City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom · Hybrid
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Full-time
bachelor degree, professional certificate
Pension Contribution Matching, Life Assurance, Income Protection Scheme, Flexible Benefits, Annual Bonus Schemes, Employee Ownership Stake
Posted 22d ago
~40 hrs/week
Responsibilities
Lead the commercial delivery and administration of NEC contracts for complex defence infrastructure and nuclear programmes. Act as a trusted advisor to clients like the MOD to ensure value-for-money outcomes and robust financial governance.
Requirements
Requires a degree and significant experience in quantity surveying, specifically with NEC ECC accreditation and MRICS chartership. Experience in regulated environments and proficiency with CEMAR is essential.
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 bebrilliant.
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:
Due to continued growth in our defence portfolio, we are seeking an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our team.
This is a senior commercial leadership role supporting complex programmes across defence infrastructure, defence equipment delivery, and defence nuclear environments.
You will play a pivotal role in delivering robust commercial strategies, managing risk, and acting as a trusted advisor to defence clients, ensuring value-for-money outcomes across critical national programmes.
Defence Sector Focus:
Mott MacDonald’s Advisory and Programme Delivery teams support high-profile defence clients including the MOD, DIO, and strategic delivery partners, working across:
Support to defence equipment programmes and facilities integration
Specialist defence nuclear infrastructure, including submarine and dockyard facilities
Complex, multi-year capital investment programmes
Projects are delivered in secure, highly regulated environments requiring strong governance, assurance, and commercial discipline.
The Senior Quantity Surveyor will take a leading role in commercial delivery across defence programmes.
The role focuses on strategic cost management, NEC contract leadership, and client-facing commercial assurance within complex and secure environments.
Key responsibilities and duties include:
Lead the administration of NEC3/NEC4 contracts across defence programmes
Provide senior commercial leadership on infrastructure, equipment, and nuclear-related projects
Own cost forecasting, reporting, and financial governance at project/programme level
Lead valuation of works and ensure robust commercial reporting
Act as a trusted commercial advisor to clients and stakeholders, including MOD-facing teams
Drive value engineering and commercial efficiency across delivery partners Lead on change management, risk mitigation, and contract compliance Mentor and support junior QS staff
Ensure compliance with defence assurance, security, and governance processes
Candidate Specifications:
Essential:
Degree qualified (or equivalent)
Significant experience in quantity surveying/commercial roles
NEC ECC accreditation with strong senior-level NEC3/NEC4 experience Chartered (MRICS) or close to completion
Experience delivering commercial management on complex, high-value programmes in regulated environments
Strong capability in cost control, forecasting, and valuation across lifecycle stages
Experience managing cashflow, governance, and commercial risk Experience using CEMAR
Strong stakeholder engagement and leadership capability
Advanced Microsoft Office capability
Hands-on NEC ECC/PSC experience
Desirable:
Experience administering contracts using Thinkproject Contracts
NEC Project Manager Accreditation
Experience working within defence environments (infrastructure, equipment, or defence nuclear)
Experience mentoring or managing junior team members
Please be advised that offers for this role are conditional upon obtaining the appropriate level of Security Clearance.
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 [email protected] 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.
10 days additional paid leave for Armed Forces Reservists and Cadet Force Adult Volunteers.
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.
We offer policies and dedicated support to help military families balance service life with career and wellbeing.
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.
We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and Gold Award holders in the MOD Employer Recognition Scheme, supported by our dedicated internal Armed Forces Network.
Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.
Apply now, or for more information about our application process, click here.
Employee-owned, engineering, management and development consultancy.
Industry
Civil Engineering
Company size
10,001+ employees
Founded
1989
Headquarters
London, England
LinkedIn followers
927,078
We are an engineering, management and development consultancy and one of the largest wholly employee-owned firms of our kind.
We plan, design, deliver and maintain the transport, energy, water, defence and security, and buildings infrastructure that is integral to people's daily lives.
Our core strength is using our expertise to overcome complex challenges to deliver benefits for our clients and the communities they serve.
Offices: 10 Fleet Place, London, England EC4M 7, GB · Mott MacDonald House, 8-10 Sydenham Road, Croydon, London CR0 2EE, GB · Avenida Treze de Maio 13 Grupo 1508, Rio de Janeiro, Centro 20.031-901, BR · 1 Grange Rd, Singapore, Singapore 239693, SG · Logix Techno Park Tower C, Plot 5, Sector 127, 5/6th Floor, Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201301, IN
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