Senior Project Manager/Head of Project Management

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. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual.
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. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. About The Business Unit 
Mott MacDonald’s Advisory and Programme Delivery (APD) unit delivers both project, programme & commercial management (PPCM) services and advisory solutions across the built environment, defence, energy, water, environmental, transportation, health and care sectors. 
We deliver tailored solutions that directly address our clients’ key challenges, combining our world-leading project expertise with unrivalled programme delivery capabilities and advisory services.
APD delivers services to projects ranging in scale and complexity up to £20bn, through the technical disciplines of programme management, project management, project controls, scheduling, cost management, estimating, infrastructure finance, management consulting, digital consulting and education, health and care management. 
Our industry-leading specialist advisory teams offer a range of transformational services that support our core project, programme, and commercial offering, as well as supporting our clients in addressing their business needs. These includes climate change, estimating and cost intelligence, health, safety and wellbeing, land advisory, planning PMO, quality management and risk management.
The specialist advisory team brings together multiple critical services in a connected offering, drawing on cross-sector best practice and expertise. Mott MacDonald is seeking a talented Senior Project Controls Manager experienced in all facets of Project Controls to join our growing team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering purpose-driven PMO and Controls services across a diverse portfolio of infrastructure and built environment projects — including major global programmes. If you're passionate about driving performance, shaping strategy, and making a real impact, we want to hear from you
Analytical skills to prepare and critically evaluate performance measures (inc. Ability to focus on key issues, and drive out mitigating or recovery actions across the project
Good people management and task facilitation skills
Experience of implementing robust project controls processes and toolsets in relevant industries
Required For The Postion Of Senior Project Controls Manager
Due to the nature of this role, offers may be conditional upon obtaining the appropriate level of security clearance
A background working on large scale infrastructure projects in sectors including, but not limited to water, transport, nuclear, defence
Educated to degree level and/or hold a project controls or management qualification (e.g. Planning and Controls, EVM, PMQ, Prince2)
Flexibility to travel and work in different sectors and clients
Experience in Designing, Mobilising and Leading large project, programme and/or portfolio management functions
Risk management and reporting including the use of ARM
Knowledge and proficiency with Primavera (P6) or Microsoft Project and/or other planning and resourcing software;
Create and maintain project schedules that support and align with project requirements;
Reduce uncertainty on projects by adapting project methodology;
Project reporting including monitoring of KPIs;
Undertake project reviews;
Strong stakeholder management experience
Support project managers in maintaining effective and timely change management processes
Monitor and consolidate project plans
PMO experience
We are actively recruiting a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve. UK Immigration
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. 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
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Agile working
Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.
Pension matched up to 7%  
Life insurance 
Continuous development opportunities – because we want you to thrive 
Agile/flexible working – because life isn’t 9-5 
Enhanced parental leave; shared parental leave policies – for parents and care givers 
Annual bonus scheme
Flexible benefits that suit you, including ability to buy/sell annual leave entitlement, cycle to work & interest free season ticket loans
Wellbeing support including access to an independent Employer Assistance Scheme, wellbeing champions and access to learning and support resources
Access to our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability and parents/carers communities
Contract Type: Permanent

Full Time
Discipline: Project controls