Project Construction Commercial Lead

Mott MacDonald - Seattle, WA

Full-time - Senior

Hybrid - Seattle, WA

10,001+ employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Principal Project Manager at Mott MacDonald will lead transit and facilities construction projects in Seattle, Washington. This role involves managing client relationships, overseeing project delivery, and leading a diverse team to ensure successful project outcomes. The position emphasizes technical excellence, client satisfaction, and effective team leadership within a large-scale construction environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage the relationship with the Client through effective delivery of technical excellence, improving Mott MacDonald's reputation and ensuring Client satisfaction.
• Support the project team and the Client with responsive and intelligent delivery including providing experienced input to the Client on program and project strategy.
• Lead project delivery in terms of schedule, cost, risk and technical progress.
• Provide team leadership through excellent example, good team leadership characteristics, innovation, collaboration, and decisive action.
• Supervise, coordinate, and direct staff with respect to contract requirements and compliance with policies and procedures.
• Motivate teams to excel in project delivery, on-time performance, and development of positive client relationships.
• Act as the focal point for Client and Contractor coordination in the delivery of the project.
• Adapt and respond effectively to project issues and challenges.
• Prepare and interpret complex reports, recognize risks, and define and evaluate solutions.
• Develop and control project scope, budget, schedule and risk.
• Effectively facilitate project team, Client, and stakeholder meetings.
• Develop and coordinate briefings and presentations for project stakeholders including Client C-suite executives.
• Evaluate and make recommendations on changes in scope of work, prepare and negotiate change orders.
• Prepare and maintain project staffing plans and associated project budgets.
• Perform staff development and evaluation tasks.
• Prepare monthly progress reports.
• Review and approve monthly invoices.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field, or equivalent.
• Minimum of 15 years of leadership-level experience in infrastructure construction with a preference for progressive design-build construction experience in buildings / vertical or transit construction.
• Experience with alternative project delivery methods in construction contracts is desirable.
• Experience of a senior-level delivery role in a Contractor organization is desirable.
• Strong project management, leadership, interpersonal, communication, documentation, and technical skills are required.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and work with multidisciplinary teams, deal with complex issues, and maintain effective working relationships.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with alternative project delivery methods in construction contracts.
• Experience of a senior-level delivery role in a Contractor organization.

Benefits

• 401k
• medical insurance
• dental insurance
• vision insurance
• STD/LTD disability
• holiday
• PTO
• parental leave
• company paid life insurance