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About the Role

Mott MacDonald's Advisory and Programme Delivery (APD) unit is seeking Senior Project Managers to join their growing Buildings team in London or Reading. This role involves managing multiple projects through RIBA Stages, acting as an integrator for multidiscipline teams, and driving social outcomes by maximizing environmental, social, and economic benefits for communities. The position also includes internal commission management and business development activities to secure new work.

Responsibilities

Advising the client to help them define the strategic brief, including goals and objectives of the project
Support the client to establish and procure the project team
Define the project success factors including time, cost, quality, environmental, and social outcomes
Define and agree project governance structure aligned to client and legislative requirements
Produce a detail project execution plan that outlines how the project will be managed
Establish reporting requirements and production of progress reports
Leading and acting as an integrator of multidiscipline services at all stages of the project life cycle
Establish and manage the change control process
Monitoring and advising upon project performance against success indicators
Implement performance management techniques, including the use of KPI’s to improve project performance
Establish a communication strategy and information management plan and implement this across the project managing the interface between all parties and the client
Team Leadership including managing and mentoring members of the team across multiple projects
Manage our commissions in accordance with our BMS process
Oversee resourcing and commercial performance of our commissions managing risk and maximising opportunities
Capturing project capability and add value evidence through Project Case studies and Client feedback
Supporting account leaders to develop new opportunities for our business including cross-selling our solutions to help our clients overcome challenges
Management of bids through our WIN process
Driving innovation to support efficiency and quality of service delivery

Requirements

Demonstrate alignment with our Mott MacDonald PRIDE values
Demonstratable relevant project management experience in the Buildings Sector
Demonstrable knowledge and application of pre and post contract project management and contract management methodologies
Ability to work both autonomously and as part of a larger team
Be a MAPM / MRICS / MCIOB or equivalent Chartered Professional and working towards ChPP / FRICS/ FCIOB or equivalent

Skills

Relationship building skills –ability to build strong relationships with clients, teams and stakeholders as well as an ability to build and maintain networks of business contacts
Ability to manage and lead teams to maximise performance
Willingness to mentor and coach junior members of the team to support career progression and chartership
Excellent oral and written communication and organisation skills
Soft skills including self-motivation; taking initiative; leadership, adaptability and flexibility
Effective listening, collaboration; influence and persuasion, insightfulness
Drive to innovate and implement best practice

Location

London, UK
Reading, UK

Work Type

Hybrid working

Experience Level

Senior

Education Level

Chartered Professional (MAPM / MRICS / MCIOB or equivalent)
Working towards ChPP / FRICS/ FCIOB or equivalent

Benefits

Pension contributions matched between 4.5% and 7%
Life assurance equal up to 4 x basic salary, with an option to increase to 6 x salary
Income protection scheme providing financial benefit, absence and return to work support
Flexible benefits including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing
Annual bonus schemes
Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues
Health cash plan to support everyday health costs and treatments
Access to Peppy for free support from menopause experts
Variety of wellbeing support through comprehensive wellbeing program
Ability to flex salary for a wide range of health benefits, extendable to family
Minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays (dependent on level)
Ability to buy or sell leave
Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service
Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts
Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave
Two weeks paid paternity/partner leave
Up to five additional days leave for significant caring responsibilities (two paid)
Shared parental leave matching maternity leave (up to 24 weeks at full pay)
Primary annual professional institution subscription
Opportunities to enhance technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development
Membership in Advanced Employee Networks supporting LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities
Opportunities to make a difference within communities through social outcomes

About the Company

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.
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.
We support clients worldwide to ensure their goals and ambitions for construction projects are realised, while maximising sustainability and social value for communities.
Our solutions include cost and project management services for a wide range of central government, local authority and private clients.
We operate right across the building market sector, including workplace, residential, law and order, health, education, retail, sports and commercial property landscapes.
Our vision is to provide added value to our clients’ businesses through high quality services delivered by a dedicated team of built environment advisory experts.

Equal Opportunity

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.