Assistant Project Manager

MOTT MACDONALD; Manchester; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working policy

Private medical insurance

Life assurance up to 4x salary

Employee ownership

Job summary

Mott MacDonald Ltd. is seeking an Assistant Project Manager to support delivery of major infrastructure projects across the UK. You will collaborate with a team of 40 project management professionals, providing controls, planning, and reporting to multidiscipline teams.

We offer a hybrid working policy, development opportunities, and a pathway to Chartered status as you progress your career within the company.

Qualifications

• Achieved APM PFQ or equivalent
• Working towards APM PMQ or equivalent
• Bachelor's degree in PM or engineering and working towards Chartership
• PM expertise across multiple disciplines, contracts, procurement, and market sectors
• High commercial acumen and knowledge of planning and project controls
• Ability to work autonomously and in a team
• Excellent IT skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Strong written and verbal communication and report presentation
• Ability to build relationships with clients and stakeholders
• Flexible approach and travel to client sites and MM offices

Responsibilities

• Support the Project Manager on delivery of projects and workstreams
• Provide project controls and planning support to multidisciplinary teams
• Contribute across client sites and MM offices within a matrix structure
• Collaborate with senior leadership and project principals across portfolios

Skills

APM PFQ

APM PMQ

Communication skills

MS Office

Commercial acumen

Autonomous worker

Relationship building

Flexibility to travel

Education

Bachelor's degree in PM or engineering

Working towards Chartership

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Location/s

London, Croydon, Manchester, Leeds; UK

Recruiter contact

Alice Roostan

About the business unit

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.

Overview of the role

As an Assistant Project Manager you will support the Project Manager on delivery of projects or workstreams on major infrastructure projects. This opportunity will enable you to support the development of this growing and diverse business whilst progressing your own career.

You will operate within a team of 40 project management professionals, providing project controls and planning support to projects delivered by our multidiscipline technical teams. Infrastructure projects will typically range from small renewals (£100k) through to large (£3m+) D&B schemes involving stations, bridges, access‑for‑all upgrades, track, signalling, telecoms, electrification and plant, traction power, overhead catenary and tunnel systems. Rolling stock projects will typically involve either new fleet procurement or fleet life‑extension. Most of our projects will also include a systems engineering and assurance workstream.

We operate in a matrix structure, so you will have dual lines of reporting. Your discipline line of reporting will be via our Head of Discipline for Project Management. Each of your projects will have a Project Principal, within the client portfolio(s) to which you are assigned.

We play a role in many of the UK's largest and most complex rail projects. We offer a great environment in which you can develop your career as a project professional.

Candidate specification

Essential:

• Achieved APM Project Fundamentals Qualification (PFQ) or equivalent
• Working towards APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) or equivalent
• Bachelors degree qualification or equivalent in Project Management or a relevant engineering discipline, and working towards Chartership
• Project management expertise across a wide range of disciplines, contract / procurement routes and market sectors
• High degree of commercial acumen and knowledge of planning and project controls
• Ability to operate both autonomously and as a part of a larger team
• Excellent IT Skills – including Word / Excel / PowerPoint
• Strong communication skills including writing reports and presenting
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with clients, stakeholders, colleagues and the supply chain
• Ability to demonstrate a flexible approach to work
• Flexibility to travel to client sites and other MM offices

UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

Agile working

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 offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well‑being, flexibility, and trust.

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 [e-mail] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

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.

Employee Ownership

• Our employee ownership model means no external investors, just us, creating a culture of shared success.
• Our employees have a stake and a voice in our business, giving them a direct connection to our success through our personal and group performance bonuses.
• As your career grows, so does your stake, recognising your long‑term impact and contribution.
• Your voice matters, with the opportunity to connect directly with senior leadership through formal channels to help shape our future.
• For our senior roles you will have a direct pathway towards ownership from day one.

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day 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.

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.
• 10 days additional paid leave for Armed Forces Reservists and Cadet Force Adult Volunteers.
• 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.
• We offer policies and dedicated support to help military families balance service life with career and wellbeing.

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.
• We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and Gold Award holders in the MOD Employer Recognition Scheme, supported by our dedicated internal Armed Forces Network.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.

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