Lead Buildings Project Manager – Defence & Regulated Estates

MOTT MACDONALD; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Personal pension contributions matched

Life assurance 4x salary

Income protection

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 sectors, reporting to a Project Principal. The role covers projects including defence infrastructure and secure government estates, with focus on governance, risk management, and stakeholder coordination.

The successful candidate will manage planning, design coordination, contracts, and performance reporting, while working within a regulated, security-conscious environment

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in Project Management, Construction Management, Engineering or related discipline.
• Experience delivering medium to large buildings projects within a consultancy, contractor or professional services environment.
• Experience working in Design & Build and/or contractor-led delivery models.
• Working knowledge of NEC or similar collaborative 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 both independently and as part of a wider project team.
• Willingness to travel to project sites and client locations as required.
• Experience delivering projects within highly regulated, secure or mission-critical environments.

Responsibilities

• Manage the 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

Degree in PM/Engineering

Building projects experience

Design & Build experience

NEC or similar contract knowledge

Multidisciplinary coordination

Project planning & scheduling

Risk & change management

Communication & stakeholder engagement

Willingness to travel

Education

Degree in PM/Construction/Engineering

Tools

NEC

Job description

Mott MacDonald is seeking a Project Manager to lead the day-to-day delivery of multidisciplinary buildings projects across sectors, reporting to a Project Principal. The role covers projects including defence infrastructure and secure government estates, with focus on governance, risk management, and stakeholder coordination.

The successful candidate will manage planning, design coordination, contracts, and performance reporting, while working within a regulated, security-conscious environment