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Location/s: Reading, Brighton, Cambridge, Croydon, London, Southampton; UK Recruiter contact: Nicola Coyle 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 be brilliant. About the business division The Water Utilities Division is Mott MacDonald's centre of excellence for responding to the UK and Ireland's water and wastewater challenges. The work we do is at the forefront of ensuring safe water supplies for future generations, preventing urban flooding, and improving the health of our rivers and coastal environments. Our multi-disciplinary teams provide a variety of services throughout the full project life cycle, from advisory services and feasibility studies to outline and detailed design. Together, we deliver best-in-class solutions to our clients while offering diverse and technically stimulating opportunities to our people. Overview of the role As a Principal Pipeline Engineer, specialising in intakes and outfalls, you will be a key part of our multidisciplinary team of technical specialists, delivering projects in close partnership with clients and contractors. You will lead the technical design of innovative and sustainable solutions to address leakage challenges, cleanwater provision and sewage disposal across our client's water networks. Key responsibilities and duties include: • Providing guidance and technical leadership across our programmes throughout the project lifecycle, from feasibility studies through to detailed design and construction support, • Leading the delivery of wastewater and/or potable water pipeline schemes to budget, programme and quality standards, • Developing engineering solutions to both landside and underwater pipelines, offshore intake designs, long sea outfalls and diffuser designs., • Proactive management of design risk to deliver constructable design solutions, • Producing and reviewing engineering calculations, specifications, drawings and reports, • Supporting continuous improvement of procedures and processes to drive efficiency and innovation, contributing to the application of our digital engineering initiatives, • Directing and developing a team of design staff, supporting their professional development, • Engaging regularly with the Client and stakeholders to build and maintain positive collaborative relationships, • Working collaboratively across disciplines to ensure the efficient delivery of projects within your portfolio Candidate specification Essential: • Chartered or Incorporated Civil engineer, • Significant technical experience in clean / potable water pipeline design and wastewater network and associated infrastructure design, • Knowledge and experience of pipeline material selection procedures and corrosion protection systems, structural design procedures for both landside and underwater pipelines, offshore intake designs, long sea outfalls and diffuser designs, • Experienced in analytical methods used for offshore hydrodynamic assessment and on-bottom stability analysis for underwater pipelines etc, • Familiar with trenchless pipeline installation techniques (HDD, tunnelling), pipeline condition assessment and rehabilitation techniques, • Proven ability to lead a portfolio of technical projects, ensuring compliance with relevant quality assurance and technical standards and support the development of less experienced staff, • Significant UK water infrastructure experience, • Experience of working in multi-disciplinary water pipeline and networks projects with other technical disciplines including environmental specialists, geotechnical, structural, electrical and mechanical engineers, • You will have a good understanding of designers' responsibilities under CDM, • Proactive approach, with an ability to adapt to changing scenarios, • Strong collaboration and communication skills to be able to enter into technical discussions in a logical and coherent fashion in both oral presentations and written reports, to colleagues, non-technical staff and clients, • A drive to be abreast of professional development and knowledge of current and emerging technical solutions Desirable: • Use of offshore codes such as DnV, BS PD 8010 will be considered an advantage, • Able to travel to other offices and sites, as required 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. 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 and we will talk to you about how we can support you. Agile working We are happy to talk openly about flexible working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace. We offer some fantastic benefits including: 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., • 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., • 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., • Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years' service., • 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., • Primary annual professional institution subscription., • Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.

Location: Croydon Recruiter contact: Ainsley Anstess 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 be brilliant. About the business unit: We help conceive, drive, and implement transport solutions for cities, regions, and asset owners/operators around the globe. From preparing the business case and advising on related issues - such as revenue, procurement, and environmental legislation - to delivering the completed infrastructure and helping maintain it. Our planning, engineering, environmental and management skills cover the whole project cycle. We play a major role in developing and delivering the Global Transport Sector Strategy. We are looking for a motivated, proactive Materials Engineer to join our Special Services team. You will be working with other Materials Engineers, Civil and Structural Engineers within a highly skilled specialist team. You will be working on unique, technically demanding projects across a range of sectors. This will involve addressing technical queries, preparing durability assessments for new structures including durability modelling, writing specifications, conducting on-site inspections and investigations of structures, reviewing available data, developing remedial and maintenance options, and providing advice on sustainable solutions, asset management and technical problem solving. You will need the capability and willingness to take responsibility for interacting directly with clients and ensuring that their needs are met by efficiently producing high quality project deliverables. Job description: You'll manage your own work on a variety of projects of various sizes across different project stages and ensure work is carried out to a high standard and following necessary quality, environmental and safety requirements. You will share your skills and knowledge across the team as well as develop knowledge from disciplines teams when necessary. Additionally, you will develop and strengthen your skills to be involved in more specialist areas such as developing state-of-the-art models to simulate the behaviour of different material properties exposed to selected environments. Your responsibilities will include but are not limited to: • Preparing durability assessments which involves identifying potential deterioration mechanisms of structural elements and other construction products and developing solutions to ensure the structure will achieve its design life, • Providing general advice, detailed technical input or developing innovative and sustainable solutions for both internal and external clients, • Ensuring the deliverables meet project requirements, including handling of internal/ external client expectations and relationships, • Contributing to a variety of global projects, both small and large, and project stages, providing technical input and quality deliverables to British, European or International Standards, • Planning and undertaking inspections and condition surveys, and overseeing materials testing on a variety of structures such as tunnels, buildings, walls, bridges As a professional working within the construction industry, you have a foundation in materials technology within civil engineering disciplines and you have an interest in growing and strengthening your technical and management skills and experience. You have experience writing technical reports to a high standard and are used to presenting project material to both colleagues and clients. You are willing to take on new problems are able to adapt to new problem-solving opportunities. You have good time management skills and are willing to work on varied and multiple commissions with a range of project stakeholders and represent Mott MacDonald to colleagues or clients. Additionally, you appreciate contractual commercial requirements and are able to react to these with managing your workload. You will also be able to demonstrate the following: • Master's degree qualified (or equivalent) in an Engineering or Science discipline, preferably specialising in construction Materials or demonstrating an interest in the field through dissertation or projects selected, • Chartered with a relevant professional institution or working towards chartership, • Knowledge of civil engineering assets, • An interest in gaining experience of working with different materials, • Data processing skills (preferably using VBA or other coding languages) 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 and we will talk to you about how we can support you. We offer some fantastic benefits including: 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., • 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., • 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., • Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years' service., • 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., • Primary annual professional institution subscription., • Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.

Job Type: Full time We have a new opportunity for a Quantity Surveyor to join our team within Vistry South East, at our office in Caterham, Surrey. As our Quantity Surveyor, you will be responsible for managing all costs relating to our projects. Your focus is to minimise the costs of a project and enhance margin and value for money, whilst still achieving the required standards and quality. This will also include procurement, subcontract management inclusive of administration of the contract, monthly payments, and final account settlement. We value in-person collaboration and team culture, but we’re also committed to supporting flexible working where possible. We encourage you to raise any specific requirements during the interview process so we can explore how this could be accommodated. • Competitive basic salary and annual bonus, • Company car, car allowance or travel allowance, • Salary sacrifice car scheme available to all employees, • Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to up to 39 days with service, • 2 Volunteering days per annum, • Private medical insurance, with employee paid cover, • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, • Competitive pension scheme through salary sacrifice, • Life assurance at 4 x your annual salary, • Share save and share incentive schemes, • Employee rewards portal with many more benefits…, • Behave in line with our company values – Integrity, Caring and Quality, • HNC in Surveying or Construction or equivalent, • Experience of working within the Construction industry for a residential housing developer, • Excellent IT, analytical and communication skills, • Strong mathematical ability, • Ability to assess and analyse information, • Good business sense, • Good understanding of budget management, • Negotiating and networking skills, • COINs user experience, • Enthusiasm, • Flexibility, • Able to work within a busy team and under pressure, • Good team working skills, • Accurate with an eye for detail, • A methodical approach, • HND or higher qualification, • Professional membership of MCIOB or RICS preferable or working towards such qualification, • National House builder experience, • Different methods of construction i.e. Timber Frame, • Working closely with other departments, including Land, Development and Construction, you will attend design meetings to advise on all areas that may have a cost implication., • Attend development meetings when appropriate, contract pre-start and subcontract package review meetings., • Upon receipt of Contract Documentation, you will be responsible for checking all contract drawings to identify errors, omissions, anomalies and areas where unnecessary cost may arise., • Receive initial tender information and assist in the preparation of the proposed tender lists and updating of subsequent procurement programmes., • Distribute design information packages and tender drawings, whilst preparing all tender documentation and letters including carrying out preliminary checks on subcontractors., • Preparing construction cost analysis, which includes analysis of quotations resulting from the tender enquiry, requesting additional and outstanding information as required., • Assess site staffing levels and build programmes with the Construction Director to ascertain preliminary costs, including collating all cost information and preparing the start on site budget., • Arrange and adjudicate budget settlement meetings, with the support of the wider Commercial team., • Prepare stage payment schedules to assist in the financing of the works., • Carry out pre-order meetings including all necessary Health & Safety requirements, finalising a tender sum and agreeing a stage payment schedule for payment purposes before preparing all contract documentation and placing the order., • Place subcontractor orders, including interviews and checking references on selected subcontractors. You will then negotiate the contract sum within the budget, including finalising costs to cover all late variations., • Issue variation orders and development changes alongside providing cost advice on major variations prior to issue. You will issue revised contract drawings to subcontractors; negotiating the cost of variations including liaising between Buyers and Build Managers. You will provide a full range of pricing information for purchaser’s extras., • Check all costs posted to each contract, collate and reconcile all costs resulting from subcontract works, variation orders, site instructions, material order and preliminary / running costs. This will include providing monthly analysis of costs and identify possible areas of over expenditure at future dates., • Check and arrange subcontractor payments, obtaining necessary authorisation for passing payments for all elements of subcontractor works. You will agree final accounts with subcontractors, ensuring all works have been carried out within budget and analysing costs to assist on future estimates., • Take responsibility for the preparation of documents for the basis of external valuation with the client’s agent (CSA, Stage payment schedule, Tick offs)., • Keep the RAMS schedule updated and issued to all relevant parties., • Liaise with the Customer Service department on post-completion defects, providing cost advice where necessary., • Attend site meetings, project team meetings, subcontractor meetings and surveying meetings as required. Join us in making Vistry. #LI-HA1

Job Type: Full time We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Quantity Surveyor to join our team within Vistry South East, at our Caterham office. As our Assistant Quantity Surveyor, you will report to the Quantity Surveyor / Senior Quantity Surveyor and will assist the commercial delivery of residential development schemes. Assist the Surveying department with cost management for development and contracting projects from procurement to the completion of sub-contract final accounts. This is a key role and the successful candidate will have worked in a similar level role for a main contractor or developer within the region. We value in-person collaboration and team culture, but we’re also committed to supporting flexible working where possible. We encourage you to raise any specific requirements during the interview process so we can explore how this could be accommodated. • Competitive basic salary and annual bonus, • Company car, car allowance or travel allowance, • Salary sacrifice car scheme available to all employees, • Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to up to 39 days with service, • 2 Volunteering days per annum, • Private medical insurance, with employee paid cover, • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, • Competitive pension scheme through salary sacrifice, • Life assurance at 4 x your annual salary, • Share save and share incentive schemes, • Employee rewards portal with many more benefits…, • Behave in line with our company values – Integrity, Caring and Quality, • HNC / Degree qualified in Quantity Surveying / Construction management or equivalent, • A good understanding or building regulations and legal obligations, • A good knowledge or construction methods and materials, • Strong mathematical and IT ability, • Good understanding of standard measurement rules, • Strong Microsoft Excel knowledge, • Ability to assess and analyse information, • Good business sense, • Good understanding of budget management, • Negotiating and networking skills, • Excellent communications skills, • Able to work under pressure and accept criticism of work, • Good team working skills, • Accurate with an eye for detail, • A methodical approach, • HND/or Degree in Construction, • Member of the Chartered Institute of Building, or working towards full membership, or,, • Working towards being a chartered member of the Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS)COINS systems management knowledge, • Attend the site pre-start meeting to understand the construction issue drawings with the Senior / Quantity Surveyor., • Assist with the compiling of tender packages for all sub-contract trades., • Receive tenders and assist with the analysis sheet for each trade comparing tender levels., • Assist with the issuing of sub-contract orders in accordance with Group Policy and Commercial Best Practice to budget and within programme requirements. Attend sub-contract pre-order meetings., • Liaise with Build Department on sub-contractors’ performance and compliance with order conditions., • Assist with the production of sub-contract orders to accord with site programmed build requirements in accordance with Group Policy and Group Rebate schemes and fully adjudicate prior to issue of documentation., • To liaise with the Quantity Surveyor / Senior Quantity Surveyor and provide all necessary forecast and site budget information to meet the business’s reporting requirements., • Assist with the control and reporting of post contract cost movements to provide such monthly reporting as required by the Commercial Manager., • Ensure invoices/applications for payments are processed in accordance with Standard Terms and Conditions of Contract., • Immediately advise management of notification of impending claim or legal action arising from a disputed claim or payment from a Sub-Contractor/Service Provider., • Where necessary, assist in determining a sub-contract order in accordance with Standard Terms and Conditions of Employment and liaise with Build Department in this respect., • Diligently use the BMS and processes to manage site project administration, including orders, variations, valuations, etc., • Assist in the regular review of materials on-site and material valuations., • Settle all variation invoices/applications for payment in accordance with Standard Terms and Conditions of Contract., • Assist with the certifying of retention releases on completion of the project., • Assist with the preparation and agreement of sub-contract final accounts., • Maintaining necessary systems to efficiently file and retrieve information and to allow others to do likewise in accordance with the Business Management System., • Assist with maintaining final account schedules., • Ensure to continue self-development and follow training plan., • Attend departmental meetings as required., • Deal with queries from colleagues., • Maintain open lines of communication with colleagues in other regions., • Ensure you have read the Company’s health and safety policies and procedures observe them at all times., • Reporting any accidents or near misses immediately to your manager and record them in the accident book., • Ensure your workplace is kept tidy and any hazards are eliminated or reported to your line manager., • Wear appropriate protective clothing on site at all times. 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