Senior Project Manager

Mott MacDonald

Position location: UK Wide Locations Considered
Recruiter contact: Alice Roostan

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.

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. 

Overview of role

This is an opportunity for an experience, qualified and enthusiastic Project Management professional to join our Transport and Mobility Solutions (TMS) team supporting with the delivery of Highway projects for a range of clients across the UK. As the Project Manager, you will be part of the project senior leadership team with a primary focus on overall technical quality, safety, risk, change control, programme, resource allocation and commercial performance.  As Project Manager you will report to the Project Director. You will work with the wider team developing and delivering Highway projects from inception to handover and completion. This will include primarily management of Design and Build or contractor lead projects from tendering and contract negotiation and administration, to detailed design and construction site services although you may be required to work on other highway projects as required. 

Your role will require you to liaise closely with multiple stakeholders, client and co-ordinate multi-disciplinary design teams, draft and manage the production of reports and tender documents, monitor cost and schedule manage the Health and Safety and Quality Assurance aspects of projects.

You will be confident in contributing to a technical team, as well as a key member of a project team, liaising directly with the client, project sponsors and key stakeholders. 

Essential Requirements:
As a professional, you have full awareness of Health & Safety legislation and how it’s applied to the design and construction process within the highways sector. You will have the ability to deliver in the demanding design and build environment and demonstrate relationship skills to deal with potential conflicting client needs, including resolution of complex design/construction issues.

In addition:

• Significant experience of working on highway and/or airfield design and build or contractor lead design projects in a project management or other management role. 
• Attained chartership with a recognised engineering institution.
• Demonstrate experience of establishing the project team and developing it through leadership, being responsible for the overall success of the project as per company directives and various contractual arrangements, including NEC.
• Experience in the establishment of tender budgets and prices and monitoring of budgets throughout delivery. Ability to resolve cost overruns and identify cost reduction measures and/or revenue gain. Ability to manage project capital and invoicing. 
• Experience of acting as principal point of contact with the client’s Design and Engineering manager and the client’s commercial and procurement teams for all commercial and contractual aspects.
• Demonstrate understanding of the Designer’s obligations under the CDM Regs. 
• Due to the nature of our work you are flexible to travel to client sites or alternative offices when required, possibly for extend periods of time.

Desirable

• Degree in Civil Engineering (or a related subject)
• A Project Management Qualification or working towards such a qualification.
• A working knowledge of risk management in project delivery.
• Ideally be able to demonstrate experience of managing projects throughout its lifecycle.

We are actively recruiting a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve. We recognise that differences in ability, skills and experience are a strength and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.
 
Please be advised that offers for this role are conditional upon obtaining the appropriate level of Security Clearance. 

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 reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

Agile working 

Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• Pension matched up to 7%   
• Life insurance 
• An annual professional institution subscription   
• Continuous development opportunities – because we want you to thrive  
• Agile/flexible working – because life isn’t 9-5  
• Enhanced parental leave; shared parental leave policies – for parents and care givers  
• Annual bonus scheme  
• Flexible benefits that suit you, including ability to buy/sell annual leave entitlement, cycle to work & interest free season ticket loans 
• Wellbeing support including access to an independent Employer Assistance Scheme, wellbeing champions and access to learning and support resources 
• Access to our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability and parents/carers communities 
• The opportunity to make a difference; learn more about our social outcomes

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