Technical Advisor

At Mott MacDonald, we trust our brilliant people to do brilliant things in engineering, management, and development services, supporting multisector project work in over 150 countries. As one of the largest employee-owned companies in the world, we pride ourselves on our ability to deliver exceptional outcomes through our network of 20,000+ talented consultants. With sustainability and innovation at the heart of all our sectors in North America, including, Buildings, Energy, Transportation, and Water.

We believe in empowering our people to excel, learn, and grow, offering diverse opportunities to contribute to career-defining work. Join us and be part of a collaborative environment where your ambitions are united with ours, and you can truly shape your story.

We are seeking a Technical Advisor to lead day‑to‑day workstreams and support the delivery of multiple concurrent assignments across the West Coast. This role is ideal for a technically grounded consultant who enjoys turning complex technical topics into clear choices for clients. Typical background would in the built environment with owner-side project, design, and construction management experience. California experience is beneficial but not essential.

You will join an award‑winning TA team within Strategy & Transformation to deepen client engagement, deliver high‑quality advisory outputs, contribute to proposals, and mentor junior colleagues.

Key responsibilities include:

• Plan and run multi-disciplinary design reviews; ensure deliverables are complete, coordinated, and compliant with requirements.
• Develop and manage clear, testable technical requirements and information deliverables across disciplines.
• Support development of feasibility studies and business cases to help clients assess technical, financial, and operational options.
• Build and maintain schedules, risk registers, and interface logs; produce evidence-based reports to support client decisions.
• Support construction-phase activities (submittals, RFIs, change control) while maintaining the golden thread of technical intent.
• Apply a safety-in-design mindset and capture buildability and residual risk considerations.
• Assist in preparing technical sections of RFI, RFQ, and RFP documentation aligned to alternative procurement models (DB, CMGC, PDB).
• Communicate complex issues succinctly and facilitate client workshops and decision gates.
• Business development: Support proposal preparation. Identify new opportunities through ongoing client interaction. Contribute to bid strategy discussions and marketing materials. Represent the TA service line at client and industry events.
• Mentor junior staff, share best practice, and strengthen delivery discipline across the team.

Candidate Specification:

Essential:

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering or related discipline.
• Approximately 6+ years across buildings and infrastructure projects with blended CM, design coordination, and owner‑side PM experience.
• Strong analytical and lateral-thinking skills with the ability to simplify complex topics for decision-making.
• Competent in scheduling (MS Project), CDE/BIM coordination, and structured risk/change control.
• Familiarity with Design-Build (DB), Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR), and Design-Bid-Build (DBB) delivery models, and knowledge of alternative procurement methods.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Desirable:

• Professional credentials in progress or achieved, such as: CCM, PMP, DBIA, PE, RA.
• Familiarity with tools such as Procore, Bluebeam, BIM 360 / ACC.

Our teams are comprised of bright and enthusiastic people who wish to make a difference to the world that we live in. If you share that vision and don't have all the experience outlined in this posting, we still want to hear from you

Let's discuss how we can help you take the next step in your career and how you can participate in an exciting new chapter for Mott MacDonald in North America.

At Mott MacDonald, we provide a comprehensive benefit package that includes 401k, medical, dental and vision insurance, short-term/long-term disability, paid holidays, PTO, parental leave and company paid life insurance. 

The expected salary for this position is $107k - $131k

Individual pay is determined based on several factors such as work location, education, experience, and unique skills. 

Equal opportunity is the law. 

We seek 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 have the opportunity to contribute.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, creed, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status or disability status.

Hybrid working policy

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.