Country: United Kingdom
Contract type: Permanent
Work pattern: Full Time
Market: Defence and security
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Recruiter contact: Danielle Judd
Hiring manager contact: Matt Young
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.
We are proud to be one of Glassdoor’s top employers to work for in the UK, as well as being recognised as a Top Inclusive Company in the UK.
Owing to the organic expansion of our Defence portfolio, we have a unique opportunity for Quantity Surveyors to join our fast-growing teams in the Southwest. This role involves being part of some of the most complex and challenging projects in the UK today.
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 qualifications 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
* 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.
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.
If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like us to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us.
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