Project Manager

Millbank Holdings Limited; Workington; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Millbank Holdings Ltd invites applications for a Project Manager to lead delivery of major infrastructure programmes in the UK. You will own programme performance, safety standards, and client relationships, directing multidisciplinary teams and coordinating with supply chain partners.

Reporting to the Project Director, you will manage commercial outcomes, procurement, change control, and risk management while ensuring quality and sustainability compliance across the lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience managing major construction, civil engineering, or infrastructure projects.
• Strong commercial and contractual management experience.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary project teams.
• Proven stakeholder and client management skills.
• Experience managing project risks, opportunities, programme delivery, and resources.
• Strong understanding of Health, Safety, Environmental, Quality, and Sustainability requirements.
• Ability to lead, motivate, and develop high-performing project teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the project team and take overall responsibility for successful project delivery.
• Act as the primary representative with clients, stakeholders, and external bodies.
• Manage overall project commercial performance and business outcomes.
• Oversee subcontractor and supplier procurement activities and approvals.
• Ensure effective contract administration and change management processes are implemented.
• Drive risk and opportunity management across the project lifecycle.
• Ensure project programmes are developed, maintained, reviewed, and updated.
• Manage project resources, budgets, recruitment activities, and team development.
• Set performance objectives and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Champion Health, Safety, Environmental, Sustainability, and Quality standards across all project activities.
• Ensure all incidents, observations, lessons learned, and improvements are captured and actioned appropriately.
• Produce project reports, forecasts, and management information for internal and external stakeholders.
• Support business development and future work-winning opportunities as required.

Skills

Major projects

Commercial management

Contract management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

HSE & QA

Team leadership

Job description

Would you like to lead the delivery of high-profile infrastructure projects for one of the world's leading construction organisations, with full ownership of project performance and client relationships?

Do you have proven experience delivering major civil engineering or construction projects as a Project Manager, with overall responsibility for programme, commercial performance, risk, and stakeholder management?

Have you managed multidisciplinary project teams and supply chain partners while ensuring compliance with Health & Safety, Quality, Environmental, and contractual requirements on large-scale construction projects?

The Opportunity

In this role, you will act as the senior leader on the project, taking responsibility for successful delivery across programme, commercial performance, safety, quality, stakeholder management, and project profitability. Working closely with clients, consultants, supply chain partners, and internal teams, you will play a key role in driving project success whilst developing high-performing teams and maintaining the highest standards of delivery. Benefits include working on major infrastructure projects, significant leadership responsibility, opportunities for career progression, and the chance to influence the success of complex construction programmes.

Your duties and responsibilities will be

• Lead the project team and take overall responsibility for successful project delivery.
• Act as the primary representative with clients, stakeholders, and external bodies.
• Manage overall project commercial performance and business outcomes.
• Oversee subcontractor and supplier procurement activities and approvals.
• Ensure effective contract administration and change management processes are implemented.
• Drive risk and opportunity management across the project lifecycle.
• Ensure project programmes are developed, maintained, reviewed, and updated.
• Manage project resources, budgets, recruitment activities, and team development.
• Set performance objectives and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Champion Health, Safety, Environmental, Sustainability, and Quality standards across all project activities.
• Ensure all incidents, observations, lessons learned, and improvements are captured and actioned appropriately.
• Produce project reports, forecasts, and management information for internal and external stakeholders.
• Support business development and future work-winning opportunities as required.

You will have the following qualifications & experience:

• Demonstrable experience managing major construction, civil engineering, or infrastructure projects.
• Strong commercial and contractual management experience.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary project teams.
• Proven stakeholder and client management skills.
• Experience managing project risks, opportunities, programme delivery, and resources.
• Strong understanding of Health, Safety, Environmental, Quality, and Sustainability requirements.
• Ability to lead, motivate, and develop high-performing project teams.

It’s great if you also have the following

• Experience working for a principal contractor on major infrastructure projects.
• NEC contract experience.
• Previous experience supporting business development and work-winning activities.
• Experience within highly regulated sectors such as defence, transportation, utilities, nuclear, or major civil engineering.
• Professional membership or chartership (APM, ICE, CIOB or equivalent).
• Degree-qualified in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or a related discipline.

The setting for the role

You will be based within a major project delivery environment, working closely with clients, consultants, engineering functions, principal designers, and supply chain partners to deliver complex construction projects. Reporting directly to the Project Director, you will lead project teams and act as the focal point for project delivery, ensuring commercial success, operational excellence, and compliance with all safety, quality, and environmental requirements. This position offers the opportunity to work on significant infrastructure programmes within a collaborative and professional environment focused on innovation, continuous improvement, and sustainable delivery.

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.