Location
London, West London site (4 days per week onsite)

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Mace combines construction expertise with consultancy to unlock potential in every person or project and redefine the boundaries of ambition. Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey. Mace Consult is seeking an experienced Associate Director - Project Management to provide strategic leadership across roads and highways on a major infrastructure programme in West London. You will provide senior project management and technical leadership, ensuring transport strategies, modelling and assessments are robust, evidence-based and aligned with programme, consenting and stakeholder requirements. Acting as a senior client-side representative and trusted adviser, you will lead multidisciplinary teams and external consultants, provide effective challenge and assurance, and work closely with statutory stakeholders such as National Highways and local highway authorities.

You will be responsible for managing PMO and project controls performance across assigned commissions, implementing effective controls frameworks, strategies and methodologies, building strong client and stakeholder relationships, delivering performance reporting and reviews, integrating planning, risk management and controls disciplines, providing technical expertise across PMO and project controls, aligning controls activities with Mace and client requirements, and supporting the net-zero transition through carbon management and reduction.

Our values include Safety first - going home safe and well, Client focus - delivering on our promise, Integrity - always doing the right thing, and Creating opportunity for our people to excel. Mace is an inclusive employer welcoming diverse candidates and is open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options where suitable.

Experience
- Supporting Development Consent Order processes
- Major infrastructure experience, preferably highways
- Providing clear advice to senior programme leadership on highways-related dependencies, risks, opportunities and key decision points
- Managing multiple interfaces including planning, design, construction, modelling and assessment teams
- Overseeing preparation of technical papers, recommendations, briefings, reports and presentations for senior stakeholders and governance forums
- Identifying and managing risks associated with strategy, modelling, stakeholder alignment and technical scope affecting consent, cost, programme or delivery
- Maintaining governance and assurance across the workstream, ensuring key decisions, assumptions and dependencies are effectively managed
- Strong understanding of the Planning Act 2008 and EIA requirements relating to highways, transport and surface access
- Extensive experience in successful preconstruction and delivery phases of projects and programmes in the Highways sector
- Strong commercial and financial acumen
- Leadership and management experience of large, diverse teams
- Managing relationships with key senior stakeholders
- Knowledge of carbon and sustainability considerations shaping project outlooks
- Ability to work onsite in West London 4 days per week

About you
Experienced, strategic and collaborative leader with strong technical expertise in highways infrastructure. You are confident in managing complex projects and multidisciplinary teams, with excellent stakeholder management skills. You demonstrate commercial awareness and a commitment to sustainability and net-zero goals. You thrive in a dynamic environment and are motivated to deliver high-quality outcomes aligned with client and programme objectives.

Qualifications
Membership of RICS, CIOB, APM, ICE or equivalent demonstrable professional or personal development.