Programme Delivery Manager

LGBT Jobs; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

National Highways is seeking a Programme Delivery Manager to join the Bristol office. You will lead the delivery of a portfolio of projects in-year, ensuring outcomes, customer experience and safety standards are met, with strong budget and KPI alignment.

You will provide direction and line management to Project Managers, setting objectives, reviewing performance and developing successors, while focusing on safety and operational efficiency across the programme.

Qualifications

• Qualification in engineering discipline or extensive civil delivery experience.
• Up-to-date CDM and health and safety regulations knowledge.
• Understanding of Highways Construction & Maintenance practices.
• Experience in supplier and contract management.
• Experience delivering high-value capital investment programmes and portfolios.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of a portfolio of projects within the Region's in-year capital programme.
• Ensure projects meet quality, cost and time parameters and safety standards.
• Manage capital expenditure budgets and reporting for all projects.
• Identify and implement efficiencies within own area of responsibility.
• Lead supplier performance oversight and manage risks to delivery.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Budget management

Health and safety knowledge

Stakeholder management

Education

Engineering qualification

Job description

Programme Delivery Manager role based in Bristol office

Lead delivery of in-year capital projects, manage teams and budgets

Requirement for recognised engineering qualification or extensive project delivery experience

Focus on safety, customer experience and operational efficiency at National Highways

About the job.

National Highways currently have an exciting opportunity for a Programme Delivery Manager to join our team based in our Bristol office. 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.

• 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.