Project Manager

Location/s: Birmingham, London, Cambridge, Reading, Bristol, Cardiff, Sheffield, Southampton.
Recruiter contact: Alice Roostan

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.

As a Project Manager you will be supporting the Advisory Division within Water and Environment portfolio.

You will be responsible for the entire scope required for successful delivery of projects including: appraisal, planning, detailed design, construction and delivery phases. You’ll deliver these by complying internal governance and processes specifically; Project Management, Health & Safety, Commercial, Risk & Value, Budget. You’ll matrix manage a delivery team and engaged with all key stakeholders.  

As part of a Core Team within the ENW Portfolio, you will work closely with the wider Advisory Project and Programme management teams to manage the project deliverables to the Client expectations. You will take ownership of and responsibility for the successful delivery of your projects and tasks, identifying and monitoring project risks and opportunities, and ensuring good project governance.  

Working within the Environment and Water Portfolio (ENW), you will be responsible for the delivery of both above ground and below ground water and wastewater construction projects. Roles typically being secondment to the client, but not always.  

What you will contribute to the team

• Delivery on time within cost and to stated quality standards  
• Ensure the embedding of sustainability principles  
• Effective management of health, safety and wellbeing of all those engaged on the project  
• Deliver within specified internal and client governance tolerances  
• Ensure the relevant safety management system has been employed  
• Coordinate and manage contract requirements (NEC) relating to design solutions, construction and commissioning.  
• Collaborate with the Technical lead as per the delivery strategy to ensure excellence in Health and Safety in design.  
• Responsible for capturing cost efficiencies during pre-construction phases without compromising the scope of the projec  
• Responsible for taking the project to the Investment Committee and guarantee the allocation of capital allowing the progress of the project throughout the lifecycle  
• Be accountable for the expenditure, and overall out turn cost for the project including authorisation through specified governance.  
• Ensure effective communication and interfaces with the supply chain and procurement functions.   
• Be responsible for ensuring the change control process is followed including managing and recording all change to time, cost and quality.  
• Active stakeholder management to clarify requirements and agree project objectives and priorities. Maintain stakeholder involvement in key decisions.  
• Manage project risk and opportunities effectively - take responsibility for the identification, allocation and management of the project risk and opportunities, taking effective mitigation measures to reduce risk.  
• Be accountable for the commercial objectives specific to the project - ensure necessary reporting & information is delivered on time, to the required standard.  
• Maintain excellent communications with the client and wider programme team.  
• Be responsible for the project programme. Work with multidisciplinary delivery teams  to update the programme as required.  

Required for the position of Project Manager

• A degree in engineering or project or construction management subject  
• A relevant professional qualification preferably APM  
• Full Membership, or working towards full membership of a relevant chartered body; MAPM, MCIWEM, MICE, MCIOB, MRICS etc.  
• Project management experience across a range of disciplines, contract/procurement  
• Experience of practical application of contracts terms  
• Excellent written and oral communication  
• Able to foster and promote collaborative working relationships
• Flexible to travel to client site 2 - 3 times per week, with potential over night stays

Preferred but not essential

• Experience in the water sector, environment and regulated industrie   
• Experience of working ‘client side’ for utilities companies is advantageous 
• Experience if utilising in NEC Contracts

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. 

About the Business Unit

Mott MacDonald’s Advisory and Programme Delivery (APD) unit delivers both project, programme & commercial management (PPCM) services and advisory solutions across the built environment, defence, energy, water, environmental, transportation, health and care sectors.   We deliver tailored solutions that directly address our clients’ key challenges, combining our world-leading project expertise with unrivalled programme delivery capabilities and advisory services. APD delivers services to projects ranging in scale and complexity up to £20bn, through the technical disciplines of programme management, project management, project controls, scheduling, cost management, estimating, infrastructure finance, management consulting, digital consulting and education, health and care management.   

Environment & Water 

Our multidisciplinary experts help water, wastewater, and government organisations find sustainable, cost-effective solutions to the challenges of climate change, net-zero, water scarcity and environmental protection.   

We work with around half of the UK’s regulated water and wastewater companies, and our work stretches across the entire project lifecycle - from pre-contract cost estimating and benchmarking, to post-contract quantity surveying and commercial assurance.  

For project and programme management, we deliver capital projects on behalf of our clients, both internal and external that range from several hundred thousand pounds in value to major projects and programmes worth over £0.5bn. 

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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