Expression of Interest - Quantity Surveyor

Mott MacDonald; Moor Row; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

33-35 days holiday

Annual bonus schemes

Employee ownership model

Job summary

Mott MacDonald is seeking a Quantity Surveyor for our growing teams in Whitehaven and Warrington, focusing on nuclear decommissioning programmes. In this role, you'll manage costs, mitigate risks, and ensure commercial delivery across large-scale projects.

The ideal candidate will have a degree in a relevant discipline with experience in NEC4 contract management and cost control. Enjoy benefits like hybrid working, annual leave flexibility, and employee ownership opportunities.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline.
• Practical experience administering NEC4 ECC contracts.
• Experience managing contract cash flow and cost control.

Responsibilities

• Manage and administer NEC4 contracts for nuclear decommissioning programmes.
• Control and implement contract variations efficiently.
• Maintain accurate cost control and forecasting.

Skills

Cost control

NEC4 contract management

Collaboration

Microsoft Office

Education

Degree in relevant discipline

Tools

CEMAR

Microsoft Teams

Job description

Location

Whitehaven, Warrington UK

Role Overview

We are looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join our fast‑growing team in Whitehaven and Warrington to support nuclear decommissioning programmes. The role involves managing costs, mitigating risks, and ensuring effective commercial delivery across large‑scale, multi‑year projects in a highly regulated environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and administer NEC4 contracts in accordance with project and governance requirements within nuclear decommissioning programmes
• Control and implement contract variations efficiently, ensuring timely and compliant agreements
• Maintain accurate cost control, monitoring and forecasting across complex, long‑term projects
• Continuously improve the quality and reliability of cost forecasts and budgets
• Work collaboratively with client, contractor and multidisciplinary teams to achieve project objectives, KPIs and value outcomes
• Support commercial and cost management activities in a highly regulated nuclear environment, ensuring compliance with industry standards and safety requirements

Experience Required

• Degree qualified (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline
• NEC ECC Accreditation and practical experience administering NEC4 ECC contracts
• Hold, or be working towards, membership of an appropriate professional body such as MRICS
• Experience working on technically complex infrastructure projects within highly regulated industries (e.g. nuclear, energy, utilities)
• Understanding or experience of nuclear decommissioning, waste management or site remediation (desirable but not essential)
• Experience managing contract cashflow, governance and change control
• Demonstrable experience administering contracts using CEMAR
• Proven experience in cost control and estimating
• Competent in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, Teams, Access and PowerPoint
• Practical, hands‑on experience administering NEC4 ECC and/or PSC contracts

Desirable

• Demonstrable experience administering contracts using Thinkproject Contracts
• NEC4 Project Manager Accreditation
• Experience working within nuclear or other highly regulated environments

Security Clearance

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. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

Agile Working

We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces flexibility, well‑being and trust, allowing you to choose how you work most effectively to meet client, team and personal commitments.

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.

Benefits

• Financial wellbeing – we match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%, provide life assurance up to 4× basic salary, income protection, flexible benefits including life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll savings and will writing, and share business success through annual bonus schemes.
• Employee Ownership – our employee ownership model means no external investors, giving staff a stake and a voice in the business, along with direct pathways to ownership for senior roles.
• Health and wellbeing – private medical insurance for all UK colleagues, health cash plan, access to Peppy for menopause support, comprehensive wellbeing program for staff and family, and flexible salary rotation into a range of health benefits.
• Lifestyle – 33‑35 days holiday each year (including public holidays), with the ability to buy or sell leave, holiday entitlement increases to a minimum of 35 days after five years’ service, and various employee saving schemes and discounts from high‑street retailers.
• Enhanced family and carers leave – 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, two weeks paid paternity/partner leave, up to five additional leave days for significant caring responsibilities (two paid), and matched shared parental leave up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Learning and development – primary annual professional institution subscription, broad opportunities to enhance technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training and self‑development options.
• Networks, communities, and social outcomes – participation in a wide range of groups supporting LGBTQ+, gender, race, ethnicity, disability and parents/carers communities, and opportunities to contribute to social outcomes within the wider community.