Project Manager

-; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading civil engineering firm in Ipswich is seeking an experienced project manager to lead large infrastructure projects. Responsibilities include ensuring health and safety during construction, managing team dynamics, and maintaining communication with clients. The ideal candidate will have a track record in managing £30 million projects and demonstrate leadership in a collaborative environment. This role comes with a variety of employee benefits including health care, pension schemes, and generous leave policies.

Benefits

Matched or contributory pension scheme

Online GP service

Employee assistance programme

Access to retail discounts

Life assurance

Cycle to work scheme

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Company car with fuel card

Private health care for family

28 days annual leave

Holiday purchase scheme

Qualifications

• Experience of managing civil engineering projects exceeding £30m.
• Experience of managing client priorities and communication.
• Demonstrable experience in successful project management of civil engineering schemes.

Responsibilities

• Lead project delivery through the ECI and pricing phase.
• Coordinate with stakeholders for successful project outcomes.
• Implement improvements and share knowledge on best practices.

Skills

Project management of large civil engineering projects

Client communication and expectation management

Team leadership

Health & safety management

Knowledge of civil engineering or infrastructure schemes

Job description

Right across infrastructure, there's a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you're at in your career, with us you'll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working?

M Group Highways

At M Group Highways, we're supporting the safe transportation and movement of people across the UK. We don't just build roads and bridges- we're building a better future, creating lasting social value that gives back to the communities in which we work. You'll be joining our Civils Projects team, we deliver specialist civil engineering for the private and public sectors across the UK, building strong relationships based on a collaborative approach.

What will you be doing?

You will be responsible for the delivery of the project through the remaining ECI and pricing phase, to ensure successful project award and subsequent delivery. You will lead project H&S, quality and commercial performance. We'll ask you to coordinate with key stakeholders to ensure successful outcomes are achieved in the planning and delivery of project works. You will adopt a proactive approach on the project to identify best practice, implement improvements, gather and feedback knowledge and inform the team on "what good looks like".

What you'll bring

• Experience of being responsible for large civil engineering projects, in excess of £30m.
• Experience of managing client priorities, communication and expectations.
• Experience of building and leading large teams.
• Evidence of managing health & safety through the construction phase in a highway and/or rail environment.
• Knowledge and experience of partnering with a strong delivery focus.
• Demonstrable experience in the successful project management of Civil Engineering, Rail or Infrastructure schemes.

What's in it for you?

Benefits

• Matched or contributory pension scheme.
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
• Employee assistance programme.
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000's of retail discounts.
• Life assurance.
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave.
• Reward and recognition scheme.
• Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from.
• My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme.
• Private health care and health care cash plan for you and your family.
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Recommend a friend - get rewarded for introducing people to us.
• Holiday purchase scheme.
• Personal Accident Cover.

About us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We are one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs. Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

• We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet.
• We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations.
• We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
• We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life.

Whether you're a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.

It's an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Application information

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.