Junior Project Manager jobs in United Kingdom

Project programme and commercial management

Location/s: Cambridge, UK
Relocation supported: Not supported, but internal applications are welcome
Recruiter contact: Andrea Gaffney
Hiring manager contact: Cat Baird

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.

The Buildings Unit (BLD) has a major presence in Mott MacDonald’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.

Key responsibilities and duties include:

• Act as the central point of coordination for all members of the TA team
• Manage the interface between the TA team and the Design Team Lead
• Ensure timely and effective collaboration among all TA disciplines
• Oversee the delivery of services to ensure they meet quality, time, and budget expectations
• Ensure that all statutory and client approvals are obtained as required
• Lead the preparation and submission of all required documents and reports
• Maintain ongoing consultation with the client and design team throughout all project stages
• Ensure that communication is clear, consistent, and responsive to client needs
• Identify and manage changes to the scope of services, including those arising from client instructions
• Maintain comprehensive records of decisions, approvals, and project progress
• Preparation and maintenance of programmes and schedules, including dependencies and resources
• Identify and monitor project risks and opportunities
• Lead project governance reviews
• Successful administration of the JCT suite of contracts (or similar) for professional and contractor commissions as dictated by the projects, addressing performance to ensure contractually successful outcomes
• Liaise with the project’s health, safety and wellbeing representative, acting on advice provided to ensure that project / contractor CDM and Health and Safety compliance matters are satisfactorily discharged and/or adhered to
• Project management expertise across a range of disciplines, contract/procurement routes and market sectors
• Expert communication skills including writing reports and presenting
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with clients, stakeholders, colleagues and the supply chain
• Ability to demonstrate a flexible approach to work, this may involve regular travel to construction sites / client offices
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving
• Strong leadership and team coordination
• Technical rigour and attention to detail
• Experience working on education sector ideally DfE Framework projects, or equivalent across other sectors
• APM Chartered Project Professional status (ChPP), or equivalent Chartership
• Ability to operate both autonomously and as a part of a larger team
• Line management or team leader experience

Application deadline is midnight on Sunday, 30 November. Please note, we may contact successful candidates before the closing date and may close the advert early, depending on the volume of applications.

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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.

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.

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 reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day 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 program, 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.

• 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.

• 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.
• 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 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.

• 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.

• 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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