Project Manager

Balfour Beatty; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction contractor in the UK seeks a Project Manager to oversee complex projects from start to finish. This role entails leading teams, managing budgets, and ensuring customer satisfaction while promoting safety and quality. Candidates should have experience in construction project management, strong leadership skills, and a commercial mindset. This position is based in Warrington and requires a mix of site and office work, with potential for broader UK travel.

Benefits

Opportunities for career development

Working on high-profile projects

Inclusive work culture

Qualifications

• Proven experience in project management within construction or civil engineering.
• Confident leader with strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Commercially aware, with experience managing costs and margins.

Responsibilities

• Lead and motivate project teams to achieve programme, budget, and quality targets.
• Own project P&L and drive commercial performance.
• Ensure a culture of safety excellence.

Skills

Project management experience

Strong communication

Stakeholder management

Commercial awareness

Passion for safety and quality

Education

CSCS card

Professional qualification (e.g. APMP)

Technical qualification

Job description

About the role

Job Title: Project Manager

Location: Warrington (Site & Office based)

Company: Balfour Beatty - Balvac

Are you a Project Manager who thrives on delivering technically complex projects and leading high‑performing teams? Join Balfour Beatty Balvac, the UK’s leading specialist contractor for structural strengthening, repair and refurbishment, and help us deliver construction excellence nationwide.

What you’ll be doing

As a Project Manager with Balvac, you’ll take full ownership of projects from start to finish, balancing safety, quality, time and cost while building strong customer relationships.

• Lead and motivate project teams and supply‑chain partners to deliver to programme, budget and quality targets
• Own project P&L and drive commercial performance
• Champion Zero Harm, embedding a culture of safety excellence on every project
• Manage customer relationships, change control and decision‑making to exceed expectations
• Deliver sustainability objectives, including waste, energy and water efficiency
• Implement robust planning, risk, change and project controls
• Apply Lean Construction principles and visual management to improve productivity and safety
• Use BIM / digital tools to optimise delivery and collaboration
• Report clearly on progress, risks and opportunities to senior stakeholders

Who we’re looking for

• Proven experience in project management within construction or civil engineering
• Confident leader with strong communication and stakeholder‑management skills
• Commercially aware, with experience managing costs and margins
• Passionate about safety, quality and continuous improvement
• CSCS card essential
• Professional qualification (e.g. APMP) and technical qualification desirable
• Experience or training in Lean Construction is an advantage

Why join Balvac?

• Work on challenging, high‑profile specialist projects across the UK
• Be part of Balfour Beatty, a company known for innovation, safety and career development
• Clear opportunities to grow, develop and progress your career
• A values‑driven culture focused on Customer Focus, Innovation and Operational Excellence

If you’re ready to lead complex projects and make a real impact in specialist civil engineering, we’d love to hear from you.

Location & working style

• Based from Warrington, with a mix of site and office working
• Projects primarily across the North West, with some wider UK travel as required

Professional and personal development

The size and scale of Balfour Beatty provide incredible opportunities, regardless of what stage you are at in your career. We encourage and empower our employees to take control of their career and explore which part of the business they want to work in and what role is right for them. We actively encourage open communication throughout the year about wellbeing, development and career opportunities. We’re proud of the Balfour Beatty Academy: a 70:20:10 approach to learning that suits everyone – 70% learning on the job, 20% learning from those around you, and 10% formal training courses and events.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions, developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.

About us

Balvac is a leading specialist structural repair, strengthening and refurbishment contractor and wholly owned subsidiary of the Balfour Beatty Group. We value diversity and celebrate individual differences, believing that our inclusive culture helps the business continue to grow as a strong, dynamic and innovative organisation.

Our core business is the structural repair, strengthening, protection and refurbishment of existing civil and building structures across the UK – active in highways, rail infrastructure, power including nuclear licensed sites and industrial facilities. Specialist capabilities include concrete repair (wet and dry spray, crack injection, leak sealing), structural strengthening with FRP composite materials, corrosion protection, post‑tensioning to bridges and tanks, and concrete carriageway rehabilitation using vacuum-assisted void grouting and slab realignment techniques.

Balfour Beatty is committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We are a disability‑confident employer and support applicants with disabilities and long‑term health conditions. Further information on disability confidence can be found at https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/.

To learn more about Balfour Beatty, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/careers and for our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone.