoy clear career progression opportunities within our dedicated and growing practice of over 120 estimating professionals
• Global Reach: While our work locations are pan-UK, we also engage in global projects, offering a truly international experience

Key responsibilities and duties include:

• Lead projects and project teams independently
• Provide Technical Mentorship to Early Career Professionals
• Develop comprehensive cost estimates through all project stages, from concept to delivery and handover
• Collaborate with stakeholders to capture and record the scope of estimating activities
• Establish and manage Work Breakdown and Cost Breakdown Structures
• Support risk and contingency management within a project team environment
• Produce and communicate basis of estimate reports to stakeholders
• Implement best practices and consider sustainability in estimating processes

Candidate specification
Essential:

• Proven track record in independently delivering, or leading on delivery of specific packages within, cost estimates at Feasibility, Optioneering, Detail design and/or Tender stage
• A degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, or equivalent relevant experience
• ACostE, MRICS, or MCIOB qualified, or actively working towards these certifications
• Familiarity with industry-standard estimating software such as CANDY, CONQUEST, or CAUSEWAY COST EX
• Extensive experience in infrastructure projects, ideally within the water sector
• Proven ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients and colleagues
• Comprehensive understanding of TOTEX (Total Expenditure) calculations

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  

We are happy to talk openly about 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.

Apply now, or for more information about our application process, click here.