Location
UK-wide
Overview of the Role
The Project Manager is responsible for the successful day‑to‑day delivery of multidisciplinary buildings projects across a range of sectors, working under the direction of a Project Principal. The role leads project planning, coordination and control activities across the project lifecycle, ensuring delivery to programme, cost, quality and safety requirements.
Key Responsibilities and Duties
* Manage the day‑to‑day delivery of buildings projects, ensuring scope, programme, cost, quality and safety requirements are met.
* Develop and maintain project plans, programmes, schedules and resource profiles, coordinating inputs from multidisciplinary teams.
* Manage design coordination activities in Design & Build and contractor‑led environments.
* Administer contracts in line with agreed commercial and contractual frameworks, supporting change control, variations and early warnings.
* Identify, track and manage project risks and issues, maintaining risk registers and escalating matters as required.
* Coordinate internal and external stakeholders, including clients, contractors, designers and specialist suppliers.
* Prepare and contribute to project reports, governance reviews and performance updates.
* Support health, safety and wellbeing processes on projects, working with project safety advisors and site teams to ensure compliance with statutory and contractual requirements.
* Manage project information, quality assurance activities and document control processes.
* Contribute to tender submissions, bids and early project shaping activities as required.
* Promote a collaborative, inclusive and delivery‑focused culture within project teams.
Candidate Specification – Essential
* Degree (or equivalent) in Project Management, Construction Management, Engineering or a related discipline.
* Experience delivering medium to large buildings projects within a consultancy, contractor or professional services environment.
* Experience working in Design & Build and/or contractor‑led delivery models.
* Working knowledge of NEC or similar collaborative contracts.
* Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams and managing interfaces.
* Strong project planning, scheduling and project control skills.
* Experience managing project risks, issues and change.
* Good communication skills, including reporting and stakeholder engagement.
* Ability to work both independently and as part of a wider project team.
* Willingness to travel to project sites and client locations as required.
Candidate Specification – Desirable
* Experience across a range of buildings sectors (health, defence, education, aviation, commercial or justice).
* Experience supporting bid and tender activities.
* APM PMQ, MAPM or equivalent professional qualification.
* NEC Accreditation (or working towards).
* Experience working on live construction sites.
* Security clearance or eligibility to obtain clearance (project dependent).
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.
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.
Benefits
* Financial wellbeing
o We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
o Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
o Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long‑term illness or injury.
o Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
o Annual bonus schemes are shared with all colleagues.
* Employee ownership
o Our employee ownership model means no external investors, just us.
o Employees have a stake and a voice in the business, gaining direct connection through personal and group performance bonuses.
o As your career grows, so does your stake, recognizing your long‑term impact and contribution.
o Your voice matters, with the opportunity to connect directly with senior leadership through formal channels.
o Senior roles have a direct pathway towards ownership from day one.
* Health and wellbeing
o Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
o Health cash plan to support everyday health costs and treatments.
o Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
o A variety of wellbeing support included in our comprehensive wellbeing program.
o Flexibility to adjust salary to opt into a range of health benefits, extendable to family.
* Lifestyle
o A minimum of 33–35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays; ability to buy or sell leave.
o Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years' service.
o Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high‑street retailers.
* Enhanced family and carers leave
o Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
o Shared parental leave matches maternity leave, paying up to 24 weeks at full pay.
o Up to five additional days leave for significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.
* Learning and development
o Primary annual professional institution subscription.
o Opportunities to enhance technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self‑development options.
* Networks, communities and social outcomes
o Access to Advanced Employee Networks supporting LGBTQ+, gender, race, disability, and parent/carer communities.
o Opportunity to make a difference within communities through social outcomes.
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