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Location: Reading, Brighton, London, Cambridge, Bristol; UK
Recruiter contact: Aoife Cullen
Overview Of The Role
As an Assistant Project Manager, you will be a motivated and detail-oriented individual to support the delivery of environment and water infrastructure projects. The ideal candidate will have an awareness of NEC contracts and a strong understanding of project lifecycle management within regulated sectors. This role offers the opportunity to work on high-impact projects that enhance the environment, water quality, promote sustainability, and improve community resilience to environmental challenges, such as climate change and flood risk management.
Key Responsibilities And Duties
* Assist in the planning, execution, and monitoring of water and environment projects under NEC3/NEC4 contracts
* Support the Project Manager or Senior Project Manager in managing scope, budget, schedule, and risk across multiple workstreams
* Coordinate with stakeholders including clients, contractors, consultants, and regulatory bodies
* Prepare and maintain project documentation including programmes, risk registers, early warnings, and compensation event records
* Ensure compliance with environmental legislation, health & safety standards, and contract obligations
* Attend site visits, progress meetings, and contribute to quality assurance and performance reviews
* Assist in procurement activities and contract administration in line with NEC principles
Candidate Specification
Essential
* Degree in Civil Engineering, Environmental Science, Project Management, or related discipline
* 3+ years of experience in project delivery within the water or environmental sector
* Awareness of NEC3 or NEC4 contracts (ECC, PSC, or TSC)
* Actively working towards MAPM, ChPP, MCIWEM, MICE, MCIOB, MRICS etc
* Strong organisational and communication skills
* Project management experience across a range of high risk / high complexity / high value projects and programmes with a strong focus on internal and external stakeholder management and complex risk management
* Knowledge of CDM regulations
* Ability to work a minimum of 2 days per week in the nominated office
* Able to foster and promote collaborative working, have a can‑do attitude and a willingness to learn and develop
Desirable
* Working experience of NEC PSC and ECC
* Experience across the full project lifecycle
* Experience working in the environment and water sector
UK Immigration
Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. 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.
Benefits
We Offer Some Fantastic Benefits Including
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.
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.
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.
Seniority Level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment Type
* Full-time
Job Function
* Project Management and Information Technology
Industries
* Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
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