Mott MacDonald
Senior Project Manager
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Senior Project Manager
Senior Project Manager – Transportation (Highways) – Permanent (Manchester or Birmingham)
About the Role
Looking for a new challenge? Exciting opportunities await to build enduring careers in our transportation portfolio while shaping future infrastructure projects!
As a Senior Project Manager, you’ll lead and deliver multi-million-pound highways projects within the built environment and infrastructure sectors. The role offers unparalleled impact, continual growth, and the chance to shape the legacy of transport solutions that define future communities.
Key focus areas:
- Highways & major infrastructure
- Client-facing project management with stakeholder alignment
- Contractual excellence through NEC3/4 NEAT delivery
Position Overview & Vision
Joining Mott MacDonald’s Advisory & Programme Delivery (APD) unit, you’ll manage the entire project lifecycle—from inception to handover—ensuring contractual agreements are met via NEC Suite governance, rigorous cost/quality/time controls, and collaborative leadership across international highways networks.
Mott MacDonald seeks change drivers beyond project delivery: your operational influence will help establish us as the preferred consultancy of choice for transport leaders worldwide.
Key Responsibilities
Responsible for end-to-end management of complex highways projects:
Core Delivery
- Lead construction-to-delivery framework under NEC3/4/viring suites, representing the client/contractor’s interests on contracts worth £50M+, with strict contract compliance.
- Develop, revise, and maintain project management plans aligned with cost, time, and quality objectives.
- Scope and execute projects while balancing agreed objectives, deliverables, and key performance metrics, ensuring actionable fortifications for risks.
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Stakeholder & Governance
- Health, Safety, and Welfare (H&S&W) compliance driven championing: coordinate with CDM Representatives, ensuring contractors/advisory adherence to safety protocols and mitigating health-related risks.
- Deploy effective stakeholder management, liaising across:
- Clients & contract parties
- Statutory/regulatory authorities
- Proactive digital & consenting engagement pipelines
Commercial & Operational Positioning
- Collaborate with procurement, commercial control, and finance functions, ensuring project execution aligns with financial parameters.
- Assess supply chain and contractor capabilities, addressing performance envelopes through proactive interventions.
Candidate Requirements
Essential Criteria
✔ NEC3/4 Accreditation or equivalent experience in NEC Suite project delivery/evolve roles. ✔ Proven track record with multi-disciplinary infrastructure/built environment (highways) projects, including:
- Client-facing Project Management
- Comprehensive team leadership through approval and post-construction phases.
- Built ambient influences on civil engineering, transportation executives, and private/public sector clients. ✔ APM, CIOB, RICS membership or tangible steps towards earning such credentials.
Familiarity & Skills
- Foundational understanding of commercial procurement processes (pace setting, partnering, real assets experience).
- Strong stakeholder empathy building critical cross-teams, commercial functions.
Mott MacDonald: Why We Shine
Value Delineation: Benefits Overview
- Employee Financial Health*:* – Pension support: match contributions between 4.5%–7%. – PIM** safeguards away from income shocks.
- Healthcare & Wellbeing:* – £ and 5x salary cover options via group life assurance. – Dedicated corporate medical insurance, covering families/independents.
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Lifestyle Offerings
- Extended Holiday: 33–35 days/year scaling to 35 days+ post 5 years service.
- Play Time: Milestone benefits for Reservists/CFA Veterans.
Shared Success
- Profit Switch: Proft switching programs embedding financial agency for staff at every tenure bracket.
- Proportional Equity: Pathways to stakeholder ownership premised on tenure and organizational impact.
Not Sponsored: UK Immigration Context
Due to legislative changes to the UK’s Skilled Worker route in April 2024, we no longer apply for sponsorship under this scheme. Applicants must qualify on alternate UK immigration pathways freedom from ‘skilled sponsorship’ needs. Mirrors align expectations for eligibility.
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How to Proceed?
For inquiry/advice during the journey, tailor your query at:
Danielle Judd (Recruiter)
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About Mott MacDonald
A global leader in infrastructure, consultancy, management, and sustainability. Serving environments like:
- Defence Systems
- Civil Infrastructure Networks
- Thirdness: Offgriding Services
- Urban Growth & Water Management
Located at office installations within Manchester or Birmingham this role capitalizes on our acute hunger to offer clients rigorous transformative solutions.
Mott MacDonald champions equitable inclusion, hybrid flexibility where individual evaluative talents are amplified. Go boldly. Deliver brilliantly. Mate with a legacy.
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