Programme Delivery Manager

National Highways; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

National Highways is seeking a Programme Delivery Manager to drive a portfolio of tunnels and technology projects within the South East capital programme. You will lead a team of Project Managers, ensuring delivery within quality, cost and time targets and supporting customer outcomes.

The role involves budget governance, performance reporting and proactive improvement across delivery, with opportunities to base in Guildford, Basingstoke or Maidstone offices.

Qualifications

• Proven track record delivering civil engineering programmes and capital investments.
• Experience managing large project portfolios within public sector or similar.
• Knowledge of technology and tunnels renewal projects.
• Strong CDM and health and safety compliance experience.
• Understanding of Highways Construction & Maintenance practices.
• Experience in supplier and contract management.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of tunnels and technology portfolios within the Region's in-year capital programme.
• Ensure projects meet agreed quality, cost and time targets and customer outcomes.
• Lead the management and reporting of capital expenditure budgets.
• Identify efficiencies and implement changes in your area.
• Provide leadership and oversight of the project management team.

Skills

Civil engineering delivery

Programme management

Technology projects

CDM & safety

Highways practices

Supplier management

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Job description

About the job.

National Highways currently have an exciting opportunity for a Programme Delivery Manager to join our team based in our South East region. Within this role, you will lead the delivery of a portfolio of projects within the Region's in-year capital programme, in line with specified outcomes, customer experience, quality, budgets, timescales, and operational key performance indicators. You will also be providing direction and line management for a team of Project Managers, ensuring timely setting of objectives, performance management reviews and development of appropriate succession and development plans.

This role can be based from either our Guildford, Basingstoke or Maidstone office.

• Lead the delivery of a tunnels and technology portfolios of projects within the Region's in-year capital programme, from preliminary design to introduction into service.
• Ensure that all projects in scope are delivered within agreed parameters for quality, cost and time, ensuring they meet intended outcomes, customer service levels, quality and health and safety standards.
• Lead in the management and reporting against the capital expenditure budgets for all projects in scope, ensuring effective financial practices are in place and adhered to by all project resources.
• Proactively contribute to the identification and delivery of efficiencies, implementing relevant changes in own area of responsibility.
• Deliver effective leadership and oversight of supplier performance so that technical, customer service and performance standards are met, and that any early warnings, risks and issues are managed with minimum or no negative impact on delivery.

About you.

• Recognised qualification in relevant engineering discipline or extensive experience in delivery of civil engineering projects and programmes,
• Extensive experience of managing the delivery of high value capital investment programmes and project portfolios
• Understanding and experience of delivery of technology and tunnels renewal projects and programmes
• Up to date knowledge and understanding of CDM and health and safety regulations
• Knowledge of Highways Construction & Maintenance practices
• Previous experience of supplier and contract management

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.