Senior Project Manager

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices.

We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve.

Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best.

Overview of the Role

The Energy Transition team within our Energy unit is looking for Project Managers to run our major multidisciplinary FEED and Detailed Design projects in this growing portfolio, supporting Clients in the UK and across Europe as part of the energy transition.

The primary responsibility is to successfully lead the delivery of multi-disciplinary design projects including civils, process, electrical, mechanical protection and control and secondary design disciplines.

Key responsibilities and duties include:

• Deliver Project Management for complex Energy projects such as OCGT and CCGT projects at feasibility, FEED and detailed design phases
• Deliver project scope to time quality and cost
• Build and manage strong relationships with senior client representatives as well as internal stakeholders
• Establish effective communications across the whole project delivery team
• Take the lead on problem solving and decision making
• Control internal and external commercial aspects of the project under the contract arrangements
• Manage risk to the business and to the client
• Work effectively on several projects concurrently to deliver to tight deadlines

Qualifications

It is expected that you will be able to demonstrate the following:

• Proven success in the delivery of Energy sector design projects working for a designer, a contractor, or a major industry client within the energy sector
• Experience of managing multidisciplinary teams
• Experience in contract administration
• Knowledge and experience in approaches to change management, risk management, schedule and cost management, along with all other aspects of project management
• Ability to make complex decisions, ensuring policies and procedures are adhered to, accepting responsibility for own actions
• Create a work environment which promotes health, safety, and wellbeing

Candidate Specification

Essential:

• Relevant engineering or management degree or relevant successful experience in project management of energy sector projects
• Proven delivery of multidisciplinary design projects
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to adapt and work on multiple projects simultaneously in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
• Collaborative skills: the job of Project Manager requires that they work with cross-functional teams potentially located in different countries, so it is vital that they can work with people from various backgrounds

Desirable:

• Experience within the Energy sector
• Experience across all stages of the project lifecycle
• Relevant PM qualifications (eg PMQ, PMP, Prince 2)

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

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

Benefits

• Competitive annual leave
• Private medical insurance
• Continuous development opportunities – because we want you to thrive
• Annual bonus scheme - subject to Company performance
• Wellbeing support including access to an independent Employer Assistance Scheme, wellbeing champions and access to learning and support resources
• The opportunity to make a difference; learn more about our social outcomes

Location: Genova, IT

Contract Type: Permanent

Work Pattern: Full Time

Market: Energy

Discipline: Project programme and commercial management

Job Ref: 12904

Recruiter Contact: Maria Cervantes