Recruiter contact: Sam Kitchin
Location/s: Boston, MA
Relocation supported: Yes / No
With over 16,000 employees in more than 150 countries around the world, Mott MacDonald is a dynamic and innovative engineering, management, and development consultancy. We are committed to creating sustainable solutions that make a positive impact on communities throughout the globe. Our North American team of experts in transportation, water, power, and buildings are dedicated to delivering high-quality results that meet the unique needs of our clients. We are looking for talented individuals who share our passion for collaboration and creativity to join our team and help drive progress towards a better future for communities across North America.
We are embarking on an exciting journey to build a greater presence within North America and increase our market share. We are looking to identify an exceptional leader to undertake the newly created role of Transportation Projects Leader in Boston, MA.
This is a unique opportunity to leverage our significant track record delivering major transportation projects and further our market position within the Greater Boston area. This role will be focused on building on our relationships with our key clients and the successful leadership of major projects.
Key responsibilities:
Visible Leadership
You will focus leading Mott MacDonald’s effort to pursue major transportation pursuits in the Greater Boston market. You will bring further awareness of our capabilities to the North American marketplace, building on our successful transportation experience in the Northeast and leveraging other related discipline skillsets to grow the Mott MacDonald scope on these projects.
Business Development
Partner with Mott MacDonald’s Business Development Managers, other Practices within Mott MacDonald, and Regional and Global Transport Practice Leaders to help drive business development by leveraging their existing contacts and relationships with key clients in the Northeast.
Project Execution
Act as a Project Leader in the delivery of major transportation projects, providing account leadership, project management and technical advisory and oversight on projects as required.
Collaborate
Work collaboratively with colleagues across Mott MacDonald, acting as an exemplary role model, articulating and representing the brand, vision, and value proposition internally and externally.
Talent Acquisition
Support the identification of external talent by leveraging your professional network helping to attract, engage, and appoint high-caliber candidates.
Best Practices
You will bring best practices and knowledge into Mott MacDonald’s North American business by connecting with key subject matter experts worldwide within and outside of Mott MacDonald.
Team Mentorship
You will provide direction, mentorship and guidance to account leaders, technical, operational and junior members of staff in best practices, business development, proposal development and project delivery.
Cultivate Relationships
Cultivate and maintain relationships with key clients, stakeholders, and industry partners, including serving as the primary point of contact for clients during the capture and delivery phases, building trust, understanding client needs, and addressing concerns.
Ethics
Demonstrate exemplar leadership in maintaining the ethical standards and values of Mott MacDonald within the Unit, ensuring a zero tolerance of unacceptable behaviors.
Governance & Compliance
Ensure the correct governance policies, procedures and standards are implemented and achieved within the Unit.
Health & Safety
Foster an environment where best practices on health, safety and wellbeing are
embedded as default.
About you:
Market Awareness
You have experience leading transit-related proposals, pursuits and projects within the Greater Boston market. You will possess excellent knowledge of upcoming, landmark transportation opportunities locally.
Transportation Sector
You will possess a deep understanding of delivering successful transportation projects, particularly major transit-related infrastructure and facility rehabilitation.
Design Build
You will leverage your advanced knowledge of delivery methods to provide technical insight and design & engineering expertise for specification, design and construction of major Design / Build projects
Client Engagement
You possess a high level of competency in client and business development strategies, to effectively capture and obtain project work.
People Leadership
You are able to lead project teams through a collaborative approach and provide mentorship to employees.
Project Delivery
You’ll possess technical and commercial expertise, emphasizing design, budget, schedule, and quality.
Communication
You are a visible leader who possesses exceptional communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
Presentation
You’re able to articulate your point of view with ease and comfortable presenting to a variety of different stakeholders (peers, clients, executive leadership).
Positive Outlook & Big Picture
You’re a positive person who understands and appreciates the overarching vision and knows how to continuously work towards it.
Change
You’re able to identify areas of improvement and implement projects, policies and procedures to address.
Technical Experience
You have most likely progressed your career from a technical background and continue to possess a MA PE license.
Our teams are comprised of bright and enthusiastic people who wish to make a difference to the world that we live in. If you share that vision and don’t have all the experience outlined in this posting, we still want to hear from you!
Let’s discuss how we can help you take the next step in your career and how you can participate in an exciting new chapter for Mott MacDonald in North America.
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 have the opportunity to contribute.
Equal employment opportunity is the law.
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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, creed, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status or disability status.
Hybrid working policy
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.
More about Mott MacDonald
We’re a global engineering, management and development consultancy.
Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.
A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs.
Our values: progress, respect, integrity, drive, excellence