Project Manager

Millbank; Leiston; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car or allowance

Annual bonus

Private medical cover

Excellent pension provision

Generous annual leave

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Millbank Holdings Ltd in Suffolk seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead a nationally significant civil engineering programme. You will own delivery from mobilisation to completion, ensuring safety, on-time delivery, and budget adherence while meeting the highest quality standards.

You will manage multidisciplinary teams, coordinate with stakeholders and subcontractors, monitor progress, and drive continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Proven Project Management experience within civil engineering, infrastructure, geotechnical, ground engineering, or construction environments.
• Strong leadership experience managing multidisciplinary construction teams.
• Demonstrable experience delivering projects safely, on programme, and within budget.
• Technical understanding of geotechnical engineering techniques and associated civil structures.
• Strong commercial awareness with experience managing project profitability and financial performance.
• Excellent stakeholder management and client-facing communication skills.
• Ability to identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
• Strong understanding of health, safety, environmental, and quality requirements within construction projects.
• Experience managing subcontractors, suppliers, and project delivery partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects through mobilisation, planning, execution, completion, and handover phases.
• Review contracts, specifications, drawings, and project documentation to fully understand project requirements and delivery objectives.
• Develop project delivery strategies, methodologies, resource plans, and construction programmes.
• Coordinate internal teams, subcontractors, suppliers, clients, and stakeholders to ensure successful project execution.
• Manage subcontract procurement activities, including preparation of tender packages and technical evaluation.
• Work closely with engineering and site teams to optimise construction methodologies, site set-up, workforce planning, and resource allocation.
• Drive excellence in health, safety, environmental, and quality performance across all project activities.
• Monitor project progress, programme performance, quality standards, and contractual compliance.
• Manage project risks, constraints, variations, and change control processes.
• Oversee subcontractor performance relating to safety, quality, cost, programme, and commercial management.
• Produce weekly and monthly performance reports covering operational, financial, and programme metrics.
• Maintain strong relationships with clients, suppliers, subcontractors, and internal stakeholders.
• Lead project close-out activities including handover, lessons learned, final account support, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Project management

Civil engineering

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Budget management

Programme management

Contract reviews

HSEQ compliance

Subcontractor management

Risk management

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering

APMP or equivalent

EngTech/IEng/CEng membership

Tools

Microsoft Project

Primavera P6

Job description

Do you have proven experience delivering ground engineering, geotechnical, piling, or major civil engineering projects as a Project Manager? Have you successfully managed construction teams, subcontractors, budgets, programmes, and HSEQ performance on complex infrastructure projects? Are you looking to play a key role on one of the UK's most significant infrastructure programmes, leading multidisciplinary teams and driving successful project delivery from concept through to completion?

The Opportunity

Working on a nationally significant civil engineering programme, you will take ownership of project delivery from mobilisation through to completion, ensuring works are delivered safely, on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards. This role offers the opportunity to work alongside highly skilled engineering professionals, manage key stakeholder relationships, and play an instrumental role in the successful delivery of complex construction projects. In return, you’ll benefit from a competitive salary, company car or allowance, annual bonus, private medical cover, excellent pension provision, generous annual leave, and genuine opportunities for professional development and career progression.

Your duties and responsibilities will be

• Lead projects through mobilisation, planning, execution, completion, and handover phases.
• Review contracts, specifications, drawings, and project documentation to fully understand project requirements and delivery objectives.
• Develop project delivery strategies, methodologies, resource plans, and construction programmes.
• Coordinate internal teams, subcontractors, suppliers, clients, and stakeholders to ensure successful project execution.
• Manage subcontract procurement activities, including preparation of tender packages and technical evaluation.
• Work closely with engineering and site teams to optimise construction methodologies, site set-up, workforce planning, and resource allocation.
• Drive excellence in health, safety, environmental, and quality performance across all project activities.
• Monitor project progress, programme performance, quality standards, and contractual compliance.
• Manage project risks, constraints, variations, and change control processes.
• Oversee subcontractor performance relating to safety, quality, cost, programme, and commercial management.
• Produce weekly and monthly performance reports covering operational, financial, and programme metrics.
• Maintain strong relationships with clients, suppliers, subcontractors, and internal stakeholders.
• Lead project close-out activities including handover, lessons learned, final account support, and continuous improvement initiatives.

You will have the following qualifications & experience

• Proven Project Management experience within civil engineering, infrastructure, geotechnical, ground engineering, or construction environments.
• Strong leadership experience managing multidisciplinary construction teams.
• Demonstrable experience delivering projects safely, on programme, and within budget.
• Technical understanding of geotechnical engineering techniques and associated civil structures.
• Strong commercial awareness with experience managing project profitability and financial performance.
• Excellent stakeholder management and client-facing communication skills.
• Ability to identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
• Strong understanding of health, safety, environmental, and quality requirements within construction projects.
• Experience managing subcontractors, suppliers, and project delivery partners.

It's great if you also have the following

• Experience working for a piling, ground engineering, or specialist civil engineering contractor.
• Degree qualified in Civil Engineering or a related discipline.
• Professional Project Management qualification (APMP or equivalent).
• Engineering professional membership such as EngTech, IEng, or CEng.
• SMSTS or SSSTS certification.
• Experience working on large-scale infrastructure or nationally significant construction projects.
• Knowledge of low-carbon construction initiatives and sustainability practices.

The setting for the role

This role is based on a major infrastructure construction project in Suffolk, requiring regular site presence and close collaboration with operational, engineering, commercial, and client teams. The successful candidate will work within a fast-paced project environment, leading multidisciplinary teams and subcontractors to deliver technically complex construction works safely and efficiently.

Millbank Holdings Ltd is an equal opportunities employer committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background, and encourage candidates from underrepresented groups to apply.

We are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, and we are committed to ensuring an accessible and supportive recruitment process for everyone. If you require any adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we’ll do our best to accommodate.

Millbank operates as both an Employment Agency and an Employment Business.