Programme Delivery Manager

National Highways; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

National Highways is seeking a Programme Delivery Manager to lead a portfolio of projects in the Region’s in-year capital programme, from detailed design through to service delivery. Based in Darlington, you will guide cross-functional teams, ensure delivery against outcomes, budgets, timescales, and customer standards.

You will manage project performance and budgets, drive efficiencies, and provide direction and development for Project Managers, with a focus on safety, quality and stakeholder

Qualifications

• Qualification in engineering or extensive civil delivery experience.
• Up-to-date knowledge of CDM and health and safety.
• Knowledge of highways construction and maintenance practices.
• Experience in supplier and contract management.
• Experience delivering high-value capital investment programmes.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of a portfolio of projects within the Region’s in-year capital programme, from detailed design to introduction into service.
• Ensure projects are delivered within agreed parameters for quality, cost and time, meeting intended outcomes and standards.
• Lead management of capital expenditure budgets for all projects in scope, ensuring effective financial practices.
• Proactively contribute to identify and deliver efficiencies and changes in own area of responsibility.
• Deliver leadership and oversight of supplier performance, managing risks and issues with minimal impact on delivery.

Skills

Project portfolio management

Contract management

Health & safety

Civil engineering delivery

Stakeholder leadership

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent experience

Tools

CDM regulations

Highways construction knowledge

Job description

About the job.

National Highways currently have an exciting opportunity for a Programme Delivery Manager to join our team based in our Yorkshire, North 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 will be based from our Darlington office.

• Lead the delivery of a portfolio of projects within the Region’s in-year capital programme, from detailed 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
• 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
• Extensive experience of managing the delivery of high value capital investment programmes and project portfolios

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.