Associate Project Director

Mace; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Mace Consult is seeking an experienced associate director - project management to provide strategic leadership across roads and highways on a major infrastructure programme in West London. You will lead senior project management and technical delivery, ensuring robust modelling, planning and governance across the programme.

You will manage multidisciplinary teams, coordinate with statutory stakeholders, and drive risk, reporting and assurance.

Qualifications

• Extensive highways project delivery experience.
• Experience supporting development consent order processes.
• Ability to advise senior programme leadership regarding dependencies, risks and key decisions.
• Experience managing interfaces between planning, design, construction, modelling and assessment teams.
• Ability to prepare technical papers, recommendations, briefings and reports for senior governance forums.
• Ability to identify and manage risks affecting consent, cost, programme or delivery.
• Membership of RICS, CIOB, APM, ICE or equivalent demonstrable professional development.

Responsibilities

• Managing PMO and project controls performance across commissions.
• Implementing effective controls frameworks, strategies and methodologies.
• Building strong client and stakeholder relationships.
• Delivering performance reporting, reviews and monthly reporting.
• Integrating planning, risk management and controls disciplines.
• Providing technical expertise across PMO and project controls.
• Aligning controls activities with client requirements.
• Supporting net-zero transition through carbon management and reduction.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Risk management

Governance & assurance

Senior stakeholder communication

Education

Professional affiliations (RICS/CIOB/APM/ICE or equivalent)

Job description

Mace combines construction expertise with consultancy to unlock potential in every person or project and redefine the boundaries of ambition. Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey.

The Project

Mace Consult is looking for an experienced associate director - project management to provide strategic leadership across roads, highways on a major infrastructure programme in West London.

You will provide senior project management and technical leadership, ensuring transport strategies, modelling and assessments are robust, evidence-based and aligned with programme, consenting and stakeholder requirements. Acting as a senior client-side representative and trusted adviser, you will lead multidisciplinary teams and external consultants, provide effective challenge and assurance, and work closely with statutory stakeholders such as National Highways and local highway authorities.

You’ll Be Responsible For

• Managing PMO and project controls performance across assigned commissions.
• Implementing effective controls frameworks, strategies and methodologies.
• Building strong client and stakeholder relationships.
• Delivering performance reporting, reviews and monthly reporting.
• Integrating planning, risk management and controls disciplines.
• Providing technical expertise across PMO and project controls.
• Aligning controls activities with Mace and client requirements.
• Supporting net-zero transition through carbon management and reduction.

You’ll Need To Have

• Experience supporting development consent order processes.
• Major infrastructure experience preferably highways.
• Providing clear advice to senior programme leadership regarding highways-related dependencies, risks, opportunities and key decision points.
• Experience managing multiple interfaces (planning, design, construction, modelling and assessment teams).
• Ability to oversee preparation of technical papers, recommendations, briefings, reports and presentations for senior stakeholders and governance forums.
• Ability to identify and manage risks associated with strategy, modelling, stakeholder alignment and technical scope that could affect consent, cost, programme or delivery.
• Experience maintaining appropriate governance and assurance across the workstream, ensuring key decisions, assumptions and dependencies are effectively managed.
• Strong understanding of the planning act 2008 and EIA requirements relating to highways, transport and surface access.
• Membership of RICS, CIOB, APM, ICE or equivalent demonstrable professional or personal development.
• Extensive experience in the successful preconstruction and delivery phase of projects and programmes in the Highways sector.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen.
• Leadership and management experience of large, diverse teams.
• Experience of managing relationships with key senior stakeholders.
• Knowledge of how carbon and sustainability considerations will shape the outlook of the projects you are working on.
• Ability to work on site in west London 4 days per week.

Our values

Safety first - Going home safe and well: We champion a safe, diverse and inclusive working environment, understanding the importance of wellbeing in every team.

Client focus - Deliver on our promise: We own the quality of deliverables, strategic outcomes and build long term relationships with our clients.

Integrity - Always do the right thing: We influence positive outcomes within our industry, while always aligning with our compliance obligations.

Create opportunity - For our people to excel: We champion a continuous improvement culture throughout all activities, inspiring our people and teams to develop.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.

We are also open to discussing part time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.