Project Manager

Balfour Beatty plc; Lewes; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working

25 days paid annual leave

Pension

Share incentive plan

Volunteering leave

Recognition schemes

Job summary

Balfour Beatty Living Places is seeking a Project Manager to lead a diverse portfolio of highways maintenance and third‑party works projects in the UK. You will own delivery from inception to handover, ensuring safety, efficiency and compliance while collaborating with clients, stakeholders and subcontractors.

The role requires strong programme management, cost awareness and the ability to drive continuous improvement, with the opportunity to support contract growth and winter service delivery

Qualifications

• Experience in highways maintenance, civil engineering, construction, or infrastructure projects.
• Strong operational and project delivery knowledge.
• Excellent stakeholder and client management skills.
• Understanding of project costs, KPIs, and service levels.
• Experience coordinating programmes of work and multiple priorities.
• Strong organisational and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to lead and motivate teams and build collaboration.
• Ability to interpret drawings and technical information.
• Proactive and flexible approach to project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead the safe delivery of highways maintenance and third-party works projects.
• Build and maintain relationships with clients, stakeholders, and subcontractors.
• Manage programmes of work, ensuring on-time and within-budget delivery.
• Coordinate labour, plant, materials, and subcontractor resources to meet demands.
• Oversee projects from planning through to completion and handover.
• Monitor project performance and support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support winter maintenance and service delivery activities when required.
• Promote a positive safety culture and ensure compliance with requirements.
• Provide clear communication and direction to operational teams and stakeholders.

Skills

Highways maintenance

Civil engineering

Construction

Stakeholder management

Commercial awareness

Programme management

Team leadership

Drawings interpretation

Proactive approach

Job description

About the role

Balfour Beatty Living Places is looking for a Project Manager to join our team and play a key role in the successful delivery of highways maintenance and third-party works projects.

This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of a diverse portfolio of projects, ensuring they are delivered safely, efficiently, and to the highest standards. You'll work closely with clients, stakeholders, subcontractors, and operational teams to manage projects from inception through to completion while driving continuous improvement and supporting long-term contract growth.

What you\'ll be doing

• Lead the safe delivery of highways maintenance and third-party works projects.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, stakeholders, and subcontractors.
• Manage programmes of work, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget.
• Coordinate labour, plant, materials, and subcontractor resources to meet operational demands.
• Oversee projects from planning through to completion and handover.
• Monitor project performance and support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support winter maintenance and service delivery activities when required.
• Promote a positive safety culture and ensure compliance with all company and statutory requirements.
• Provide clear communication and direction to operational teams and project stakeholders.

Who we\'re looking for

We\'re looking for someone who can demonstrate:

• Experience within highways maintenance, civil engineering, construction, or infrastructure projects.
• Strong operational and project delivery knowledge.
• Excellent stakeholder and client management skills.
• Commercial awareness and an understanding of project costs, KPIs, and service levels.
• Experience managing programmes of work and coordinating multiple priorities.
• Strong organisational and problem-solving skills.
• The ability to lead and motivate teams while building collaborative working relationships.
• The ability to interpret drawings and technical information.
• A proactive and flexible approach to project delivery

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Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK\’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn\’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You\’ll have the freedom to shape the package that\’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About us

Balfour Beatty Living Places works in long-term partnerships with local authorities to create great places to live, work and play. We actively engage with local people to understand the needs of the communities we work in and shape the places where local economies can thrive and grow. As a leader in sustainable working, diversity, and social value, we use our expertise to bring real, positive change for our customers.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence \’Employer Recognition Scheme\’ and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at [e-mail]