Senior Project Manager - Highways
Senior Project Manager - Highways
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Job Description
The M25 is one of our Flagship projects in the UK! It is the most used part of the UK Strategic Road Network with it seeing over 200000 vehicles per day and its a critical infrastructure asset for personal and goods vehicles into and around our capital. The network includes around 800 structures and 5 tunnels so it requires high levels of performance constant improvement and repairs to keep it operating smoothly.
Weve formed a Joint Venture project called Connect Plus Services (CPS) to work with our partners to widen operate and maintain the M25 under a 30-year contract and looking for a Senior Project Manager to deliver project objectives across sex key areas of performance; Health & Safety Quantity Cost Environment Delivery & People.
Youll be a dynamic and self-motivated individual with a strong project background keen to deliver the complex highways schemes throughout their whole lifecycle of which range in value from 20k to 4m. This role will also involve direct line management of project managers assistant project managers and early careers. Other requirements also include the successful delivery of the programme of works on time and to budget.
Key responsibilities / duties:
- Stakeholder Management - Develop and maintain strong collaborative relationships with the Portfolio Manager SPM Construction/Supervisor Teams and key internal and external stakeholders to ensure full mutual understanding of the projects delivery objectives to report on and review project performance and to agree solutions to issues.
- Maintaining compliance with the DBFO contract clarifying roles and responsibilities within your team resolving risks and issues in a timely manner producing timely and accurate reports and creating and maintaining specified records including change management.
- Identify and evaluate emerging risks issues dependencies and constraints associated with the project escalating where appropriate. Where necessary develop agree and implement solutions to overcome these.
- Lead and oversee projects throughout their whole lifecycle through feasibility design construction and handover. Informing investment proposals for our clients at each stage
- Global or master programme maintenance for whole portfolios
- Programme income and cost profiles overseeing and challenging the Project Managers input.
- Client liaison on a project and portfolio level
- Chairing and driving regular project reviews to ensure the following are current and live:
- Project and division risk register
- Project risk category (on financial spreadsheet)
- Review submissions register.
- Review of AWN Correspondence Register progress comments and milestone dates
- Project income and cost forecast (review of PM profiles)
- Project change
- Project priorities (for resource allocation)
- Manage correspondence and queries through Aconex.
- Project change control and reviewing processes and procedure.
- Allocation of projects to PMs based on appropriate knowledge experience ability and capability (workload)
- Work closely with the Construction/Supervisor team to ensure permits certificates and site reporting are managed correctly and align to project needs.
- Managing NEC Contracts Options as Project Manager
Working arrangements (shift work need for travel etc)
- Ability and willingness to travel to other offices and depots on the network as and when required
- Periodic requirement for site visits (including night shifts)
Full Driving License
Qualifications :
Qualifications/ skills:
- Experience in the delivery of highways construction & maintenance operations or similar transferable experience
- Project Management skills preferably supported by recognised PM qualification PRINCE2 APMP etc.
- Preference of minimum HNC / HND (or equivalent) in a civil engineering or other construction-based discipline.
- Broad knowledge and understanding of other design areas.
- Understanding of Environmental requirements of schemes
- Experience of coordinating interfaces with design teams and external resources
- Understanding of H&S Requirements related to highway construction & maintenance works.
- Knowledge of CDM and other H&S legislation
- Competent in exercising the duties under CDM.
- Applicable CSCS Card
- Team leadership and management experience in driving performance and productivity
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Strong customer focus with a service delivery mindset
- Commercial understanding and budgetary control experience
- Understanding of Lean principles
Personal Attributes:
- Proactive problem solving
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong safety management culture
- Self-aware and adaptable style to meet varying project needs.
- Resilient
- Presentation skills.
- Team building skills.
- Ability to prioritise and self-manage.
- Ability to develop relationships and engender trust
Experience:
- Experience at a senior level in the delivery of highways construction & maintenance operations or similar transferable experience
- Previous experience in a similar role with demonstrable competence in relation to the majority of the responsibilities listed above.
- Experience of managing projects through complete lifecycle
Additional Information :
Equality Diversity & Inclusion
We are an Equal Opportunities employer and we strive to build a workforce that truly reflects the communities we represent. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds regardless of age disability gender gender identity gender expression race religion or belief sexual orientation socioeconomic background and any other protected characteristic. If you decide to apply for an opportunity with us your application will be assessed based purely on your experience the essential and desirable criteria and your suitability for the role. We value each and every ones contribution as this builds our culture and means that if you work with us you will be included listened to and respected.
*Please note to be considered for this role you must be based in the UK and must already be able to legally work in the UK. We are unable to offer or provide sponsorship for this position*
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Employment Type
Full-time
