Mattinson Partnership jobs

Cost Manager - UK Infrastructure (Transportation & Utilities) Join a growing UK Infrastructure team delivering some of the country's most significant and complex programmes across highways, rail, utilities, and transportation. This is an opportunity to play a key role in shaping major projects that directly impact communities and the future of UK infrastructure. As a Cost Manager, you will work across the full project lifecycle, partnering with leading clients, contractors, and multidisciplinary teams to drive successful commercial outcomes. You will be trusted to take ownership of cost control, forecasting, and contract management, ensuring projects are delivered efficiently, transparently, and to the highest standards. This role offers the chance to work across multiple sectors within infrastructure, giving you exposure to highways, rail, utilities, and transportation projects, while continuously developing your expertise and broadening your experience. You will be responsible for administering NEC3 contracts (Options A, C, and E), managing change control, compensation events, valuations, and final accounts. You will proactively monitor cost performance, manage risk, and support procurement and value engineering activities to drive efficiency and commercial success. You will also play a key role in improving forecasting accuracy, strengthening cost reporting, and ensuring robust financial control across projects, while contributing to a culture of collaboration, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement. This is a dynamic and varied role offering genuine career development, exposure to major infrastructure programmes, and the opportunity to make a visible impact on the delivery of UK infrastructure.

Planning Lead - London 60,000 - 70,000 Are you ready to take the next step in your planning career and help deliver some of the UK's most ambitious infrastructure and development projects? We're looking for an experienced Planning Lead to join a forward-thinking Environment and Planning team in London. This is an opportunity to play a pivotal role in shaping sustainable outcomes, leading complex projects, and working alongside experts across planning, engineering, environment, and design. You'll be trusted to make an impact from day one - leading planning strategy, coordinating multidisciplinary teams, and helping clients navigate some of the most challenging projects in a rapidly changing world. What you'll be doing: - Taking the lead on planning delivery for major infrastructure and development projects. - Driving the coordination of EIA, environmental planning, and consenting activities. - Influencing project outcomes through strategic advice and technical leadership. - Building strong client relationships and supporting business growth. - Leading bids, proposals, and opportunities that shape the future pipeline. - Supporting and mentoring talented colleagues as the team continues to grow. What you'll bring: - Strong experience delivering major infrastructure projects and complex planning applications. - A solid understanding of planning policy, EIA, and environmental consenting. - Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and managing successful project delivery. - The confidence to engage with clients, stakeholders, and technical specialists. - A passion for creating sustainable solutions with real-world impact. Why join? This is more than a planning role - it's a chance to influence nationally significant projects, work with industry-leading specialists, and help create places and infrastructure that benefit future generations. With flexible working, a strong focus on professional development, and a supportive team culture, you'll have the platform to grow your career while making a lasting difference.

Principal Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Consultant - Leeds (Hybrid) Our client, a leading independent environmental consultancy, is looking to appoint an experienced Principal EIA Consultant to join their growing team in Leeds. This hybrid role offers the opportunity to work on a diverse portfolio of high-profile infrastructure and development projects across the UK. As a Principal EIA Consultant, you'll play a key role in coordinating environmental inputs for major projects across sectors including transport, renewable energy, and property. Working alongside multidisciplinary technical specialists and design teams, you'll help shape projects from early strategy and feasibility through to planning, detailed design, and consent. You'll be responsible for managing complex Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs), preparing Environmental Statements, coordinating technical inputs, engaging with clients and stakeholders, and supporting business development activities. The role also offers the opportunity to work across a range of consenting regimes, including Development Consent Orders (DCOs) and Town & Country Planning. What we're looking for: - A relevant environmental degree or equivalent qualification. - Strong knowledge of UK EIA legislation and assessment processes. - Proven experience leading complex, multidisciplinary EIA projects. - Excellent report writing, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills. - Strong project management, budget control, and organisational abilities. - Experience mentoring or managing junior team members. - Previous involvement in bid preparation and business development is desirable. What's on offer: - Competitive salary and performance-related bonus. - Hybrid and flexible working arrangements. - Enhanced pension scheme. - Private medical cover. - Life assurance. - Employee wellbeing programme, including an Employee Assistance Programme and Mental Health First Aiders. - Genuine career progression within a collaborative and supportive consultancy. If you're an experienced EIA professional looking to work on nationally significant projects while developing your career within a highly respected environmental consultancy, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today or get in touch for a confidential discussion.

Technical Director - Sustainability & Climate A highly respected environmental consultancy with an outstanding reputation for delivering technically excellent advice across some of the UK's most significant development, infrastructure and regeneration projects is looking to appoint a Technical Director or Associate Director - Sustainability & Climate to support the continued growth of its expanding team. Following sustained success, the business is investing further in its Climate & Sustainability offering and is seeking an experienced professional who can play a key role in its next phase of growth. Renowned for its collaborative culture, technical excellence and long-standing client relationships, the consultancy offers the opportunity to work on complex, high-profile projects while providing genuine autonomy and a clear pathway into strategic leadership. This role is ideally suited to someone who enjoys combining technical delivery with client engagement, team leadership and business development. You'll have the opportunity to shape the direction of an expanding service area while helping clients respond to the UK's evolving climate and sustainability agenda. The Opportunity Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you'll lead the delivery of climate and sustainability projects across a diverse portfolio of development, infrastructure and regeneration schemes. You'll work closely with clients from the earliest stages of projects through to delivery, providing strategic advice while helping to grow both the team and its wider service offering. What You'll Be Doing - Lead the delivery of carbon and climate change projects from inception through to completion. - Manage key client relationships and act as a trusted technical adviser. - Oversee climate and carbon assessments as part of Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA). - Deliver Net Zero strategies, decarbonisation plans and wider sustainability advice. - Prepare and review high-quality technical reports. - Mentor and support junior consultants and emerging technical specialists. - Contribute to business development, tender submissions and winning new work. - Collaborate with colleagues across a range of environmental disciplines. - Help shape the future growth of the Climate & Sustainability team. Project Experience You'll have the opportunity to work across a wide variety of projects, including: - Carbon and greenhouse gas assessments. - Climate risk and resilience studies. - Net Zero roadmaps and decarbonisation strategies. - Whole life and embodied carbon assessments. - ESG and sustainability advisory. - Circular economy assessments. - Climate adaptation planning. - Planning policy and environmental legislation. What They're Looking For They're keen to speak with experienced consultants who can demonstrate: - A strong background in climate change, carbon or sustainability consultancy. - An excellent understanding of UK planning policy and environmental legislation. - Experience delivering climate and carbon assessments, ideally within the EIA process. - Strong project management and financial management skills. - Excellent report writing and technical review experience. - Experience leading, mentoring or managing technical teams. - A commercial mindset, with experience supporting business development. - Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills. Why Consider This Role? - Join a highly regarded environmental consultancy with an excellent industry reputation. - Work on nationally significant and technically challenging projects. - Play a genuine role in shaping the future of an expanding Climate & Sustainability team. - Clear progression towards a strategic leadership position. - Hybrid and flexible working arrangements. - Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package. - A supportive, collaborative culture that genuinely invests in its people. If you'd like to find out more, reach out to Ethan Williams on (phone number removed) for a confidential conversation or click apply.

I am seeking an outstanding Programme Director to lead a major national Building Safety Remediation Programme on behalf of one of my clients. This is a high-profile strategic leadership opportunity, offered as a 3-year contract, with a day rate of 900- 1,500 (Inside IR35). This role requires an experienced leader with a proven track record of delivering large-scale national programmes, managing substantial budgets, building and leading high-performing teams, and developing trusted relationships with executive and board-level stakeholders. The successful candidate will be equally comfortable presenting programme governance at board level as they are challenging technical teams to drive delivery, manage risk and shape programme strategy. Key experience and capabilities: - 15-20+ years' experience in construction, property, infrastructure or programme delivery. - Extensive experience leading complex, multi-workstream programmes at a national scale. - Proven success managing programmes involving multiple buildings, projects and diverse stakeholder groups. - Strong expertise in programme governance, reporting, controls and assurance. - Commercially astute, with responsibility for significant budgets, forecasting and overall programme performance. - Experience leading multidisciplinary teams, including Project Managers, Building Surveyors, Quantity Surveyors, Engineers and other technical specialists. - Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships at Executive and Board level. While you are not expected to be technical specialists across every discipline, you should have a strong working knowledge of: - The Building Safety Act - Higher-Risk Buildings (HRBs) - Fire safety remediation - Structural remediation - Fa ade remediation - Golden Thread requirements - Building Safety Regulator (BSR) processes - Gateway approvals - CDM Regulations The ideal candidate will possess sufficient technical understanding to challenge consultants, identify programme risks, make informed strategic decisions and provide confident leadership across a complex remediation portfolio. For more information apply on the link below or give me a call on (phone number removed).