Project Manager

National Highways; Bristol; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading transportation agency is seeking a Project Manager to oversee a portfolio of projects from its Bristol office. The ideal candidate will have a recognized engineering qualification and proven project management experience, including financial reporting and risk management skills. Responsibilities include developing collaborative relationships with stakeholders and ensuring effective communications. The salary range is between £65,000 and £80,000, with a full-time employment type offered.

Qualifications

• Recognised qualification in relevant engineering discipline and/or relevant experience in delivery of Civil Engineering projects.
• Proven portfolio and project management experience.
• Evidence of contract management with NEC 4 forms.

Responsibilities

• Develop relationships with the Regional Management Team and stakeholders.
• Manage program and financial reporting for all projects.
• Ensure best practice customer communications.

Skills

Project management

Financial reporting

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Education

Recognised qualification in engineering discipline

Tools

MSP

APM

Prince2

Job description

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National Highways is excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for a Project Manager to join our team in the Southwest region. As a Project Manager, you will play a vital role in planning and managing the successful delivery of a portfolio of projects within our region's 5‑year rolling capital programme.

This role is based from our Bristol office.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain strong collaborative relationships with the Regional Management Team, Programme Delivery Managers, key stakeholders, suppliers and across National Highways teams. Ensure mutual understanding of the portfolio's strategic and delivery objectives, review and report on delivery performance, agree solutions that resolve complex issues and prepare project business cases.
• Program management, financial reporting and risk management against the capital expenditure budgets for all projects in scope, ensuring effective financial and contractual practices are in place and adhered to by all project resources.
• Ensure National Highways' reputation is maintained throughout delivery of projects by delivering best practice customer and stakeholder communications. Proactively manage interaction with communities, stakeholders, transport operators, road users and businesses.
• Proactively identify and drive opportunities for improvements and implement required changes in own area of responsibility: champion and share portfolio management best practices across Operations.
• Manage and evaluate risks, issues, dependencies and constraints associated with the portfolio, leading the development and implementation of solutions to overcome these.

Qualifications

• Recognised qualification in relevant engineering discipline and/or relevant experience in the delivery of Civil Engineering projects and portfolios.
• Proven portfolio and project management experience (related qualifications such as MSP, APM, Prince2 are desirable).
• Evidence of contract management with specific experience of NEC 4 forms of contract.
• Good understanding of relevant legislation, technical standards, needs and practices in Construction.

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.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

Work Location: Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Salary range: £65,000.00‑£80,000.00 (External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale). Current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy.

Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level

Employment type: Full‑time

Job function: Project Management

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