Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager

Do you want to work for a company whose purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes, and to transform businesses, communities, and opportunities for it’s employees?

Mott MacDonald is a global consultancy whose people do exactly that.

As a Senior Project Manager you will be leading and managing your own complex project or portfolio of projects on major water infrastructure schemes. This opportunity will enable you to shape the direction of our growing project management team in the Northwest of England and be part of an organisation delivering nationally significant programmes of work for the benefit of communities across the UK.





You will drive innovation of our service delivery and become a trusted member of our clients’ teams - often working in an integrated, collaborative environment with other experts from across Mott MacDonald and the industry.

Position Location: Altrincham, UK / Manchester, UK / Liverpool, UK / Warrington, UK / Cumbria, UK

You will contribute to the team through;

- Manage project risk and opportunities effectively - take responsibility for the identification, allocation and management of the project risk and opportunities, taking effective mitigation measures to reduce risk.
- Be accountable for the commercial objectives specific to the project - ensure necessary reporting & information is delivered on time, to the required standard.
- Deliver complex technical projects within a highly regulated industry
- Maintain excellent communications with the client and wider programme team.
- Be responsible for the project programme. Work with multidisciplinary delivery teams to update the programme as required.
- Ensure the effective and efficient close out of all projects






- Controlling the internal and external commercial aspects of projects across a range of contractual arrangements

Required for the position of Senior Project Manager;

- A degree in engineering or project management subject.
- A relevant professional qualification with the APM or Prince 2.
- Full Membership, or working towards full membership of a relevant chartered body; MAPM, MCIWEM, MICE etc.
- Ideally chartered or working towards chartership (ChPP)
- Substantial project management experience across a range of high risk / high complexity / high value projects and programmes with a strong focus on internal and external stakeholder management and complex risk management
- Be accountable for the expenditure,





and the out turn cost for the project including authorisation through specified governance and change control processes.
- Proven track record of managing projects within the Water and Environment Sector
- Proven track record of managing NEC contracts or similar contract arrangements
- Good leadership and people management skills with an ability to build and develop high performing teams

Personal Attributes

- Commitment to our PRIDE values
- Self-motivated, proactive, able to demonstrate initiative and drive in managing time and planning, coordinating and delivering tasks by self and others.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and leadership skills
- Facilitates effective collaboration and team-working across internal and external resources.






- Adept at pre-empting problems and providing solutions
- Strong client and stakeholder relationship building skills
- Delivery of key targets and objectives within the limits of available resources
- Commitment to self-improvement, learning and development
- Commercial awareness, creativity and critical thinking.
- High degree of commercial acumen and knowledge of planning and project controls
- Essential soft skills include self-motivation; taking initiative; leadership adaptability and flexibility; effective listening, collaboration; influence and persuasion, insightfulness.
- Good knowledge and practical application of project / programme management methods, software and toolsets.

Preferred, But Not Required.

- Experience of working in client organisation in a lead delivery role.






- Experience of CDM regulations
- Significant experience of NEC contracts and their practical application

About The Business Unit

The Advisory and Programme Delivery (APD) unit delivers management services in all the sectors that Mott MacDonald operate in the Built Environment, Defence, Energy, Water, Transportation and, Education, Health and Care.

The Unit 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.







Our environment and water portfolio is primarily a UK based business delivering project, programme and commercial management services to regulated water/wastewater clients and the Environment Agency.

Our work stretches across the entire project lifecycle, from pre-contract cost estimating and benchmarking to post contract QS services and commercial assurance.

For project and programme management we deliver capital projects on behalf of our clients, both internal and external that range from several hundred thousand pounds in value to major projects and programmes worth over £0.5billion.

Additionally we are the home of the cost intelligence service, a specialist team of data analysts and economists who provide expert advice across all sectors on inflation and indexation.







We currently work with around half of the UK’s regulated water and wastewater companies.

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.

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 [email protected] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

Agile working

Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.

We Offer Some Fantastic Benefits Including

Health and wellbeing

- Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
- Health cash plan to support you with every day 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.

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.

Lifestyle

- 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 and carers leave

- Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
- Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
- Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.

Learning and development

- 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.

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

- Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
- Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.

Apply now, or for more information about our application process, click here.

Country: United Kingdom

Position Location: Altrincham, UK / Manchester, UK

Contract Type: Permanent

Work Pattern: Full Time

Sector: Advisory

Discipline: Project programme and commercial management

Job Ref: 1546

Recruiter Contact: Sacha Kelly

▶️ Senior Project Manager
🖊️ Mott MacDonald
📍 Altrincham