Engineering Project Manager

Location/s

London, Glasgow or Birmingham; can be based anywhere in UK with UK wide travel

Andrea Gaffney

The Buildings Unit (BLD) has a major presence in Mott Mac Donald’s regional offices throughout the UK and mainland Europe, providing a wide range of diverse and transferable cross‑sector skills across five key sectors;
Advisory, Built Environment, Energy, Transportation and Water. We also provide local services to customers and technical leadership to the rest of the Group in these sectors.

Buildings (Defence) is looking for a Project Manager to take an active lead within a growing portfolio, supporting our clients in the UK, within the Defence and Security sector. As well as contributing to the new and existing projects, this position will play an active role in improving our project management processes and approach, driving both delivery excellence and efficiency in our business.

We are specifically looking for individuals with a strong military background, who have an established defence network, and who wish to be involved in challenging, exciting and rewarding infrastructure projects.

This role will involve project coverage across the UK so regular travel to sites will be a requirement.

• Proven experience in the Defence Sector in a project management capacity
• Degree in relevant technical discipline (engineering, science or project management)
• Knowledge of MOD policy, processes and procedures
• Recent, relevant knowledge of the servicing, inspection and maintenance of military vehicles
• Must be eligible to achieve security clearance

• Recognised project or programme management qualification from one of the following: PMI, APM, CMI, RICS, CIOB
• Requirements writing, specifically related to infrastructure projects

Please be advised that offers for this role are conditional upon obtaining the appropriate level of Security Clearance.

Mott Mac Donald 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.

At Mott Mac Donald, 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 offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well‑being, flexibility, and trust.

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 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 reaso and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

• 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.

• Our employee ownership model means no external investors, just us, creating a culture of shared success.
• Our employees have a stake and a voice in our business, giving them a direct connection to our success through our…