Principal Project Manager

About the Role

The Project Manager role within the Transport and Mobility Solutions team supports highway projects for contractor clients across the UK. Reporting to the Project Director and working alongside a Design Manager, the role leads design‑and‑build or contractor‑led projects from tendering through to handover, overseeing technical quality, safety, risk, change control, programme, resources and commercial performance. • Participation in employee networks supporting LGBTQ+, gender, race, disability and parent/carer communities.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸project management
• ▸design‑build
• ▸tendering
• ▸safety
• ▸risk
• ▸commercial

What You Bring

The position requires close liaison with multiple stakeholders, coordination of multidisciplinary design teams, production of reports and tender documents, and monitoring of cost, schedule, health and safety and quality assurance. The successful candidate must have full awareness of health and safety legislation, the ability to manage design‑build environments, and strong relationship skills to resolve complex design and construction issues. Offers for the role are conditional on obtaining the required security clearance and the company does not sponsor Skilled Worker visas following recent UK Government changes. Mott MacDonald promotes agile, hybrid working, and is committed to equality, diversity, inclusion and accessibility throughout the recruitment process. • Significant experience on highway design‑and‑build or contractor‑led design projects in a management role. • Chartered status with a recognised engineering or project management institution. • Proven ability to establish and lead project teams, delivering project success under company directives and contractual arrangements such as NEC. • Experience preparing tender budgets, monitoring costs, resolving overruns and identifying cost‑saving or revenue‑generating measures. • Ability to manage project capital, invoicing and act as the principal contact for client design, engineering, commercial and procurement teams. • Understanding of designer obligations under the CDM regulations. • Flexibility to travel to client sites or alternative offices for extended periods. • Degree in Civil Engineering or related subject. • Project Management qualification or progress towards one. • Working knowledge of risk management in project delivery. • Demonstrated experience managing projects through their full lifecycle.

Requirements

• ▸chartered
• ▸civil engineering
• ▸project management
• ▸highway design
• ▸nec
• ▸risk management

Benefits

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues. • Health cash plan covering everyday health costs. • Free access to Peppy menopause support for all UK staff. • Comprehensive wellbeing programme offering support for employees and families. • Salary‑flex options to opt into a wide range of health benefits for staff and family. • Company match of employee pension contributions (4.5‑7%). • Life assurance up to 4 × basic salary, optional increase to 6 × salary. • Income protection scheme providing financial benefit and return‑to‑work support for long‑term illness or injury. • Flexible benefits including additional life cover, critical illness insurance, payroll savings and will writing. • Annual bonus schemes sharing the business’s financial success with colleagues. • Minimum 33‑35 days annual holiday (including public holidays), with buy‑or‑sell leave options. • Holiday entitlement rises to at least 35 days after five years of service. • Employee saving schemes and discounts with high‑street retailers. • 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave; two weeks paid paternity/partner leave. • Shared parental leave matching maternity pay up to 24 weeks at full salary. • Up to five additional days for significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid. • Annual subscription to a professional institution. • Access to mentoring, formal training and self‑development opportunities to enhance technical and soft skills.

Work Environment

Hybrid