Assistant Project Manager in Belfast

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 Energy unit: The Energy unit delivers services to clients globally across several sectors including hydropower, nuclear, waste, renewable generation and transmission & distribution networks. Together we provide integrated engineering and project management services across the project lifecycle – from concept and design to construction and operations, to decommissioning or repowering and life extension. Together with our clients, we're helping to deliver the energy transition globally.

Overview of the role: Our Energy Networks team within our Energy unit is looking for an Assistant Project Manager.

Key responsibilities and duties:

• Assist in establishing and delivering project specific objectives
• Provide key support to the senior leaders in the delivery of commission obligations and internal project performance
• Contribute to open communications across the project delivery and client teams
• Establish effective communications across the project delivery, client and stakeholder teams
• Implement problem solving and decision making
• Adopt programme and business management systems across project teams
• Control the internal and external commercial aspects of project across a range of contractual arrangements
• Mentor less experienced colleagues in the skills of project management
• Contribute to securing opportunities and repeat business through the high quality of service delivery

Candidate specification:

Essential:

• A degree in a construction, engineering or project management subject
• Working towards a relevant professional qualification (e.g., APM PMQ, PRINCE2, PMP)
• Appreciation of commercial sphere of project work
• Strong organisational abilities, with the capacity to manage multiple tasks concurrently
• Collaborative skills: the job of APM requires work with cross-functional teams, so it is vital that they can work with people from various backgrounds

Desirable:

• Good client and stakeholder relationship building skills
• Effective communication with client's project team and business manager
• Experience in the Energy sector in particular Transmission and Distribution

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.

Benefits:

• Financial wellbeing: 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.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• Employee Ownership: Our employee ownership model means no external investors, just us, creating a culture of shared success.
• Health and wellbeing: Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues. Health cash plan to support you with everyday health costs and treatments.
• 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.
• Learning and development: 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.