Senior​/Principal Project Manager

Location/s:Madrid or Seville; ES
Recruiter contact: Maria Cervantes

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.

Our Water Utility Division and Water Consultancy Division both have ambitious growth plans aligned with the significant investment needs of AMP8 (2025–2030) and the broader water sector, particularly in the development of Strategic Resource Options to address future water supply challenges. We are proud of our strong reputation in the industry, which is allowing us to expand our business across both divisions.

Together, we cover all phases of the project lifecycle—from feasibility studies through detailed design, construction support, and commissioning to handover and provide specialist technical support to colleagues across our global business. This offers fantastic opportunities to get involved in diverse and technically complex work.

We are looking for a driven Senior or Principal Project Manager to play a pivotal role within our water engineering team. As a Senior or Principal Project Manager, you will work with and manage a multidisciplinary team of technical specialists, delivering projects in close partnership with clients and contractors, building strong relationships that will enhance the company’s reputation and help secure further work.

In this role, you will lead the design of innovative and sustainable solutions to address leakage challenges, clean water provision and sewage disposal across our water utility client’s assets, vital to meet the ever‑growing societal demands of development, population growth and climate change. Some of these projects are emergency work and reactive in nature - so you will need to lead fast‑paced design, whilst managing change and impacts on the other projects within the wider programme.

You will be expected to coordinate project teams throughout the project lifecycle from design definition through to implementation, fulfilling all aspects to successfully manage projects including business management system compliance, technical quality assurance, programme and cost control management as well as leading client interface. You will sometimes work closely with contractors, often on site, reacting to queries and changes. You will represent the company in meetings and supervise the work of more junior staff, providing technical and commercial guidance to support their development.

Mott Mac Donald offers a highly innovative and collaborative environment within which to further develop your career. We can offer development in technical, management or client‑facing directions. You will have control of your own career path and great prospects for career progression as the business continues to grow.

We are seeking a Senior or Principal Engineering Project Manager with strong UK clean / potable water and/or wastewater infrastructure experience.

• Experience in clean / potable water pipeline design and/or wastewater network and associated infrastructure design and/or treatment works.
• Civil Engineering or other relevant degree.
• Full professional membership of a relevant chartered body.
• Experience of working in multi‑disciplinary water engineering projects with…