Senior Project Manager

Location/s: Madrid, Spain 
Recruiter contact: Maria Marchidan
 

Mott MacDonald

We’re a global engineering, management, and development consultancy. 
Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities. 

A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs. 

We are proud to be a one of Glassdoor’s top employers to work for in the UK, as well as being recognised as a Top Inclusive Company in the UK.

Our values: Progress, Respect, Integrity, Drive, Excellence. 

About the role

Our Energy Networks team within our Energy unit is looking for a Senior Project Manager to lead our energy infrastructure design and energy advisory projects in a growing portfolio, supporting our clients in the transition to decarbonisation in the UK and across Europe as part of the energy transition.  As well as contributing to these 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.

This role will provide an excellent opportunity to further develop your career in a highly supportive and collaborative environment across the Energy sector and provide exposure to some exciting energy transition projects that will protect the environment and reduce carbon emissions There will be a specific emphasis on supporting and growing our project management capabilities and on developing initiatives to improve our service delivery.

Your key responsibilities will include

• Delivering project scope to time quality and cost
• Building and managing strong relationships with senior client representatives as well as internal stakeholders
• Establishing effective communications across our multidisciplinary the whole project delivery teams
• Taking the lead on problem solving and decision making
• Controlling internal and external commercial aspects of the project under the contract arrangements
• Managing risk to the business and to the client
• Work effectively on several projects concurrently to deliver to tight deadlines.

Candidate specification

• Relevant PM qualifications (eg PMQ, Prince 2)
• Proven success in the delivery of projects working for a consultancy, designer, a contractor, or major industry client within the energy sector;
• Experience in contract administration
• Knowledge and experience in approaches to change management, risk management, schedule and cost management, along with all other aspects of project management
• Ability to make complex decisions, ensuring policies and procedures are adhered to, accepting responsibility for own actions;
• Creates a work environment which promotes health, safety, and wellbeing.
• Relevant engineering or management degree or relevant successful experience in project management of energy sector projects
• Previous experience in electrical infrastructure projects e.g. Owner’s Engineer, Lender’s Engineer, or other role
• Excellent communication skills
• Project Management experience
• Appreciation of commercial sphere of project work including contract terms
• Ability to adapt and work on multiple projects simultaneously in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
• Collaborative skills: the job of Project Manager requires that they work with cross-functional teams, so it is vital that they can work with people from various backgrounds

Preferred but not essential

• Experience within the Energy infrastructure design sector

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. 

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

Agile working 

Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

Holiday entitlement: 23 days + public holidays.  

Life assurance: 2 x salary will be paid to your chosen benefactor in the event of your death whilst employed by Mott MacDonald 

Professional membership subscription: 1 professional subscription which is relevant to your job/field of expertise can be claimed per year. 

Private medical insurance  

Pension scheme (*accessible after first month in MM) 

Optional benefits (available via salary sacrifice) for the following: 

•            Restaurant voucher: up to 11 € per working day.  

•            Transport card: up to 1,500 € per year. This is intended for public transport and doesn’t include flights or petrol for private car 

•            Day care voucher: up to 30% of salary. 

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