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