Senior Project Manager / NEC Contracts Manager

ZipRecruiter; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global engineering consultancy is seeking a Senior Project Manager in Cambridge, UK. The role involves managing project delivery, engaging with stakeholders, and ensuring compliance with client processes. Ideal candidates will have a degree in engineering or project management and extensive experience in administering NEC contracts. Excellent communication and collaboration skills are essential. Offers benefits including private medical insurance and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Pension contributions

33–35 days holiday

Enhanced family leave

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• A Degree in engineering or project management subject.
• Extensive practical experience of administering NEC contracts.
• Full Membership, or working towards full membership of a relevant chartered body.

Responsibilities

• Manage delivery team and all key stakeholders.
• Clarify requirements and agree project objectives.
• Ensure necessary reporting and information is delivered on time.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Communication skills

Collaboration

Education

Degree in engineering or project management

NEC3 or 4 ECC accreditation

Relevant professional qualification (APM or Prince 2)

Tools

Project Management tools

Scheduling software

Job description

Overview

Job Description

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 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.

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 to transform businesses, communities, and opportunities for its employees?

As a 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. To deliver these by complying with client processes specifically; Project Management, Health & Safety, Commercial, Risk & Value, Budget. 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 - take responsibility for the identification, allocation and management of the project risk and opportunities, taking effective mitigation measures to reduce risk.
• Be accountable for the commercial objectives specific to the project - ensure necessary reporting & 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

Experience
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• 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 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 a UK based business delivering project, programme and commercial management services to regulated water/wastewater clients and the Environment Agency. Our work stretches across the entire 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 our clients, both internal and external that range from several hundred thousand pounds in value to major projects and programmes worth over £0.5 billion. Additionally we are the home of the cost intelligence service, a specialist 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. This decision is as 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.

Equality and Accessibility

We put equality, accessibility, 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.

Agile working

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

We offer some fantastic benefits including

• Health and wellbeing: Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues; Health cash plan; access to Peppy for menopause support; wellbeing program; flexible benefits including extended family coverage.
• Financial wellbeing: Pension contributions matched 4.5% to 7%; Life assurance up to 4x salary (option to 6x); Income protection; Flexible benefits and bonus schemes.
• Lifestyle: 33–35 days holiday; holiday entitlement increases after 5 years; saving schemes and retailer discounts.
• Enhanced family and carers leave: 26 weeks paid maternity/adoption leave; 2 weeks paid paternity/partner leave; shared parental leave up to 24 weeks at full pay; up to five additional days for caring responsibilities.
• Learning and development: Professional subscription; opportunities to develop technical and soft skills through mentoring, training, and self-development.

Application

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