Quantity Surveyor

Location/s: Cambridge, Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth

Owing to the continued growth of our defence portfolio, we have a unique opportunity for Quantity Surveyors to join our fast growing team. This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in some of the most complex and challenging defence programmes in the UK, spanning defence infrastructure, defence equipment, and defence nuclear environments. You will support the delivery of high value, security critical projects, contributing to programmes that ensure national capability, resilience, and operational effectiveness.

• Major infrastructure upgrades and base redevelopment
• Defence equipment support and facilities integration
• Defence nuclear programmes, including submarine infrastructure and associated facilities
• Long term asset management, sustainability, and carbon reduction programmes

The Quantity Surveyor will support the successful delivery of client projects within the defence sector. The role focuses on effective cost management, NEC contract administration, and commercial support to ensure efficient, compliant delivery aligned with MOD and wider defence objectives.

• Administer NEC4 contracts in line with defence project and governance requirements
• Manage variations, change control, and compensation events in a compliant manner
• Maintain cost control, forecasting, and reporting across defence programmes
• Support delivery of infrastructure and equipment related projects within secure environments
• Work closely with client and contractor teams to achieve delivery outcomes and value for money
• Ensure adherence to defence governance, assurance, and security requirements

• Working towards or holding MRICS (or equivalent)
• Experience in complex infrastructure or engineering projects within regulated environments
• Experience managing contract cashflow, change, and governance
• Experience using CEMAR
• Strong cost control and estimating capability
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Practical NEC4 ECC and/or PSC contract experience
• Experience administering contracts using Thinkproject Contracts
• NEC 4 accreditation
• Experience in defence environments (infrastructure, equipment, or nuclear)

Please note that offers for this role are conditional upon obtaining the appropriate level of Security Clearance.

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.

We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well being, flexibility, and trust.

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.

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 and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• A minimum of 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 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.

• 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.

• 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.