Assistant Project Manager

National Highways; Clyst Heath; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

National Highways is seeking an Assistant Project Manager to join the Operations Directorate in the South West, based in Bristol or Exeter. You will support the delivery of a portfolio of projects, oversee external contractors and consultants, and ensure governance, quality assurance, and health and safety across the supply chain.

You will work across the project lifecycle from design to service, report delivery performance, and develop solutions to resolve issues while maintaining strong

Qualifications

• Deliver projects across design to service with governance and QA.
• Collaborate with project teams, suppliers and contractors.
• Ensure health and safety compliance and NEC contract governance.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of complex projects across the Region.
• Maintain strong relationships with Project Managers, stakeholders and suppliers.
• Comply with QMS for quality, cost and time targets.
• Assist programme, budget, and risk management for all in scope projects.
• Review project plans with delivery partners and manage stakeholder expectations.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Governance & QA

Health & safety

Contract management (NEC)

Education

Engineering discipline

Tools

NEC contracts

Job description

At National Highways, we have an excellent opportunity for an Assistant Project Manager to join our Operations Directorate in the South West. The role will involve supporting the management and delivery of a portfolio of projects within the Region and overseeing the performance of project teams, multiple external contractors, and consultants. You will also be ensuring adherence to effective governance, quality assurance, health and safety, technical and specialist standards across the supply chain and National Highways. This role will be based across South West Region the in either our Bristol or Exeter office.

• Support the delivery of complex projects whilst managing standard allocated projects within the Region, across all stages of the project lifecycle, from design to introduction into service. Report on and review delivery performance, develop solutions that resolve issues, and to prepare project business cases.
• Develop, support and maintain strong collaborative relationships with the Project Managers, key stakeholders, suppliers, contractors and across National Highways teams, to ensure full mutual understanding for the allocated projects.
• Comply with National Highways Operations Quality Management System (QMS) on all projects in scope to enable delivery within agreed parameters for quality, cost and time ensuring they meet intended outcomes, customer service levels, corporate technical, specialist health and safety.
• Assist in programme management, reporting and risk management against the budgets for all projects in scope, ensuring effective financial and contractual practices are in place and adhered to by all project resources.
• Ensuring the health and safety needs of all parties involved in the projects are fully considered and accounted for throughout the planning and delivery of each service activity.
  Recognised qualification in a relevant engineering discipline or significant experience in the delivery of their allocated Civil Engineering projects
• Understanding of project management practices and controls
• Reviewing project plans and detailed stage plans in conjunction with delivery partners
• Experience in managing relationships with multiple stakeholders
• Understanding contract management under the NEC contracts
  Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England's motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership.

Operations is at the heart of keeping the strategic road network moving and ensuring our customers get the best possible experience when using our roads. We address over 39,000 customer enquiries every month, plan and deliver all maintenance activities on the network, drive efficiencies and improvements across our systems and roads, and respond to incidents across 4,500 miles of motorways and major A-roads that we manage. All to make sure National Highways customers have safer, smoother, and more reliable journeys. External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.