Delivery Lead — Secure Buildings & Defence Projects

MOTT MACDONALD; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Pension contributions match 4.5%–7%

Life assurance up to 4x salary

Annual bonus schemes

Employee ownership

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Mott MacDonald is seeking a Project Manager to lead the day-to-day delivery of multidisciplinary buildings projects across various sectors, within a highly regulated and secure environment. The role emphasizes planning, risk control, and stakeholder engagement across design, build, and contractor-led settings.

You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams, administer contracts, and support tendering activities while promoting a collaborative, delivery-focused culture.

Qualifications

• Degree in Project Management, Construction Management, Engineering or related discipline.
• Experience delivering medium to large buildings projects in consultancy, contractor or professional services.
• Experience in Design & Build and/or contractor-led delivery models.
• Working knowledge of NEC or similar forms of contract.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams and managing interfaces.
• Strong project planning, scheduling and project control skills.
• Experience managing project risks, issues and change.
• Good communication skills, including reporting and stakeholder engagement.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a wider project team.
• Willingness to travel to project sites and client locations.
• Experience delivering projects within highly regulated, secure or mission-critical environments (defence, government, etc).
• Experience delivering defence sector projects.
• Experience supporting bid and tender activities.
• APM PMQ, MAPM or equivalent qualification.
• NEC Accreditation
• Experience on live construction sites.
• Security clearance/proximity experience or eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day delivery of buildings projects, ensuring scope, programme, cost, quality and safety requirements are met.
• Develop and maintain project plans, programmes, schedules and resource profiles, coordinating inputs from multidisciplinary teams.
• Manage design coordination activities, supporting delivery in Design & Build and contractor-led environments.
• Administer contracts in line with agreed commercial and contractual frameworks, supporting change control, variations and early warnings where applicable.
• Identify, track and manage project risks and issues, maintaining risk registers and escalating matters as required.
• Coordinate internal and external stakeholders, including clients, contractors, designers and specialist suppliers.
• Prepare and contribute to project reports, governance reviews and performance updates.
• Support health, safety and wellbeing processes on projects, working with project safety advisors and site teams to ensure compliance with statutory and contractual requirements.
• Manage project information, quality assurance activities and document control processes.
• Contribute to tender submissions, bids and early project shaping activities as required.
• Promote a collaborative, inclusive and delivery-focused culture within project teams.
• Support project delivery for clients operating within regulated, secure or defence environments, ensuring effective coordination of stakeholder and project requirements where applicable.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Planning & control

Risk & change management

NEC contract knowledge

Interdisciplinary coordination

Communication skills

Willingness to travel

Regulated environments experience

Education

Degree in Project Management, Construction Management, Engineering or related discipline

Tools

NEC contracts knowledge

Contract administration

Job description

Mott MacDonald is seeking a Project Manager to lead the day-to-day delivery of multidisciplinary buildings projects across various sectors, within a highly regulated and secure environment. The role emphasizes planning, risk control, and stakeholder engagement across design, build, and contractor-led settings.

You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams, administer contracts, and support tendering activities while promoting a collaborative, delivery-focused culture.