Mattinson Partnership

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.

Our client is a specialist safety and compliance business with a new requirement in the team for a Senior or Principal Asbestos Consultant. They support a range public and private sector organisations, universities, housing associations and housebuilders, as well as some interesting niche clients in logistics and manufacturing. This is an ideal role for someone working in Asbestos, who wants to get away from inspections and testing, moving into more of a strategic focussed role delivering assurance and consultancy services for clients. If you are an experienced Asbestos professional, working as a Principal or Senior Consultant or Technical Manager and you're looking to develop in a more consultative role then this could be the company for you. Work typically includes quality control reviews of asbestos data reports, collection of audit data, conducting site-based audits of asbestos suppliers and consulting with suppliers to ensure improvements. As you develop in the role you will act as a Technical Lead, auditing asbestos management systems and developing consultancy reports. Because of the team and company growth, this role will also give you the opportunity to train and develop outside of Asbestos - into Health & Safety, Fire or Compliance - the leadership and wider team are incredibly supportive and invest time and money into upskilling and professionally supporting staff. Salary range is between 45,000 and 65,000 depending on experience, with BOHS CoCA being an expectation for the top banding of the salary. If you are an Asbestos Consultant or Surveyor looking for an opportunity, it is still worth applying as this client is growing their offering across the North West of England. This would be a homebased role, picking up projects in the South West and South Wales -For more information call Dominic Jacques on (phone number removed) or click apply.

Join an award-winning architectural practice working as Principal Designer and CDM Advisor on some of the finest buildings projects in the UK from incredible heritage and conservation schemes to bold contemporary designs. Due to expansion plans in the team our client is looking for a Principal Designer to join the team, ideally looking for someone with a design background or design understanding who has some experience in CDM. This is not a consultancy role, you will be working on a small volume of complex inhouse projects for a progressive practice on CDM compliance and strategy. In this role you will support the Head of Design Safety as a number two in the team for CDM, surrounded by chartered architects and design professionals who can support your development. Experience working as a Principal Designer is essential in this role, even if it is just for a year or two. This is an opportunity to work in an interesting business where you will have time and training to deliver complex PD services on prestigious projects. Benefits life assurance, paid study leave, sabbaticals, employee assistance programme, subscription fees and enhanced learning & development opportunities. For more information on this role call Dominic Jacques on (phone number removed).

Join the specialist Building Safety Advisory arm of an award-winning design safety consultancy who looking to appoint Building Control specialist to be part an already established Building Safety team, working closely with major clients across most sectors within the built environment. This is a role centred around technical delivery, working closely in accordance with the Building Safety Act, Building Regulations, Building Act, Approved Documents and RICS professional Standards. This role would be ideal for a buildings specialist from a Building Control or Building Regulations background interested in joining a growing team delivering projects under the Building Safety Act. This is a newly developed role within a well established business. For the right candidate there is an opportunity to develop very quickly, grow a wider team and scale up the service line. This is a senior advisory role, but the company is in the process of also becoming an RBCA to ensure registered inspectors within the team can continue to develop. They offer a remote working model, with all travel costs covered and a real focus on work-life balance. For a Senior Consultant they are aiming to pay 80k on the basic and would be happy with someone based anywhere in the UK. For more information call Dominic Jacques on (phone number removed).

Associate - EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) With over 40 years of sector experience, our client is one of the largest independent planning and environmental consultancies in the South East, delivering comprehensive planning services across the UK. They are a people-focused organisation and attribute their success to the strength and expertise of their team. By investing in professional development, they ensure consistently high standards of service for their clients. Due to continued growth across their project portfolio, our client is seeking an Associate/Associate Director to join and strengthen their Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) team. This is an opportunity to play a key role within a collaborative consultancy, delivering EIA projects across multiple sectors throughout the UK. The role offers flexibility and can be based in London, Kent or East Sussex with close office collaboration. Responsibilities Lead the preparation and submission of EIA Screening and Scoping Reports. Oversee the structure, drafting and quality assurance of Environmental Statements, including core chapters and reporting. Manage multidisciplinary inputs from technical specialists, ensuring alignment, consistency and compliance within the overall assessment. Manage junior members of the team and act as mentor for their professional development Act as the primary liaison for clients, coordinating communication between stakeholders and internal project teams. Provide strategic direction for the division and wider business. Profile Degree or postgraduate qualification in a relevant discipline such as Environmental Planning, Environmental Policy or Sustainable Development. Practitioner-level membership (or higher) of ISEP. Demonstrable experience coordinating EIA processes across varied development types. Ability to independently manage key stages of EIA delivery with minimal senior oversight. Experience supporting NSIP projects would be advantageous but is not essential. Opportunity This role offers the chance to take on a senior position within a well-established and respected consultancy, with real scope to influence the direction and growth of the EIA function. You will work on high-profile and complex projects, collaborate with experienced professionals across disciplines, and contribute to strategic client relationships. In return, our client offers a supportive and flexible working environment, clear progression pathways, and the opportunity to help shape the future capability of a growing team. David Mattinson is the lead consultant and all communications are in the strictest of confidence.

Join a specialist Health & Safety team as part of a European multidisciplinary consultancy working as a Principal Designer and CDM Advisor on a range of complex buildings and infrastructure projects in Manchester. This is a hybrid role, working 1-2 days a week in the Manchester office, the rest of the time working from home. This is an established team offering good training and development opportunities. They also have excellent staff retention in the team and would be a great place to stay long term. Within the team there are a few ex-forces professionals who have moved into safety roles and developed over time. If you have are coming from an armed forces background and have a passion to be trained up on CDM/H&S then it would be worth getting in touch to discuss this opportunity further. Due to expansion plans in the team our client is looking for a Senior Health & Safety Consultant with CDM experience to join the team. This is a consultancy role, but one where work life balance is valued, you will be working on a small volume of projects for a great business that puts team culture first. Experience working as a CDM Consultant is essential in this role, and possessing a NEBOSH Construction along with any design or construction experience/qualifications would be beneficial. This is an opportunity to work in an interesting business where you will have time and training to deliver complex PD services on a range projects. We have worked closely with this business over the past 12 months to support them in scaling up their Health & Safety team. It's a great team in a major global organisation offering exposure to a range of blue-chip end clients. For more information on this role call Dominic Jacques on (phone number removed).

Join a small construction company specialising in the refurbishment and fit-out of high-end commercial and retail spaces across West London as an Operations Manager or Contracts Manager. This is a strategic hire to bring an experienced construction professional into the fold who can drive the business to the next level, working as part of a great team while contributing to large commercial projects. Construction and operational experience on projects is essential, as this is a hands-on role, with the whole team getting involved in tendering and delivery. A proven track record of working in an SME construction business is key. Strong organisational skills, coupled with the experience and ability to operate successfully on site. Experience in budgeting, scheduling, and resource allocation is required, as is the ability to communicate effectively with clients, subcontractors, and team members. Track record in fit-out and commercial developments would be great, but this is not an essential requirement as long as you have clear construction project experience. This role is perfect for a proactive individual who is looking for a clear career plan to move towards a directorship. If you are ready to take the next step in your career, then this is the role for you. For more information about this role, please contact Dominic Jacques on (phone number removed).

Our client looking for a Health & Safety Consultant to work on a large new build project based in Swansea. This would a 12-month contract suited to a Health & Safety professional who has principal contractor experience on-site. SMSTS and CSCS card as essential, ideally looking for someone to commence the role by the end of July. This is a site-based position, so a reasonably proximity to Swansea is also key. The end-client is a major global business with their own set of processes and procedure that would need to be learnt by the Health & Safety Advisor or Consultant who joins the project. The role would entail site inspections, walk rounds, toolbox talks and management of on-site teams. Any experience of managing warehouse projects would be useful but isn't essential. The role requires a dynamic safety consultant who can communicate with staff at all levels of the organisation. This is a PAYE role so includes wider company benefits on top of the salary outlined. Would be suitable for someone from a consultancy environment if they've worked contractor side or would be suited to a Health & Safety Advisor or Manager too. For more information click apply or call Dominic on (phone number removed) for more info.