Senior Project Manager – Secure Buildings & Defence Programs

Mott MacDonald; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Pension matching

Life assurance

Health plan

Flexible benefits

Annual bonus

Employee ownership

Learning & development

Generous holidays

Job summary

Mott MacDonald is seeking a Project Manager to lead day-to-day delivery of multidisciplinary buildings projects across sectors, including defence infrastructure and secure estates. You’ll drive planning, coordination, and governance under a Project Principal, with emphasis on risk management and stakeholder engagement.

The role suits those with Design & Build and contractor-led experience, offering a development pathway toward Project Principal roles and a hybrid working policy to balance site

Qualifications

• Degree in Project Management, Construction Management, Engineering or a 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, such as defence, government, aviation, nuclear or similar sectors.

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

Project management

Construction management

Design & Build

Contract administration

Stakeholder engagement

Planning & scheduling

Risk management

Education

Degree in Project Management, Construction Management, Engineering or related

Tools

NEC contracts

Job description

Mott MacDonald is seeking a Project Manager to lead day-to-day delivery of multidisciplinary buildings projects across sectors, including defence infrastructure and secure estates. You’ll drive planning, coordination, and governance under a Project Principal, with emphasis on risk management and stakeholder engagement.

The role suits those with Design & Build and contractor-led experience, offering a development pathway toward Project Principal roles and a hybrid working policy to balance site