Project Manager, Project & Program Management, Regulatory Compliance Specialist

Birmingham, United Kingdom / Brighton, United Kingdom / Bristol, United Kingdom / Cambridge, United Kingdom / Croydon, United Kingdom / Edinburgh, United Kingdom / Glasgow, United Kingdom / London, United Kingdom / Manchester, United Kingdom / Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Country

United Kingdom

Contract type

Permanent

Work pattern

Part Time, Full Time

Market

Buildings

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.

We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual.

Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued.

Whatever your ambition, Mott Mac Donald is where people come to be brilliant.

The Buildings Unit (BLD) has a major presence in Mott Mac Donald’s regional offices throughout the UK and mainland Europe and focuses on the delivery of complex buildings projects across a range of sectors. Our work spans health, defence, education, justice, aviation, commercial and mixed-use developments, as well as major and complex buildings programmes within cities and communities. We provide both local delivery and technical leadership across the Group’s buildings portfolio.

The Project Manager is responsible for the successful day-to-day delivery of multidisciplinary buildings projects across a range of sectors, working under the direction of a Project Principal.

The role leads project planning, coordination and control activities across the project lifecycle, ensuring delivery to programme, cost, quality and safety requirements. It suits individuals with experience working in Design & Build and contractor-led environments, managing complex interfaces between design teams, contractors, clients and stakeholders.

The successful candidate will be expected to take ownership of project delivery activities and provide leadership to project teams whilst supporting the development of more junior project management professionals.

This role provides a clear development pathway towards Project Principal roles.

• Manage the day-to-day delivery of buildings projects, ensuring scope, programme, cost, quality and safety requirements are met
• Develop and maintain project plans, programmes, schedules and resource profiles, coordinating inputs from multidisciplinary teams
• Manage design coordination activities, supporting delivery in Design & Build and contractor-led environments
• Administer contracts in line with agreed commercial and contractual frameworks, supporting change control, variations and early warnings where applicable
• Identify, track and manage project risks and issues, maintaining risk registers and escalating matters as required
• Coordinate internal and external stakeholders, including clients, contractors, designers and specialist suppliers
• Prepare and contribute to project reports, governance reviews and performance updates
• Support health, safety and wellbeing processes on projects, working with project safety advisors and site teams
• Manage project information, quality assurance activities and document control processes
• Contribute to tender submissions, bids and early project shaping activities as required
• Support and mentor Assistant Project Managers and graduate team members
• Promote a collaborative, inclusive and delivery-focused culture within project teams
• Degree (or equivalent) in Project Management, Construction…