Mott MacDonald is 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.
We are proud to be one of Glassdoor's top employers to work for in the UK, as well as being recognised as a Top Inclusive Company in the UK. Our values are Progress, Respect, Integrity, Drive, and Excellence.
Transportation
Our transportation portfolio is primarily a UK-based business working in three key sectors of rail, highways, and aviation. We deliver programme, project, and commercial management services to clients in mainland Europe, Africa, Middle East, India, and Australasia, and support other parts of the transportation business across the globe.
Overview of role
As a Senior Project Manager, you will manage your own projects or workstreams on major Transportation projects. This opportunity will enable you to support the development of this growing and diverse business whilst progressing your own career.
The focus of this exciting new role and opportunity is to help build the growing business and to support our clients by winning and delivering high-quality project and programme management services that contribute to society and make the communities in which we live and work better.
What will the role offer?
You will have opportunities to work on some of the UK's largest Transportation projects, working with key clients and with experts from across Mott MacDonald and the industry. We are passionate about collaborating to deliver high-quality solutions with a focus on sustainability, social value, and technical excellence.
* Rail – We provide support to major rail infrastructure projects across the UK, including Crossrail, HS2, and Northern Powerhouse Rail.
* Highways – We work closely with National Highways, supporting them on a variety of projects across the UK.
* Ports – Our Ports team covers aviation and maritime projects, and we are seeing a lot of growth in this area with opportunities at key airports in the UK as well as further afield.
* Local Authority – We support a wide range of local authorities across the country with their transportation projects, which often cover elements of rail, highways, sustainability, and social value.
Main duties:
* The successful management of the development, design stages, delivery, and handover of projects as instructed, ensuring processes and procedures are applied, and any governance protocols are followed.
* A project management plan is developed and maintained for each project.
* Projects are scoped in accordance with agreed project objectives.
* Deliverables are clearly identified and executed.
* Key parameters of cost, time, and quality are achieved, providing a coherent and realistic action plan against deficiencies.
* Liaise with the projects H&S&W and CDM Representative, acting on advice provided to ensure that project/contractor CDM and Health and Safety compliance matters are satisfactorily discharged and/or adhered to.
* Establish effective stakeholder and communication management processes and structures across the project, Client, and stakeholder teams.
* Liaise and work across all commercial, procurement, and general project control functions, providing the necessary project management input to deliver projects within the agreed project parameters.
* Assess the necessary level of resources and competence in the supply chain teams, taking all necessary reactive measures where required to ensure the required performance.
* Successful administration of the NEC suite of contracts for professional and contractor commissions as dictated by the projects, addressing performance to ensure contractually successful outcomes.
Candidate Specification
Required for the position of Senior Project Manager:
* Experience working on large transport infrastructure projects.
* Membership of the APM.
* Chartered (or working towards).
* Experience of managing NEC contracts.
* Substantial project management expertise across a wide range of disciplines, contract/procurement routes, and market sectors.
* Experience of managing and leading large project teams to successful outcomes.
* High degree of commercial acumen and knowledge of planning and project controls.
* Ability to operate both autonomously and as a part of a larger team.
* Excellent IT Skills – Word/Excel/PowerPoint.
* Strong communication skills, including writing reports and presenting.
* Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with clients, stakeholders, colleagues, and the supply chain.
* Ability to demonstrate a flexible approach to work.
* Flexibility to travel to client sites and other MM offices.
* NEC accreditation (3 or 4).
* Experience working with Network Rail, National Highways, or a similar UK organisation.
* Line management or team leader experience.
Benefits
* Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
* Health cash plan to support you with everyday 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.
* 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.
* 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 leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
* 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.
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.
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.
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