Project Director

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Location/s: Altrincham, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Croydon, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Sheffield, Southampton – UK.

Recruiter contact: Madeleine Knight.

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 defines our future and makes 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.

We help conceive, drive, and implement transport solutions for cities, regions, and asset owners/operators around the globe. From preparing the business case and advising on related issues – such as revenue, procurement, and environmental legislation – to delivering the completed infrastructure and helping maintain it. Our planning, engineering, environmental, and management skills cover the whole project cycle. We play a major role in developing and delivering the Global Transport Sector Strategy.

This is an opportunity for an experienced, qualified, and enthusiastic project management professional to join our Transport and Mobility Solutions (TMS) team supporting the delivery of Highway projects for predominantly contractor clients across the UK. As the Project Director, you will be part of the project senior leadership team with primary accountability for overall technical, financial, and commercial performance of projects.

You may report to a Project Board, oversee a Project Manager and Design Manager, and work with the wider team developing and delivering Highway projects from inception to handover and completion. This includes primarily leadership of Design and Build or contractor-led projects from tendering and contract negotiation and administration, to detailed design and construction site services. You will liaise closely with multiple stakeholders, client and co-ordinate multi-disciplinary design teams, approve reports and tender documents, oversee cost and schedule, and have accountability for the Health and Safety and Quality Assurance aspects of projects.

As a professional, you have full awareness of Health & Safety legislation and how it’s applied to the design and construction process within the highways sector. You will have the ability to deliver in the demanding design and build environment and demonstrate relationship skills to deal with potential conflicting client needs, including resolution of complex design/construction issues.

• Significant experience of working on highway design and build or contractor-led design projects in a project director or other management role.
• Attained chartership with a recognised engineering or project management institution.
• Demonstrate experience of establishing the project team and developing it through leadership, being responsible for the overall success of the project as per company directives and various contractual arrangements, including NEC.
• Experience in the establishment of tender budgets and prices and monitoring of budgets throughout delivery.
• Ability to resolve cost overruns and identify cost reduction measures and/or revenue gain.
• Experience of acting as principal point of contact with the client’s senior leadership teams for all commercial and contractual aspects.
• Demonstrate understanding of the Designer’s obligations under the CDM Regs.
• Due to the nature of our work you are flexible to travel to client sites or alternative offices when required, possibly for extended periods of time.

• Degree in Civil Engineering (or a related subject).
• A Project Management Qualification or working towards such a qualification.
• A working knowledge of risk management in project delivery.
• Ideally be able to demonstrate experience of managing projects throughout its…