Location/s: Altrincham, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Croydon, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Sheffield, Southampton; UK
Recruiter contact: Pamela Wray-Slack
About Mott MacDonald
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.
About The Business Unit
We help conceive, drive, and implement transport solutions for cities, regions, and asset owners/operators around the globe. From preparing the business case and advising on related issues – such as revenue, procurement, and environmental legislation – to delivering the completed infrastructure and helping maintain it.
Overview Of The Role
This is an opportunity for an experienced, qualified and enthusiastic project management professional to join our Transport and Mobility Solutions (TMS) team supporting delivery of Highway projects for predominantly contractor clients across the UK. As the Project Director, you will be part of the project senior leadership team with primary accountability for overall technical, financial and commercial performance of projects.
Your Role
You will liaise closely with multiple stakeholders, client and coordinate multi-disciplinary design teams, approve reports and tender documents, oversee cost and schedule and have accountability for the Health and Safety and Quality Assurance aspects of projects. You will also contribute to a technical team and liaise directly with the client, project sponsors and key stakeholders.
Candidate Specification
Essential
* Significant experience of working on highway design and build or contractor led design projects in a project director or other management role.
* Attained chartership with a recognised engineering or project management institution.
* Demonstrate experience of establishing the project team and developing it through leadership, responsible for overall success of the project as per company directives and contractual arrangements, including NEC.
* Experience in the establishment of tender budgets and prices and monitoring of budgets throughout delivery.
* Ability to resolve cost overruns and identify cost reduction measures and/or revenue gain.
* Experience acting as principal point of contact with the client’s senior leadership teams for all commercial and contractual aspects.
* Demonstrate understanding of the Designer’s obligations under the CDM Regs.
* Flexible to travel to client sites or alternative offices when required, possibly for extended periods of time.
Desirable
* Degree in Civil Engineering (or a related subject).
* A Project Management Qualification or working towards such a qualification.
* A working knowledge of risk management in project delivery.
* Experience of managing projects throughout its lifecycle.
Offers for this role are conditional upon obtaining the appropriate level of Security Clearance.
UK Immigration
Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK.
Agile Working
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.
Accessibility
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
Health and wellbeing
* 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.
* Wellbeing support available through our comprehensive programme, including for family.
* Flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family.
Financial wellbeing
* We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
* Life assurance equal up to 4× your basic salary, with option to increase to 6×.
* Income protection scheme providing a financial benefit and support due to long-term illness or injury.
* Flexible benefits including life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
* Annual bonus schemes as part of shared business success.
Lifestyle
* Minimum of 33‑35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with ability to buy or sell leave.
* Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years of service.
* Employee saving schemes and discounts from high‑street retailers.
Enhanced family and carers leave
* 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
* Share parental leave matches maternity leave, up to 24 weeks at full pay.
* Up to five additional days leave for caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.
Learning and development
* Primary annual professional institution subscription.
* Opportunities to enhance technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training and self‑development.
Networks, communities, and social outcomes
* Participation in employee networks supporting LGBTQ+, gender, race, ethnicity, disability and parents/carers communities.
* Opportunity to make a difference through social outcomes.
Apply online to apply for this role. Location: Liverpool, Altrincham, Cambridge, Cardiff, Croydon, Glasgow, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Leeds, Manchester, London, Edinburgh, Bristol, Sheffield, Southampton, Birmingham, Norwich.
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