Project Manager

If you have experience of working on light rail heavy rail or wider rail industry / infrastructure projects through delivery and implementation we have an opportunity for you to join our team in the Manchester office. To carry out the requirements of thisProject Manager role you will also have a good working knowledge of NEC3 and NEC4 contractsand manageproject budgets costs risks and programmescontractors consultants and stakeholders.

What you need to do to be effective in this role

• Be involved in actions tracking monitoring and reporting project progress
• Be an active part of major projects and frameworks ensuring delivery to time cost and quality standards
• Be capable of building strong relationships with clients contractors consultants and stakeholders
• Ensure compliance with governance risk and assurance processes across all projects
• Represent Ridge and our Clients on projects and programmes
• Update contractual milestones in project systems
• Ensure the document and project management plans are set up
• Follow up the project progress and inform the main stakeholders if there is any deviation

The skills and experience you need to have for this role

• Ability to support projects programmes and portfolios from inception to close out. You will demonstrate:
  • Experience in working onlight rail heavy rail or wider rail industry / infrastructure projects through delivery and implementation
  • Experience in liaising withcontractors consultants and stakeholders to achieve successful outcomes
  • Knowledge of NEC3 and NEC4 contracts
  • Experience of involvement on project budgets costs risks and programmes
  • Strong communication and relationship building skills
  • The ability to updatereports and present information to a variety of audiences
  • An understanding of CDM responsibilities from a client perspective
  • Proficiency in using Microsoft Office

Additional experience that would be beneficial includes:

• Consultancy construction project management experience
• The ability to be an important team member ofa series of projects and manage client relationships
• Proficient in the use of MS Office and similar digital software
• Knowledge of project management plans
• Previous experience of working on civil engineering schemes
• Experience of working client side or as Consultant

Qualifications:

• Diploma/BSc/MSc in project management
• You will ideally be working (or considering working) towards achieving one of the qualifications below):

• MRICS
• MCIOB
• MAPM
• PRINCE2

We are Ridge a Built Environment Consultancy. We help our clients transform the quality and sustainability of the built environment.

Our 1400 people bring a vast range of skills delivering a professional mindset gritty discipline and a genuine passion to every one of the thousands of projects they undertake each year. Theyre the foundation of our success - they drive our vision embody our values and separate us from the competition.

Come and join us if youre hungry to be part of an exceptional team - if you put quality first - if youre motivated by ingenuity and if youre always aspiring to be the very best.