Locations: London, Birmingham, Croydon
Recruiter contact: Ainsley Anstess
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. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.
About the business unit
We help conceive, drive, and implement transport solutions for cities, regions, and asset owners/operators around the globe. From preparing the business case and advising on related issues - such as revenue, procurement, and environmental legislation - to delivering the completed infrastructure and helping maintain it. Our planning, engineering, environmental and management skills cover the whole project cycle. We play a major role in developing and delivering the Global Transport Sector Strategy.
Overview of role
You’ll be a senior member of the team, supporting the growth and development of our Information Management account. You’ll be responsible pipeline of work, training and development of the team whilst promoting the capability and service offering of the Information Management account.
The Information Management account is a team of 40+ digital consultants driving digital transformation on all our major projects, mostly based in Croydon and London with aspirations of increasing our footprint.
Outside of the leadership responsibilities, you’ll act as project lead driving digital transformation on major infrastructure projects. You’ll be involved with the development of strategies, planning of processes and implementation of tools to improve major project delivery. Sometimes this might be working directly with our clients, other times this might be supporting our internal delivery projects.
You will be an advocate for digital ways of working, a promoter of good information management and comfortable working closely with our clients to share our experience.
Your responsibilities will include (but are not limited to):
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Successful management of the client relationship, managing feedback, managing scope change and client expectations
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Responsible for ensuring that projects are delivered successfully for the client and for Mott MacDonald, technically, commercially, and financially
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Leading the technical delivery of consultancy services
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Delivery of a programme of technical solutions as agreed with the client
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Compliance with the Mott MacDonald management, quality, safety and environmental system requirements
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Coordinate and manage contract requirements (industry standard & bespoke contracts)
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Identification and management of the project delivery teams
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Maintaining knowledge of the latest industry and company best practice in digitally-enabled project delivery
Candidate specification
You will be a seasoned Digital professional with experience in the delivery of multi-disciplinary projects from concept to construction. You understand the impact that information management and digital tools has on the design and construction phase of built environment projects. You understand the design process, design risk management, construction programming, tendering process and quality assurance management. You will need to have strong leadership qualities.
You will also be able to demonstrate the following:
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A degree in Civil/ Structural Engineering (or equivalent)
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Experience project managing multi-disciplinary projects, ideally within transport and using the ISO 19650 suite of standards
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Appetite and experience of management, growth and development of teams
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Familiarity with industry standard tools and technologies used during the delivery phase
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Strong communication, team working and problem-solving skills
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Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills
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
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.
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 offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.
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 [email protected] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.
We offer some fantastic benefits including:
Health and wellbeing
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Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
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Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
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Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
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A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
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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
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We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
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Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
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Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
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Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
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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.
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Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
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Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.
Enhanced family and carers leave
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Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
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Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
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Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.
Learning and development
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Primary annual professional institution subscription.
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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
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Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
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Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.
