Principal Quantity Surveyor

Job Description

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy committed to delivering impactful work that shapes the future.

We are a team of over 20,000 experts working across the world in more than 50 countries.
We are proud to be part of an ever-changing global industry, delivering transformative work that’s defining our future. It’s our people who power that performance. As an employee-owned business, we invest in creating a space for everyone to feel safe and valued and empowered with the right tools and support.

Whether you want to pursue excellence in your specialism or broaden your experience with flexible roles across our business, you’ll be connected to a community of global experts championing you to be your best. Join us and shape your story with Mott MacDonald, where everyone has the opportunity to be brilliant.

Role:

We have an exciting opportunity for a Principal Quantity Surveyor to join our team. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong enthusiasm for working collaboratively with client teams to ensure the successful delivery of Buildings and Infrastructure projects—on time, within budget, and to high quality and safety standards. This role offers excellent exposure to complex and high‑profile projects schemes in the UK market.

Key responsibilities include:

• Understanding NEC contracts and associated contract management requirements.
• Supporting the preparation of tender and contract documentation and participating in contract reviews.
• Ensuring contracts are drafted in compliance with NEC standard clauses, with clear definition of scope, insurances, payment terms, compensation events, and programme submissions.
• Assisting with pre‑contract tender processes, including tender assessments, clarifications, and preparation of contract award recommendation reports.
• Managing commercial inputs into the procurement process and supporting the development and agreement of procurement strategies.
• Preparing NEC contracts using detailed compliance checklists.
• Supporting the preparation of standard documentation, including reports, correspondence, and financial statements.
• Assisting with quantity surveying tasks, tender analysis, and preparation of tender reports.
• Taking ownership of contract documentation support with a proactive, solution‑oriented approach.
• Proactively managing project and programme commercial risks and ensuring appropriate mitigation plans are implemented.
• Building and maintaining strong client relationships across the organisation.
• Supporting internal documentation and ensuring trackers and records are accurately maintained and kept up to date.

Minimum Qualifications

• Engineering degree from any discipline.
• Knowledge of Quantity Surveying principles is desirable.
• Chartered Quantity Surveyor status (MRICS or equivalent) preferred.
• 13–16 years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience working with NEC, POMI, NRM, CESMM and/or FIDIC contracts.
• Experience in the international market preferred.
• Proficiency in CostX, Power BI, SharePoint, and MS Office Suite.
• Sector experience in Water and/or infrastructure‑related development.
• Experience in data collection, analysis, and presentation of information in an appropriate format.
• Proven experience delivering services within a Design Consultancy environment.
• Strong knowledge of contract terminology, administration, and management.
• Demonstrable practical experience applying NEC forms of contract, including pre‑contract tendering on NEC projects.

Number of position : 3

Flexible working
At Mott MacDonald, we support our staff to create work-life balance which works for them and welcome candidates looking for career flexibility. We are open to discussing flexible working at interview stage.

Our benefits package is designed to enhance your experience:

• Agile working
• Critical illness and compassionate leave
• Paternity Leave
• Group term life insurance, and Group medical insurance coverage
• Career mobility options
• Short and Long-term global employment opportunities
• Global collaboration and knowledge sharing