Project Director

Join Mott MacDonald as a Project Director to deliver challenging highway projects across the UK. The role requires strong technical leadership, financial acumen, and the ability to manage complex stakeholder relationships. Overview of the Role You will be part of the senior leadership team, overseeing the overall technical, financial and commercial performance of highway projects. Leading Design and Build or contractor‑led projects from tendering to delivery, you will liaise with clients, sponsors and multidisciplinary design teams, approve tender documents, and ensure health, safety and quality standards are met. Candidate Specification The ideal candidate brings extensive experience in high‑impact highway design, strong commercial and contractual skills, and a proven track record of leading large multidisciplinary teams. Essential Significant experience leading highway design and build or contractor‑led design projects in a project director or comparable management role Attained chartership with a recognised engineering or project management institution Demonstrated experience establishing and leading the project team through full contractual life cycle, including NEC contracts Experience establishing tender budgets and monitoring budgets throughout delivery, with ability to resolve cost overruns and identify cost reduction measures Acted as principal point of contact with the client’s senior leadership teams for all commercial and contractual aspects Clear understanding of the Designer’s obligations under CDM Regulations and Health & Safety legislation Flexible to travel to client sites or alternative offices when required, possibly for extended periods Desirable Degree in Civil Engineering or related subject Project Management Qualification or working towards such a qualification Working knowledge of risk management in project delivery Experience managing projects through their full life cycle 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. We Offer Some Fantastic Benefits Including Health and wellbeing Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues Health cash plan to support everyday 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 programme, 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, 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, ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes Locations Based in the UK, locations include Liverpool, Sheffield, Leeds, Birmingham, Newcastle, London, Norwich, Bristol, Croydon, Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Cambridge, Southampton, and Altrincham. Recruiter Contact Madeleine Knight Contract Type Permanent Work Pattern Full Time Market Transport Discipline Project programme and commercial management Job Ref 11917 #J-18808-Ljbffr