Senior / Associate Project Manager in Newcastle upon Tyne

The Project Manager is responsible for the successful day‑to‑day delivery of multidisciplinary buildings projects across a range of sectors, working under the direction of a Project Principal. The role leads project planning, coordination and control activities throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring delivery to programme, cost, quality and safety requirements.

Responsibilities

• Manage day‑to‑day delivery of buildings projects, ensuring scope, programme, cost, quality and safety requirements are met
• Develop and maintain project plans, programmes, schedules and resource profiles, coordinating inputs from multidisciplinary teams
• Manage design coordination activities, supporting delivery in Design & Build and contractor‑led environments
• Administer contracts in line with agreed commercial and contractual frameworks, supporting change control, variations and early warnings where applicable
• Identify, track and manage project risks and issues, maintaining risk registers and escalating matters as required
• Coordinate internal and external stakeholders, including clients, contractors, designers and specialist suppliers
• Prepare and contribute to project reports, governance reviews and performance updates
• Support health, safety and wellbeing processes on projects, working with project safety advisors and site teams to ensure compliance with statutory and contractual requirements
• Manage project information, quality assurance activities and document control processes
• Contribute to tender submissions, bids and early project shaping activities as required
• Promote a collaborative, inclusive and delivery‑focused culture within project teams

Qualifications

• Degree (or equivalent) in Project Management, Construction Management, Engineering or a related discipline
• Experience delivering medium to large buildings projects within a consultancy, contractor or professional services environment
• Experience working in Design & Build and/or contractor‑led delivery models
• Working knowledge of NEC or similar collaborative forms of contract
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams and managing interfaces
• Strong project planning, scheduling and project control skills
• Experience managing project risks, issues and change
• Good communication skills, including reporting and stakeholder engagement
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a wider project team
• Willingness to travel to project sites and client locations as required

Desirable Qualifications

• Experience across a range of building sectors (e.g. health, defence, education, aviation, commercial or justice)
• Experience supporting bid and tender activities
• APM PMQ, MAPM or equivalent professional qualification
• NEC Accreditation (or working towards)
• Experience working on live construction sites
• Security clearance or eligibility to obtain clearance (project dependent)

Benefits

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%
• Life assurance equal up to 4 × your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 × 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
• Employee ownership model: no external investors, just us, creating a culture of shared success
• Employees have a stake and a voice in the business, giving them a direct connection to our success through performance bonuses
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family
• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues
• Health cash plan to support everyday health costs and treatments
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues
• A comprehensive wellbeing programme, including access for you and your family
• Minimum 33‑35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays; you can buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme
• Holiday entitlement increases to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high‑street retailers
• Enhanced family leave: 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave
• Shared parental leave matches maternity leave, paying up to 24 weeks at full pay
• Up to five additional leave days for significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid
• Primary annual professional institution subscription
• Broad range of opportunities to enhance technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training and self‑development
• Join a wide range of groups, including Advanced Employee Networks supporting LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities
• Make a difference within our communities through social outcomes

Equality & Diversity

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.