Senior Project Manager PPCM

Mott MacDonald•Seattle, WA

6d•$155,000 - $189,000•Hybrid

About The Position

At Mott MacDonald, we trust our brilliant people to do brilliant things in engineering, management, and development services, supporting multisector project work in over 150 countries. As one of the largest employee-owned companies in the world, we pride ourselves on our ability to deliver exceptional outcomes through our network of 20,000+ talented consultants. With sustainability and innovation at the heart of all our sectors in North America, including, Buildings, Energy, Transportation, and Water. We believe in empowering our people to excel, learn, and grow, offering diverse opportunities to contribute to career-defining work. Join us and be part of a collaborative environment where your ambitions are united with ours, and you can truly shape your story. If you share that vision, even if you don’t meet every requirement listed, we’d still love to hear from you. We value potential and diverse perspectives as much as experience. Let’s explore how we can support your growth and help you take the next step in your career, while contributing to an exciting new chapter for Mott MacDonald in North America. Our Project, Program and Commercial Management (PPCM) team builds upon established client partnerships and enhances our traditional engineering services to more effectively address client needs and achieve their objectives. With expertise through the technical disciplines of program management, project management, project controls, scheduling, cost management, estimating, Commercial and change management , our team is experiencing ambitious growth. This position focuses on assisting client projects, developing crucial deliverables, and proactively seeking opportunities for growth. The candidate will help deliver several strategic initiatives for clients, including taking the lead on procurement commercial analysis and project controls, overseeing project setup for major infrastructure undertakings, commercial and contract change management. The candidate should show excellent ethical judgment, think ahead, and be well-organized when leading the planning and coordination of negotiations in an environment with strict governance and high standards of probity.

Requirements

10+ years of career experience related to the development of technical procurement documentation, engineering and/or infrastructure development
Demonstrable knowledge and experience of preparing GC/CM or PDB contracts.
Experience with structuring procurement packages.
Familiar and proficient with project management processes.
Knowledge and experience of risk identification, management, and mitigation.
Excellent interpersonal skills and experience of leading and working within a team.
Excellent written and presentation skills.
Able to work independently and unsupervised.
Positive attitude, team player.

Nice To Haves

Ideally, the candidate should possess a background in contracting, with knowledge of construction scheduling, risk transfer, and the ability to provide informed opinions on buildability concerns.
Experience of projects in transit, water, tunnels, or highways projects are preferred.

Responsibilities

Advising the client to help them define the strategic brief, including goals and objectives of the project
Support the client to establish and procure the project team
Define the project success factors including time, cost, quality, environmental, and social outcomes
Define and agree project governance structure aligned to client and legislative requirements
Produce a detail project execution plan that outlines how the project will be managed
Establish reporting requirements and production of progress reports
Leading and acting as an integrator of multidiscipline services at all stages of the project life cycle
Establish and manage the change control process
Monitoring and advising upon project performance against success indicators
Implement performance management techniques, including the use of KPI’s to improve project performance
Establish a communication strategy and information management plan and implement this across the project managing the interface between all parties and the client
Team Leadership including managing and mentoring members of the team across multiple projects
Manage our commissions in accordance with our BMS process
Oversee resourcing and commercial performance of our commissions managing risk and maximizing opportunities
Capturing project capability and add value evidence through Project Case studies and Client feedback
Supporting account leaders to develop new opportunities for our business including cross-selling our solutions to help our clients overcome challenges
Management of bids through our WIN process
Driving innovation to support efficiency and quality of service delivery