Contract Type: Permanent
Work Pattern: Full Time
Market: Defence and security
Discipline: Project programme and commercial management
Job Ref: 5640
Location/s: Plymouth / Exeter / Bristol
Recruiter contact: Danielle Judd
Hiring manager contact: Becky Penn
Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy. Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities, and employee opportunities.
Owing to the organic expansion of our Defence portfolio, we have a unique opportunity for Project Managers to join our fast-growing teams in the Southwest. This is a unique opportunity to be involved in some of the most complex and challenging projects in the UK today. We are looking to attract the finest talent to be part of this journey as we mobilise for a number of key opportunities across a broad portfolio of Defence programmes.
What you will contribute to the team:
* Ownership of and responsibility for the successful delivery of your project
* Development and delivery of business cases
* Preparing and maintaining schedules, including dependencies and resources
* Identifying and monitoring project risks and opportunities
* Quality management processes for project activities and outputs
* Managing stakeholders, taking account of their levels of influence and particular interests
* Establishing and maintaining project governance reviews
* Developing and managing teams
Required for the position of Project Manager:
* Educated to Degree level or equivalent in a relevant subject
* Full UK Driving Licence
* APM PMQ level qualified or equivalent (e.g. Managing Successful Programmes, PRINCE2 Practitioner)
* Member of the Association for Project Management (MAPM)
Please be advised that offers for this role are conditional upon obtaining the appropriate level of Security Clearance.
Flexible to travel with the potential of overnight stays.
Preferred, but not required:
* Excellent oral and written communication and organisation skills
* Good analytical thinking and research skills
* Well-developed planning and organisational skills and ability to continue to completion existing projects and initiatives
* Essential soft skills include self-motivation; taking initiative; leadership, adaptability and flexibility; effective listening, collaboration; influence and persuasion, insightfulness
* Computer literacy in Microsoft applications
About the business unit:
Mott MacDonald’s Advisory and Programme Delivery (APD) unit delivers both project, programme & commercial management (PPCM) services and advisory solutions across various sectors.
We deliver tailored solutions that directly address our clients’ key challenges, combining our world-leading project expertise with unrivalled programme delivery capabilities and advisory services.
Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK.
Equality, diversity and inclusion:
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 encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.
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