2026 UK Graduate Technical Project Management Career Path

Job description

Are you ready to shape a better tomorrow?  Join us as a Graduate Project Manager and become part of a team that’s passionate about creating meaningful change through infrastructure, energy, and transport projects that serve communities and protect our planet.

As we continue to grow, we’re looking for talented graduates to join our collaborative and inclusive teams across the UK. You’ll work alongside experienced professionals in technical advisory, design management, and project management, contributing to projects that make a real difference – from transforming public buildings to supporting the transition to net zero.

Why Join Us? 

Purpose-Driven Work: Our projects help address the climate emergency, improve public services, and enhance everyday life. We partner with national and local government departments, developers, investors, and infrastructure operators to deliver impactful solutions.

Supportive Environment: You’ll be part of a caring and empowering culture that values your wellbeing and personal growth. We celebrate achievements and encourage continuous learning.

Inclusive & Collaborative Teams: Diversity is our strength. We foster a workplace where everyone feels respected, heard, and supported.

Opportunities for Growth: From day one, you’ll be trusted with meaningful responsibilities and supported through a structured development programme.

What You’ll Be Doing 

As a Graduate Project Manager, you’ll contribute to:

• Engaging with clients, end users, statutory bodies, and stakeholders
• Project programming and financial planning
• Feasibility studies and options appraisals
• Contract administration and design coordination
• Building trusted relationships with clients and colleagues
• Supporting and learning from experienced advisory consultants

Sectors You Could Work In:

• Buildings: Infrastructure, Education, Defence, Health
• Energy: Transmission & Distribution, Nuclear Generation
• Rail Systems
• Transport Planning

Buildings – Altrincham, Birmingham, Belfast, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Croydon, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield.

Our buildings team has a wealth of experience in supporting clients at the early stage of infrastructure and built environment projects. Our clients include national and local Government departments, developers, investors, and infrastructure operators.

Our work involves engaging with our clients to facilitate delivery of their projects. Those projects can involve the construction of new buildings, the development and optimisation of their existing estate as well as a huge number of other opportunities. With the specific skillset of engineering expertise and project management there is a vast opportunity in Mott MacDonald on a huge variety of projects.

As part of our commitment to creating social outcomes we partner with our key clients to improve the performance of their estates.  This includes working with them to modify buildings to minimise energy demand and support net zero carbon operation, in order to address the climate emergency.
As a graduate in one of these teams, you will support with the following activities:

• Engaging with clients, end users, statutory bodies, and other key stakeholders
• Project programming
• Options appraisals and feasibility Studies
• The coordination and management of engineering disciplines and design.
• Financial planning and management
• Contract administration
• Developing client relationships
• Working as part of a team of advisory consultants, and supporting other members of the team

Energy – Transmission & Distribution – Brighton, Cambridge, Glasgow and Manchester

As a Graduate Project Manager in our Transmission and Distribution team, you’ll play a vital role in delivering projects that keep energy accessible and networks resilient as the UK accelerates toward Net Zero. You’ll be part of a forward-thinking team, supporting the development and delivery of major energy infrastructure projects from inception to completion.

Energy – Nuclear and Defence – Altrincham and Glasgow

As a Graduate Project Manager in our Nuclear team, you’ll play a vital role in delivering safe, sustainable, carbon-free power for communities across the UK. Our teams support both the development of new nuclear power projects and the safe decommissioning of legacy sites, ensuring a positive, long-term impact on society and the environment.

You’ll be part of a trusted network that understands the complexities of nuclear technology and is committed to the highest standards of safety, innovation, and integrity.

Your journey will include: 

Project Lifecycle Involvement: Contribute to scheme definition, feasibility studies, design development, procurement, and contract administration for large-scale investment plans.

Stakeholder Engagement: Liaise closely with clients, sponsors, and a diverse range of stakeholders—including utilities, transmission operators, EPC contractors, and regulatory bodies—to ensure project success.

Team Collaboration: Coordinate multi-disciplinary teams, manage the production of reports and tender documents, and support the delivery of high-quality, innovative solutions.

Project Controls: Monitor project cost and schedule and uphold the highest standards of Health & Safety and Quality Assurance.

Technical Contribution: Help deliver projects that advance clean energy, support safe decommissioning, and drive innovation in nuclear technology.

Rail – Altrincham, Croydon, London, Manchester,

As a member of the Project Management Team, you will work within a team developing and delivering Rail projects from inception to handover and completion. This will include scheme definition, feasibility, design development, procurement and Contract Administration.

Your role will require you to liaise closely with multiple stakeholders and clients, co-ordinate multi-disciplinary design teams, draft and manage the production of reports and tender documents, monitor cost and schedule and manage the Health & Safety and Quality Assurance aspects of projects.

You will be confident in contributing to a technical team and as a key member of a project team, liaising directly with the client, project sponsors and key stakeholders when necessary.

Transport – Bristol, Liverpool, London

As a Graduate Project Manager in our Transport Mobility Solutions (TMS) division, you would have the opportunity to work on a variety of transportation projects – from early-stage planning and modelling to the design of cycling, highway, and light rail schemes.

You would begin your career supporting a Project Manager across project control roles, gaining experience in cost, risk, commercial, programme, and change management. You would progress into an Assistant Project Manager taking on more responsibility for coordinating teams and delivering outputs to scope, budget, and schedule. Eventually, you’ll lead projects independently as a Project Manager, working in partnership with the Project Director and Project Technical Lead and progress towards formalising your role and experience through professional qualifications and chartership.

As part of your application, you’ll have the opportunity to tell us your preferred sector and location.

Candidate Specification 

At Mott MacDonald, we’re looking for curious, motivated graduates who want to make a real difference.  Join our purpose-driven teams where your ideas matter, your growth is supported, and your work enhances the world we live in.

To be eligible for this opportunity, you will have less than 12 months’ relevant experience (excluding placements) and have a minimum of a bachelor’s degree (obtained no earlier than 2024) or expected to achieve one of the following degree disciplines:

• Construction Project Management
• Construction Management
• Engineering Discipline
• Environmental Project Management
• Quantity Surveying (for buildings)

In your application, you should aim to demonstrate your genuine interest in both the opportunity and in joining Mott MacDonald. You can do this by highlighting any relevant experience or interests—such as modules you’ve studied, previous work experience, or any research you’ve undertaken about our company, values, and projects.

We personally review every completed application we receive as our selection process is entirely human led – we do not use AI tools and kindly expect you not to either. We want you to answer each application question with authenticity so we can get to know the real you. Joining us a graduate is your opportunity to shape your own story.

We are looking for graduates with the following strengths:

• Proactively takes initiative to complete tasks efficiently and independently.
• Communicates effectively and clearly with clients and colleagues.
• Delivers high quality written work with strong attention to detail and clarity.
• Demonstrates a structured and analytical approach to problem solving.