Project Manager

slihrms; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible and remote working

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis in Manchester is seeking Project Managers to support delivery of highways and local transport projects across their full lifecycle.

You'll work with experienced Directors and multidisciplinary teams, coordinating projects, engaging stakeholders and ensuring high-quality outcomes for clients while benefiting from flexible and remote working options.

Qualifications

• BEng/MEng/Bsc or MSc degree in civil engineering or equivalent.
• Membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers with CEng or IEng qualification (or similar).
• Experience with key clients such as Transport Scotland, National Highways, Local Authorities, Network Rail.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical input across a portfolio of multi-disciplinary civil engineering projects.
• Collaborate with technical leads to derive engineering solutions and options.
• Produce project data and tracking to company standards, including fee proposals.
• Oversee pipeline management, final accounts, and contractual specifications.
• Mentor and develop project team members across disciplines.
• Engage with clients and stakeholders at regional and national levels.
• Prepare fee offers and assign work to project teams.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Client coordination

Team leadership

Education

BEng/MEng/BSc or MSc in civil engineering

Chartered membership (CEng/IEng)

Job description

We are seeking Project Managers to join our team and support the successful delivery of highways and local transport projects across their full lifecycle. This is an excellent opportunity to build your career within a leading consultancy, working on meaningful infrastructure programmes that improve how people move through places and communities.

Working alongside experienced Project Directors and multidisciplinary technical teams, you will gain broad exposure to project delivery while developing the confidence and capability to take on increasing responsibility. You will play a visible role in coordinating projects, engaging stakeholders and helping teams deliver high-quality outcomes for clients.

We know that different people have different priorities, which is why we're here to support you, with flexible and remote working a central part of our culture. So, talk to us about what's ideal for you - from reduced working weeks to buying more leave over school holidays. And if you're returning from a career break, ask us how we can help you transition back into work with us.

Our Transportation Division is currently seeking Project Managers in our Manchester office to support the delivery of a wide variety of multi-disciplinary highways projects within the north of England and the rest of the UK and Republic of Ireland. Using your excellent people, multi-disciplinary technical and delivery skills, you'll drive a variety of civil and structural designs for new build, renewal, maintenance and assessment works.

You'll be part of one of the largest transportation consultancies in the UK, and a leading supplier of engineering services to government, regulatory and local authorities, infrastructure owners and operators. Major clients include National Highways, Various Local Authorities, Network Rail, Design & Build Contractors and other niche clients.

We are looking to grow our project management / highways delivery and supervision capability in England, from where you will also have the opportunity to work with our internationally based design teams.

Ideally you will have a background in civil engineering project management with design experience of the delivery of a range of multi-disciplinary projects within highway environments. You'll be familiar with working in large, geographically dispersed multidisciplinary design teams on projects at varying stages of development from feasibility to detailed design and construction.

Your role

Technical

Managing technical input to a portfolio of multi-disciplinary civil engineering projects.

With value management in mind working with technical leads to derive engineering solutions to problems and judgement to appraise and recommend options.

Producing project data to support delivery of technical projects, spreadsheets and tracking data to AtkinsRéalis Business Management System standards, including providing technical assurance of fee proposals.

Overseeing commercial operation from pipeline management to final accounts, preparation of reports and contractual specifications for sub-contract agreements.

Staying abreast of industry developments and changes in standards.

Ensuring compliance with business management standards set in the company's quality, safety and environmental policies and procedures.

People

Maintain and further develop the existing teams to continue delivering world class engineering projects on time and to budget.

Management duties including mentoring and developing personnel.

Working collaboratively with and supporting multi-disciplinary global teams. Briefing and directing project teams to ensure the work is carried out cost effectively and to specification.

Stakeholder

Client engagement at regional and national levels. Understanding and meeting the client's business needs and for them to feel assured in our commitment to deliver.

Maintaining and developing excellent professional relationships which can secure repeat business.

Presenting to clients and key stakeholders in a professional, responsive and client focused manner.

To work as part of a collaborative team with the Contractor / Client / Public, developing strong and lasting relationships which promote aligned, efficient and smarter ways of working.

Management

Client, programs and financial management of projects.

Preparing fee offers for agreement with the client.

Assigning work to and checking / reviewing the project team proposals.

Contributing to bid leadership and developing winning proposals for our largest opportunities.

Ensuring our culture of safety and commitment to the environment is maintained and promoted throughout our delivery teams.

About you

Essential

• BEng/Meng/Bsc or MSc degree in civil engineering or equivalent.
• Membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers with CEng or IEng qualification (or similar).
• Experience of working with our key clients, e.g. Transport Scotland, National Highways, Local Authorities, Network Rail, Develop