Assistant Project Manager-Returners

National Highways; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure management organization is seeking an Assistant Project Manager to support project delivery across England. The role involves managing relationships with stakeholders, overseeing project teams, and ensuring adherence to quality and safety standards. Ideal candidates will have a qualification in engineering or significant relevant experience. This full-time position offers a chance to contribute to safer and more reliable journeys on national highways.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in the delivery of Civil Engineering projects.
• Ability to review project plans and detailed stage plans.
• Experience in developing collaborative relationships with stakeholders.
• Experience in managing relationships with multiple stakeholders.
• Understanding of NEC contracts and contract management.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of projects through all stages from design to service introduction.
• Assist in programme management, reporting and risk management.
• Ensure adherence to health and safety standards in all project activities.
• Ensure compliance with QMS, quality, cost, time, health and safety standards.
• Assist in programme management, reporting and risk management across budgets and resources.

Skills

Understanding of project management practices and controls

Experience in managing relationships with multiple stakeholders

Understanding contract management under NEC contracts

Stakeholder management

NEC contracts understanding

Education

Recognised qualification in a relevant engineering discipline

Tools

NEC contracts

Job description

Join to apply for the Assistant Project Manager-Returners role at National Highways

Ready to return to work after a career break of 2 or more years? If you’re an experienced professional returning to the workplace, this could be the perfect opportunity for you. To apply for this vacancy and join our Returners Programme, applicants must have taken a career break of 2 or more years or have been freelancing or working in a home business during that time.

About the job

At National Highways, we have an excellent opportunity for an Assistant Project Manager to join our Operations Directorate in Yorkshire North East. 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.

• 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.

About you

• 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

About us

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.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Project Management

Industries

Building Construction