Assistant Project Manager

Connect Plus Services; Dartford, South Mimms, Leatherhead; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A joint venture in infrastructure is seeking an Assistant Project Manager to support innovative highways projects in Dartford. This role offers opportunities for career growth and a chance to manage diverse projects from inception to completion. Successful candidates will showcase strong collaboration skills and a proactive approach to problem-solving in a hybrid work environment.

Benefits

Career growth opportunities

Flexible working arrangements

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering multiple projects concurrently.
• Strong ability to build relationships with stakeholders.
• Resilience to handle conflicting priorities.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Experience in managing project plans.

Responsibilities

• Build strong collaborative relationships with project teams.
• Champion compliance and clarity in contract management.
• Shape and implement project plans effectively.
• Support projects through their full lifecycle.
• Drive sustainability initiatives and manage risks.

Skills

Collaboration skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Organisational skills

Commercial awareness

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team as an Assistant Project Manager, supporting the delivery of innovative highways and technology schemes on one of the UK’s most significant infrastructure projects. With 15 years remaining on this programme, the role offers a rare combination of career growth, variety, and long-term stability.

You will be involved in projects throughout the full lifecycle—from feasibility to handover—working on schemes that range from safety improvements and environmental enhancements to cutting-edge technology and structural works. No two days will be the same, and you’ll have the chance to develop your skills while contributing to projects that make a real difference to road users and communities.

This is more than just a job; it’s an opportunity to shape the future of our roads, progress your career, and enjoy the security of a role within a major long-term project. If you’re looking for a position that combines challenge, excitement, and flexibility, we’d love to hear from you.

What You’ll Be Doing

In this role, you’ll be at the heart of delivering projects that make a real difference to the UK’s strategic road network. You will:

• Build strong collaborative relationships with project teams and key stakeholders—both internal and external—ensuring shared understanding of objectives, reviewing performance, and working together to find solutions.
• Champion compliance and clarity, supporting adherence to the DBFO contract, defining roles and responsibilities, managing risks and issues promptly, and maintaining accurate records including change management.
• Shape and implement project plans, ensuring activities are well-organised, properly resourced, and aligned to deliver successful outcomes.
• Support projects through their full lifecycle, from feasibility and design to construction, contributing to investment proposals that drive value for our clients.
• Develop robust cost profiles, identifying key risks and resource requirements to keep projects on track.
• Proactively manage risks and constraints, escalating where necessary and implementing practical solutions to overcome challenges.
• Work closely with Framework Contractors and Designers, setting clear expectations for health and safety, time, and cost performance, and taking action where needed to ensure success.
• Drive sustainability initiatives, supporting our commitment to net zero and biodiversity net gain.
• Collaborate with construction and supervision teams, ensuring permits, certificates, and site reporting are managed accurately and efficiently.

Who We’re Looking For – Key Requirements

We’re looking for someone who brings energy, collaboration, and a commitment to excellence. You will have:

• Proven experience working in teams to successfully deliver multiple projects concurrently.
• Strong collaboration skills, with integrity and the ability to build relationships and engage a wide range of stakeholders.
• Commercial awareness, with the ability to manage contracts and drive project performance.
• Resilience and adaptability to handle conflicting priorities and overcome challenges constructively.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills to clarify strategies and ensure shared understanding.
• Experience managing project plans, including detailed stage plans with contractors, designers, and internal partners.

Personal Attributes:

• Proactive problem-solving approach.
• Clear and confident communicator who values teamwork.
• Strong commitment to safety and quality.
• Ability to prioritise tasks and manage your own workload effectively.
• Skilled at building trust and positive relationships.

Inspiring : Champions curiosity and continuous improvement, role modelling change and managing risks to achieve project outcomes.

Energising: Role models positive and energised project focussed attitudes towards and continuous improvement.

Challenging : seeks and advocates improvements to add value and drive continuous performance.

Challengeable : Encourage a culture of skilled challenging and seek to understand and explore challenge to enable improvement.

Influencing : Builds commitment and consensus, and role models CPS leadership behaviours to deliver our goals.

Why Work for Us?

At Connect Plus Services (CPS), you’ll be part of a world-class team maintaining and operating the M25, Europe’s busiest motorway. As a joint venture between Balfour Beatty, Atkins, and Egis, we play a vital role in keeping millions of journeys moving safely and efficiently.

A Career Like No Other

Working on the M25 offers unrivalled experience, challenges, and opportunities that no other highways project can provide. You’ll be exposed to cutting-edge technology, large-scale infrastructure, and complex engineering solutions, making every day dynamic and rewarding.

Long-Term Stability & Growth

With 15+ years remaining on this project, we offer career stability, professional development, and progression opportunities. Whether you’re looking to build new skills or take the next step in your career, we invest in your growth.

A Supportive & Inclusive Team

At CPS, your contributions matter. We foster a diverse, inclusive, and collaborative work environment where safety, innovation, and teamwork drive everything we do.

About us

CPS is a joint venture between Balfour Beatty, Atkins, and Egis.

At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business.

To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion.

Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence ‘Employer Recognition Scheme’ and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans, and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

This is a hybrid role designed to fully maximize team collaboration on the project, we offer flexible working where you will typically be working from your base CPS office, Leatherhead, Dartford or South Mimms up to three days per week and two days from home.

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