Quantity Surveyor

Mott MacDonald Group; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Mott MacDonald Bentley is seeking a Quantity Surveyor to join our teams across Scotland and the UK water, energy and environment sectors. You will manage costs from early involvement through to handover, ensuring value and integrity of commercial processes while supporting delivery teams.

You will hold a degree in Quantity Surveying or related field, demonstrate strong numeracy, and be willing to travel to sites.

Qualifications

• A degree in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering or related field.
• A practical mindset, good math skills, the ability to solve problems and manage project finances.
• A valid driving licence and willingness to travel to sites across your operational region.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring robust cost management processes are in place, providing accurate and timely reports, data, and analysis to assist in commercial decisions.
• Working closely with the delivery team to identify, implement, and monitor efficiency plans throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensuring all project team members understand the contractual arrangements to meet client requirements.
• Supporting our clients to maximise opportunities and mitigate risks to help deliver successful outcomes.
• Influencing the contractual and commercial aspects of schemes to ensure robust project control.
• Fostering and maintaining strong client relationships, ensuring clear communication, understanding client needs, and delivering value through effective cost management and project delivery.

Skills

Cost management

Problem solving

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering or related field

Job description

Mott MacDonald Bentley is a fully integrated design and build business combining the design expertise of Mott MacDonald with the contracting experience of JN Bentley, operating across water, energy and environment sectors throughout the UK. With an annual turnover surpassing £600 million, Mott macdonald Bentley cements its position as a leader within the industry. The sustained, robust business performance creates an ideal environment for career growth.

Mott MacDonald Bentley is a key Asset Delivery Partner for Scottish Water’s new Enterprise, part of their SR27 investment programme. The Enterprise is set to deliver £9bn of major infrastructure investment between 2027 and 2033, enhancing Scotland’s water quality, protect the environment and ensure services continue to meet the needs of customer.

As part of our appointment to Scottish Water’s new Enterprise, we will deliver projects at sites across Scotland. Works will include major upgrades to treatment assets, new and enhanced networks, and resilience schemes that will benefit communities across the country.

25+ years in the water sector

Over successive regulatory periods, MMB has delivered a wide range of complex water and wastewater projects that directly support SR27 priorities, including:

• Enhancingresilience and service reliability through treatment works upgrades, network improvements and resilience schemes
• Supportingnet zero and climate adaptation via low carbon design, nature based solutions and environmental compliance projects
• Enablingsustainable growth by delivering infrastructure that supports new development and protects existing communities
• Drivingefficiency and affordability through integrated delivery, innovation and collaborative planning
• Maintaining a strong focus oncustomers, communities and safety across everything we do

As a Quantity Surveyor you'll work on projects that make a real difference to our environment and our communities - from improving flood defences, to upgrading water treatment works and providing nature-based solutions that improve biodiversity.

You will be involved throughout the entire project life cycle, from early contractor involvement, optioneering, tender negotiation through to the design, procurement, construct, commissioning and handover of schemes.

The role of a Quantity Surveyor includes:

• Ensuring robust cost management processes are in place, providing accurate and timely reports, data, and analysis to assist in commercial decisions.
• Working closely with the delivery team to identify, implement, and monitor efficiency plans throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensuring all project team members understand the contractual arrangements to meet client requirements.
• Supporting our clients to maximise opportunities and mitigate risks to help deliver successful outcomes.
• Influencing the contractual and commercial aspects of schemes to ensure robust project control.
• Fostering and maintaining strong client relationships, ensuring clear communication, understanding client needs, and delivering value through effective cost management and project delivery.

What you’ll need:

• A degree in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering or related field
• A practical mindset, good math skills, the ability to solve problems and manage project finances.
• A valid driving licence and willingness to travel to sites across your operational region

What’s in it for you:

Alongside our significant training and development investment, bespoke progression plan and support to achieve professional chartership, we offer a wide range of financial, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits that you can tailor to your needs.

To view our full range of benefits, please see the Bentley benefits brochure attached.

Our application process has been carefully designed to enable us to assess your own skills, abilities and personality. Whilst we are fully embracing the responsible use of AI as an organisation, we recommend you don't rely solely on this technology to generate your application.