Bristol, United Kingdom / Birmingham, United Kingdom / Cardiff, United Kingdom / Exeter, UK
Country: United Kingdom
Contract type: Permanent
Work pattern: Full Time
Market: Transport
Project programme and commercial management
Position location: Cardiff / Birmingham / Glasgow / Manchester
Recruiter contact: Danielle Judd
We’re 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.
A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs.
Overview of role
Our transportation portfolio is primarily a UK based business working in three key sectors of rail, highways and aviation. We deliver programme, project and commercial management services to clients in mainland Europe, Africa, Middle East, India and Australasia and supporting other parts of the transportation business across the globe. Our vision is to deliver major transportation projects as part of a global business and to establish our wide-ranging consultancy as ‘credible’ and ‘preferred’ for our existing and new clients.
As Project Manager, you will take accountability for the role of successfully delivering a variety of projects, from multi-disciplinary internal teams to external client secondments. Our vision is to deliver excellence to our stakeholders and be the clients first choice provider of PPCM in the ports sector.
The successful management of the development, design stages, delivery and handover of projects as instructed, ensuring:
* Processes and procedures are applied, and any governance protocols followed
* A project management plan is developed and maintained for each project
* Projects are scoped in accordance with agreed project objectives
* Deliverables are clearly identified and executed
* Key parameters of cost, time and quality are achieved providing a coherent and realistic action plan against deficiencies
* Liaise with the projects H&S&W and CDM Representative, acting on advice provided to ensure that project / contractor CDM and Health and Safety compliance matters are satisfactorily discharged and/or adhered to
* Establish effective stakeholder and communication management processes and structures across the project, Client and stakeholder teams, undertaking stakeholder mapping and understanding the role of project influencers, developing strong working relationships where appropriate
* Liaise and work across all commercial, procurement and general project control functions, providing the necessary project management input to deliver projects within the agreed project parameters
* Assess the necessary level of resources and competence in the supply chain teams, taking all necessary reactive measures where required to ensure the required performance
* Successful administration of the NEC suite of contracts for professional and contractor commissions as dictated by the projects, addressing performance to ensure contractually successful outcomes
Candidate Specification
* Degree in project management, or alternatively relevant experience
* Membership of APM, CIOB or RICS
* Substantial project management expertise, some or all in a ports environment
* Understanding of administering contracts including use of NEC
* Strong client and stakeholder relationship building skills
* Effective communication, with clients, project team and account lead
* High degree of commercial acumen and knowledge of planning and project controls
* Ability to create an enjoyable and fulfilling work environment
We offer some fantastic benefits including:
Health and wellbeing
* Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues
* Health cash plan to support you with everyday health costs and treatments
* Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues
* A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family
* Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too
Financial wellbeing
* We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%
* Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary
* Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury
* Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing
* As an independently owned business, we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes
Lifestyle
* A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme
* Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service
* Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers
Enhanced family and carers leave
* Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave
* Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay
* Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid
Learning and development
* Primary annual professional institution subscription
* A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options
Networks, communities, and social outcomes
* Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities
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 can contribute.
Accessibility
We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.
At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team and personal commitments. We embrace agility, flexibility and trust.
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