Senior Project Manager / NEC Contracts Manager

MOTT MACDONALD-4; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A global engineering consultancy in Cambridge is seeking a Senior Project Manager to oversee the successful delivery of complex projects. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in project management, extensive knowledge of NEC contracts, and a degree in engineering or project management. This position offers a competitive salary and an opportunity to work in a supportive and inclusive environment with strong values of progress and respect.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Health cash plan

Flexible working

Minimum 33 days holiday

Enhanced family leave

Qualifications

• Extensive practical experience of administering NEC contracts.
• Project management experience across a range of disciplines.
• Experience delivering complex construction and infrastructure projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage the entire scope required for successful delivery of projects.
• Be accountable for the commercial objectives specific to the project.
• Maintain excellent communications with the client and wider programme team.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Excellent communication

Collaborative working

Education

Degree in engineering or project management

NEC3 or 4 ECC accreditation

Professional qualification with APM or Prince 2

Tools

NEC contracts knowledge

Job description

Overview

Location: Cambridge, UK

Recruiter Contact: Sacha Kelly

Mott MacDonald

We're a global engineering, management, and development consultancy. Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients' businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.

A fundamental part of this is respecting each person's differences and striving to meet their needs. We are proud to be a Glassdoor top employer in the UK and recognised as a Top Inclusive Company in the UK.

Our values: Progress, Respect, Integrity, Drive, Excellence.

Do you want to work for a company whose purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes and transforming businesses, communities, and opportunities for its employees?

Position

Senior Project Manager

You will be responsible for the entire scope required for successful delivery of projects including: appraisal, planning, detailed design, construction and delivery phases. You will deliver these by complying with client processes specifically in Project Management, Health & Safety, Commercial, Risk & Value, and Budget. You will manage a delivery team and all key stakeholders.

What you will contribute to the team

• Active stakeholder management to clarify requirements and agree project objectives and priorities. Maintain stakeholder involvement in key decisions.
• Manage project risk and opportunities effectively – identify, allocate and manage project risk and opportunities with effective mitigation measures to reduce risk.
• Be accountable for the commercial objectives specific to the project – ensure necessary reporting and information is delivered on time, to the required standard.
• Maintain excellent communications with the client and wider programme team.
• Be responsible for the project programme. Work with multidisciplinary delivery teams to update the programme as required.

Required for the position of Senior Project Manager

• A Degree in engineering or project management subject
• NEC3 or 4 ECC accreditation
• Extensive practical experience of administering NEC contracts
• A relevant professional qualification with the APM or Prince 2
• Full Membership, or working towards full membership of a relevant chartered body (MAPM, MCIWEM, MICE, MCIOB, MRICS, etc.)
• Project management experience across a range of disciplines, contract/procurement
• Experience delivering complex Construction and Infrastructure projects
• Strong working knowledge of NEC contracts
• Excellent written and oral communication
• Able to foster and promote collaborative working relationships

Preferred, but not essential

• Experience of managing projects within the Water and Environment Sector
• Experience delivering complex utilities projects
• Background of working within a consultancy/client side environment

We are actively recruiting a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve. We recognise that differences in ability, skills and experience are a strength and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.

About the business unit

The Advisory and Programme Delivery (APD) unit delivers management services in all the sectors that Mott MacDonald operate in the Built Environment, Defence, Energy, Water, Transportation and Education, Health and Care.

The Unit delivers services to projects ranging in scale and complexity up to £20bn, through the technical disciplines of Programme Management, Project Management, Project Controls, Scheduling, Cost Management, Estimating, Infrastructure Finance, Management Consulting, Digital Consulting and Education, Health and Care Management.

Environment and Water

Our environment and water portfolio is primarily UK based, delivering project, programme and commercial management services to regulated water/wastewater clients and the Environment Agency. Our work spans the project lifecycle, from pre-contract cost estimating and benchmarking to post-contract QS services and commercial assurance. For project and programme management we deliver capital projects on behalf of clients, ranging from several hundred thousand pounds to major projects and programmes worth over £0.5 billion. We are also the home of the cost intelligence service, a team of data analysts and economists who provide expert advice across all sectors on inflation and indexation. We currently work with around half of the UK's regulated water and wastewater companies.

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. We welcome applications from candidates eligible for alternative immigration routes that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in the future.

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

If you are disabled or need support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us and we will talk about how we can support you.

Agile working

Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.

Benefits

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support everyday health costs and treatments.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A comprehensive wellbeing program with support 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.

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance up to 4 x basic salary (option to increase to 6 x).
• Income protection and return-to-work support for long-term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance, critical illness insurance, payroll saving, and will writing.
• Bonus schemes and shared financial success as an independent, employee-focused business.

Lifestyle

• Minimum of 33-35 days holiday per year, with the option to buy or sell leave.
• Holiday entitlement increases to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• Discounts and saving schemes with various retailers.

Enhanced family and carers leave

• 26 weeks paid maternity/adoption leave and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Shared parental leave up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days of care-related leave, two paid.

Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• Opportunities to develop technical and soft skills through mentoring, training, and self-development.

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join groups supporting LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• Contribute to communities through our social outcomes.

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