Project Director

Job Description

Location: Birmingham

Recruiter Contact: Nicole Keeling

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’s differences and striving to meet their needs.

Our values: Progress, Respect, Integrity, Drive, Excellence.

Project Director

As Project Director, you’ll take the lead of a team who will be managing workstreams on major infrastructure projects in the transport sector. You’ll play a key part in driving the development and growth of our diverse business by supporting existing clients and using your work winning experience to gain new business and contribute towards the delivery of high-quality project and programme management services that contribute to society and improve the communities in which we live and work.

A bit about the team

We operate in Aviation, Highways, Rail and Maritime. Our vision is to deliver major transportation projects as part of a global business and to establish our wide-ranging consultancy as ‘credible’ and ‘preferred’ for our existing and new clients.

Day to day duties include:

• Developing strong and robust relationships within rail and local authority company clients supported by client account management plans.
• Developing strong and robust internal relationships within Mott MacDonald
• Supporting staff recruitment and growth of our accounts
• Growing and developing key accounts within Mott MacDonald in response to organisational needs and Mott MacDonald strategy
• Identifying opportunities, converting them into firm prospects (tracked and managed)
• Driving the bidding process, converting prospects into projects ensuring bids are technically and commercially sound
• Supporting project delivery, engaging expertise where required from across the Unit and wider Mott MacDonald
• Managing risk and commercial performance on projects for their Accounts: A Project Director will have a number of Bid and Project Principals reporting to them
• Promoting account leadership across the wider business
• Complying with Mott MacDonald business management and quality assurance processes.
• Working effectively with Technical Principals, and Sector/Practice Leaders to bring the right resources to deliver the project to client’s satisfaction while meeting additional Mott MacDonald project targets.
• Running appropriate account meetings with client and senior level management involvement
• Taking steps to reduce the likelihood and impact of client issues
• Reporting management information into monthly senior leadership meetings
• Monitoring of finances and utilisation on projects against budgets

Required for the position of Project Director:

• Experience in the UK Transportation sector
• Experience leading a consultancy offering in the UK Transport sector
• Professionally qualified
• Strong communication skills including writing reports and presenting
• Right behaviours; in developing and building relationships, ethics and being a team player
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with clients, stakeholders, colleagues and the supply chain
• Ability to demonstrate a flexible approach to work
• Flexibility to travel to client sites and other MM offices
• Preferred but not essential:
• Existing relationships with Network Rail, Department for Transport (DfT) and Local Authorities

What will the role offer?

You will have opportunities to work on some of the UK’s largest Transportation projects, working with key clients and with experts from across Mott MacDonald and the industry. Not only are we passionate about collaborating to deliver high quality solutions with a focus on sustainability, social value and technical excellence, but we are also passionate about our employees wellbeing and ensuring we can support their career progression.

Some examples of the areas that you may be able to work on;

Rail – We provide support to major rail infrastructure projects across the UK. We are particularly proud to be involved with HS2, EWR and Northern Powerhouse Rail along with a large number of other projects.

Highways – We work closely with National Highways supporting them on a variety of projects across the UK.

Ports – Our ports team covers aviation and maritime projects and we are seeing a lot of growth in this area with opportunities at key airports in the UK as well as further afield.

Local Authority – we support a wide range of local authorities across the country with their transportation projects. These projects often cover elements of rail, highways, sustainability and social value.

Mott MacDonald is proud to support the professional development of all employees, funding one professional membership per year and providing learning and development opportunities to support team members as they progress to chartership.

We are actively recruiting a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve. We recognise that differences in ability, skills and experience are a strength and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.

Lifestyle

• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.

Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.

Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.

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 reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

Agile working

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team and personal commitments. We embrace agility, flexibility and trust.