2026 UK Graduate Technical Project Management Career Path

Job Description

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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

Rail Project Manager – Altrincham, 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.

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.

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.

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: Support projects from initial scheme definition and feasibility through design development, procurement, and contract administration, ensuring robust planning and delivery.

Stakeholder Engagement: Liaise with clients, regulators, technical experts, and community representatives to build strong, collaborative relationships and deliver shared goals.

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

Project Controls: Monitor project cost, schedule, and risk, while upholding the highest standards of Health & Safety, Quality Assurance, and environmental stewardship.

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

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.

As we want the best people for the role, we support flexible working. Please ask us at interview stage about any flexibility you may need.

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024.

Our ethos is to develop, train and retain our graduates and therefore we are looking for a long-term relationship with our graduates. For this reason, we cannot accept applications from candidates who would be working under the Graduate visa route or other time-limited visas, (irrespective of visa duration), due to their temporary nature and the requirement for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route in future.

We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

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 have the opportunity to contribute.

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.

More about 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