Senior Construction Project Manager

Location/s: UK-wide

Recruiter contact: Alice Roostan

Mott Mac Donald'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.

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're looking for a Senior Construction Consultant/Project Manager to join our Advisory and Programme Delivery (APD) business to provide project management support and construction planning/constructability input across multiple sectors.

The role will include holistically managing and planning project delivery, supporting design development through constructability/buildability inputs and developing construction related data and schedules. Early stage input and constructability advice is required for planning authority consultation on the UK's most significant and complex infrastructure programmes.

As Senior Project Manager you will be leading and managing your own complex project or portfolio of projects on major infrastructure schemes.

Additionally, we are looking to increase our internal capability to provide construction planning support and deliver construction and logistics outputs for early stage project delivery. You'll be central to driving project maturity, ensuring design development recognises constructability issues and constraints whilst working closely with Clients, key stakeholders, technical and commercial teams to ensure timelines, risks, and resources are all aligned.

You will provide leadership and where required management to the project team, by demonstrating consistency in managing processes and by helping protect the commercial and delivery interests of the business.

• A degree or similar qualification in engineering or project management subject
• Experience in construction planning and major infrastructure project delivery
• A relevant professional qualification with the APM, PMI or RICS
• Membership of the APM
• Chartered (or working towards chartership) with a relevant chartered body eg. APM (ChPP), CIWEM, ICE, CIOB, RICS
• Proven track record of delivery of projects in the construction industry in regulatory environments
• Strong financial awareness, commercial acumen and analytical skills
• Good leadership and people management skills and an ability to build and develop high performing teams
• Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills
• Flexibility and adaptability to respond rapidly to unexpected events, and an ability to develop creative solutions to problems

Please be advised that offers for this role are conditional upon obtaining the appropriate level of Security Clearance.

Mott Mac Donald 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.

We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces well‑being, flexibility and trust.

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 want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reaso 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…