Senior/Principal Facilities Management Advisor

Location/s: London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle; UK
Recruiter contact: Andrea Gaffney

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  
The Buildings Unit (BLD) has a major presence in Mott MacDonald's regional offices throughout the UK and mainland Europe, providing a wide range of diverse and transferable cross-sector skills across five key Sectors; Advisory, Built Environment, Energy, Transportation and Water. We also provide local services to customers and technical leadership to the rest of the Group in these sectors.   

Overview of the role

We are looking for a Senior/Principal Facilities Management Consultant to join our rapidly expanding Facilities Management consultancy service This is a truly exciting opportunity to join an ambitious and growing FM Advisory team to help transform the built environment. 

The built environment is changing at rapid pace, with greater digital innovation changing the understanding of building performance and demand for greater efficiency and flexibility in the way spaces can be used. Estate owners and operators are having to identify how they can balance increasing standards with resource constraints on a whole life basis.

Mott MacDonald’s team of Facilities Management consultants provide technical and commercial advice on these very challenges to a wide range of public and private sector customers. We are currently experiencing strong demand for our expertise and are looking to grow the FM team in Scotland to work on projects throughout the UK, Ireland and globally. Will you join us?

With experience of the FM market, we are looking for you to support our customers through all stages of the asset life cycle to achieve strategic objectives by adding long-term value and optimising performance, to benefit end users. This includes experience of supporting operational FM management, advising on procurement projects, asset management improvement, CAFM utilisation, lifecycle modelling, FM cost analysis, benchmarking and business case support.

You will use robust project management and business management tools, and we’re interested in hearing from you if you have experience of digital asset management and building information modelling (BIM).

Candidate specification

As a Senior/Principal FM Advisor you will be responsible for supporting Advisors, Principal Advisors and Project Managers with delivering projects at both a strategic and operational level. Committed to professional development, you will work in a multidisciplinary team where collaboration and networking are essential to problem solving and delivering successful customer solutions. 

Essential:

• Knowledge of asset and facilities management projects in either a consultancy role or operational team
• Technical, excel and report writing skills, with the ability to use these skills to meet the needs of our clients
• Knowledge of PowerBi would be an advantage
• Good communication, interpersonal and teamwork skills
• High levels of technological curiosity and commitment to continued professional development
• Ability to prioritise and manage tasks
• An analytical thinker and problem-solving attitude
• Educated to degree level
• Working towards or keen to attain a relevant professional qualification with RICS, CIOB, APM, or engineering discipline
• Membership of IWFM, IAM or IHEEM
• An understanding of technology in use in FM, and / or digital construction
• Knowledge of Government Soft Landings 

Desirable:

• Writing specifications and performance mechanisms
• Working knowledge of ISO55000, PAS1192, and Statutory Instruments
• Experience and understanding of asset modelling and management system 

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

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

Financial wellbeing

• 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.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.

Employee Ownership

• Our employee ownership model means no external investors, just us, creating a culture of shared success.
• Our employees have a stake and a voice in our business, giving them a direct connection to our success through our personal and group performance bonuses.
• As your career grows, so does your stake, recognising your long-term impact and contribution.
• Your voice matters, with the opportunity to connect directly with senior leadership through formal channels to help shape our future.
• For our senior roles you will have a direct pathway towards ownership from day one.

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.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.

Lifestyle

• 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.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.

 Enhanced family and carers leave

• 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.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.

Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.

Apply now, or for more information about our application process, click here.