Principal Consultant Asset Management

Day to day you will lead the delivery of advisory projects, helping to manage concurrent priorities across the team; to support, manage, and direct more junior staff, whilst providing both leadership and technical guidance. Providing end-to-end trusted advice to support to our clients, as well as bringing an established network of contacts to the role that will help foster growth of the business, whilst also keeping abreast of industry best practice. We want you to be a proactive participant across the asset management markets. It's important that you take every opportunity to enhance the Mott MacDonald brand and highlight our capabilities.

You will play a key role in supporting our clients to understand and improve the condition, performance and compliance of their assets. Working across a diverse portfolio—spanning public sector buildings, complex estates, and operational environments—you will help inform investment decisions, manage risk, and support reliable service delivery.

Our work focuses on achieving measurable outcomes: improving safety, compliance, value for money, and user experience. You will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, operational stakeholders and senior client decision-makers to deliver practical, evidence-led solutions that drive better whole-life performance of buildings.

Candidate specification

We are looking for someone who has a proven track record of asset management in Buildings and who is proactive and enthusiastic about providing quality service to clients across the broader Asset Management Sector. It's important that we find someone who has a demonstrable passion for delivering asset management excellence. A track record in successful project delivery, or significant elements of major project delivery and familiarity with the principles of lean and agile working, are also important.

We are a dynamic and growing team and are challenged to thinking big and scale up fast, which will require a high degree of agility and co-operation across the whole team. To thrive, you'll need strong analytical and leadership skills, be comfortable working with disruptive technologies and at times challenge current practice.

If this sounds like you, we'd also like you to have:

• Relevant delivery experience in management consultancy or asset management
• A solid track record working within the Buildings sector, preferably Healthcare across London estates or similar complex environments
• Experience of developing asset management capabilities within organisations and maturing the organisational approach to asset management
• Experience in assessing, analysing and presenting asset condition and performance insights to inform decision-making
• Experience supporting or leading the development of asset management strategies, lifecycle plans and investment cases
• Strong delivery skills and project management experience, ability to lead projects and manage a team of consultants
• Eagerness to develop new skills and commit to further expanding your knowledge within different areas of asset management
• Creative problem-solving skills and ability to diagnose issues and develop tailored solutions
• Proven experience in supporting clients through key transitions, such as project-to-operations handover, readiness assessments or mobilisation phases
• Institute of Asset Management certificate or diploma are desirable

Other desirable qualities include:

• Relationship building skills—ability to develop strong client, team and stakeholder relationships, with confidence engaging at both technical and senior levels
• Ability to interpret data, draw insights and present recommendations clearly and succinctly
• A proactive, self-motivated approach, demonstrating initiative, leadership and adaptability when working autonomously or within wider teams
• Experience optimising cost, lifecycle investment and whole-life performance
• Strong communication skills, both spoken and written, with the ability to prepare concise reports, dashboards or briefings for client audiences
• A commitment to continuous improvement, innovation and adopting best practice in asset management and building performance

In addition, periods of travel are expected to be able to support the UK (and on rare occasions international) business.

Please be advised that 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. 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.

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.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

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.

Employee Ownership

• Our employee ownership model means no external investors, just us, creating a culture of shared success.
• Our employees have a stake and a voice in our business, giving them a direct connection to our success through our personal and group performance bonuses.
• As your career grows, so does your stake, recognising your long-term impact and contribution.
• Your voice matters, with the opportunity to connect directly with senior leadership through formal channels to help shape our future.
• For our senior roles you will have a direct pathway towards ownership from day one.