Senior Project Manager - Detail Design

Project programme and commercial management

Mott Mac Donald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices.

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About thebusinessunit

The Energy unit delivers services to clients globally across several sectors including hydropower, nuclear, waste, renewable generation and transmission & distribution networks. Together we provide integrated engineering and project management services across the project lifecycle – from concept and design to construction and operations, to decommissioning or repowering and life extension. Together with our clients, we’re helping to deliver the energy transition globally.

Overview of the role

The Energy Transition team within our Energy unit is looking for multiple Project Managers to run our major multidisciplinary FEED and Detailed Design projects in this growing portfolio, supporting Clients in the UK and across Europe as part of the energy transition. As well as contributing to these new and existing projects, this position will play an active role in improving our project management processes and approach, driving both delivery excellence and efficiency in our business.

The primary responsibility of this position is to successfully lead the delivery of multi-disciplinary design projects including civils, process, electrical, mechanical protection and control and secondary design disciplines.

Key responsibilities and duties include:

Deliver Project Management for complex Energy projects such as OCGT and CCGT projects at feasibility, FEED and detailed design phases

Delivering project scope to time quality and cost Building and managing strong relationships with senior client representatives as well as internal stakeholders

Establishing effective communications across the whole project delivery team Taking the lead on problem solving and decision making

Controlling internal and external commercial aspects of the project under the contract arrangements

Managing risk to the business and to the client

Work effectively on several projects concurrently to deliver to tight deadlines

It is expected that you will be able to demonstrate the following:

Proven success in the delivery of Energy sector design projects working for a designer, a contractor, or major industry client within the energy sector

Experience of managing multidisciplinary teams

Experience in contract administration

Knowledge and experience in approaches to change management, risk management, schedule and cost management, along with all other aspects of project management

Ability to make complex decisions, ensuring policies and procedures are adhered to, accepting responsibility for own actions

Creates a work environment which promotes health, safety, and wellbeing

This role will provide an excellent opportunity to further develop your career in a highly supportive and collaborative environment across the Energy sector and provide exposure to some exciting energy transition projects that will protect the environment and reduce carbon emissions There will be a specific emphasis on supporting and growing our project management capabilities and on developing initiatives to improve our service delivery.

Relevant engineering or management degree or relevant successful experience in project…