Senior Project Manager

Job description

As a Senior Project Manager you will be leading and managing your own complex project or portfolio of projects on major water infrastructure schemes. This opportunity will enable you to shape the direction of our growing project management team in the Northwest of England and be part of an organisation delivering nationally significant programmes of work for the benefit of communities across the UK. You will drive innovation of our service delivery and become a trusted member of our clients’ teams – often working in an integrated, collaborative environment with other experts from across Mott MacDonald and the industry.

You will contribute to the team through; 

• 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.
• Deliver complex technical projects within a highly regulated industry
• 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.
• Ensure the effective and efficient close out of all projects
• Controlling the internal and external commercial aspects of projects across a range of contractual arrangements

Required for the position of Senior Project Manager; 

• A degree in engineering or project management subject.
• 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 etc.
• Ideally chartered or working towards chartership (ChPP)
• Substantial project management experience across a range of high risk / high complexity / high value projects and programmes with a strong focus on internal and external stakeholder management and complex risk management
• Be accountable for the expenditure, and the out turn cost for the project including authorisation through specified governance and change control processes.
• Proven track record of managing projects within the Water and Environment Sector
• Proven track record of managing NEC contracts or similar contract arrangements
• Good leadership and people management skills with an ability to build and develop high performing teams

Personal Attributes

• Commitment to our PRIDE values
• Self-motivated, proactive, able to demonstrate initiative and drive in managing time and planning, coordinating and delivering tasks by self and others.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and leadership skills
• Facilitates effective collaboration and team-working across internal and external resources.
• Adept at pre-empting problems and providing solutions
• Strong client and stakeholder relationship building skills
• Delivery of key targets and objectives within the limits of available resources
• Commitment to self-improvement, learning and development
• Commercial awareness, creativity and critical thinking.
• High degree of commercial acumen and knowledge of planning and project controls
• Essential soft skills include self-motivation; taking initiative; leadership adaptability and flexibility; effective listening, collaboration; influence and persuasion, insightfulness.
• Good knowledge and practical application of project / programme management methods, software and toolsets.

Preferred, but not required.

• Experience of working in client organisation in a lead delivery role.
• Experience of CDM regulations