Overview

Project Manager - Bridges role at Mott MacDonald. Location options include Altrincham, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Croydon, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Sheffield, and Southampton, UK. 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 transport sectors, delivering impactful projects and offering opportunities to learn, grow, and excel. We are an employee‑owned business that values empowerment, inclusion, and collaboration. The role sits within our transport business unit, focused on conceiving, driving, and delivering transport solutions from business cases through to construction and operation.

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 The Role

We are recruiting for a Senior Bridge Engineer whose career has progressed into project management. You will have demonstrable project leadership skills with an appreciation of practical, technical and commercial issues. You will be able to work with a broad range of stakeholders, leading project teams both locally and remotely. With your interpersonal skills, you can guide teams in efficient delivery and communicate effectively in face‑to‑face meetings with clients and colleagues.

Candidate specification

Essential

• Degree qualified in Civil or Structural Engineering (BEng/MEng, MSc or equivalent)
• Chartered Engineer (ICE / IStructE)
• Ability to deliver high quality design documentation including option appraisals, drawings, calculations, reports, specifications and construction documentation
• Well‑developed leadership, communication, negotiating, influencing and inter‑personal skills, with drive and commitment to achieve project/programme wide objectives
• Confidence to manage client relationships and engage constructively with multiple stakeholders at all levels
• Commercial and financial awareness, and the ability to plan and monitor project programmes, budgets and resources to ensure delivery to time and cost constraints
• Experience in and a commitment to effective management of Health, Safety and Welfare, Safety by Design

Desirable

• Preparation and review of technical approval documentation for highway and rail structures
• Experience of managing project teams and technical leadership; plan and manage deployment of physical and financial resources to meet project milestones
• Ability to apply sound safety, governance and quality management principles and processes
• Experience in the preparation of fee proposals and tender submissions
• Experience of digital delivery tools and workflows, e.g. BIM, parametric design and automation

Other information

UK Immigration
Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. We welcome applications from candidates eligible for alternative immigration routes that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker.

Agile working
We offer a hybrid working policy that supports flexibility and trust between you and your manager to meet client, team, and personal commitments.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion
We promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all and strive for an inclusive environment where everyone can contribute.

Accessibility
If you need support to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com.

Benefits

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues
• Health cash plan to support everyday health costs and treatments
• Access to Peppy for menopause support
• Wellbeing program and family‑level wellbeing support
• Flexible benefits to extend health benefits to family

Financial wellbeing

• Employer pension contributions matched between 4.5% and 7%
• Life assurance up to 4x basic salary (option to increase to 6x)
• Income protection and return‑to‑work support
• Flexible benefits including increased life assurance, critical illness insurance, payroll saving, and will writing
• Share in the company’s financial success via annual bonus schemes

Lifestyle

• Holiday entitlement of 33–35 days per year, with option to buy/sell leave
• Annual entitlement increases to 35 days after 5 years’ service
• Employee saving schemes and retailer discounts

Enhanced family and carers leave

• 26 weeks paid maternity/adoption leave, two weeks paid paternity/partner leave
• Shared parental leave up to 24 weeks at full pay
• Additional paid leave for carers’ responsibilities

Learning and development

• Professional institution subscription and opportunities for mentoring, training, and self‑development

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Support from networks including LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities

Location(s): Croydon, Cardiff, Bristol, Leeds, Southampton, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Altrincham, London, Manchester, Birmingham, Sheffield. Contract Type: Permanent. Work Pattern: Full Time. Market: Transport. Discipline: Bridges. Job Ref: 9976. Recruiter Contact: Ainsley Anstess.