Project Manager, Civils and Transport Delivery

Bath & North East Somerset Council; Keynsham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking council focused on improving lives in a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This role offers the chance to lead ambitious transport and public realm projects that enhance community connectivity and sustainability. As part of a supportive team, you will manage diverse projects with a significant budget, aiming for net-zero by 2030. With flexible working arrangements and a commitment to stakeholder engagement, this position is ideal for experienced project managers eager to make a positive impact in the community. Embrace this opportunity to shape the future of transport in a beautiful and historic setting.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Home working options

Provided IT equipment

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Proven track record in transport and highways civil engineering.
• Experience in technical project management delivery.

Responsibilities

• Manage complex projects for sustainable transport and public realm improvements.
• Oversee stakeholder engagement and project implementation.

Skills

Project Management

Civil Engineering

Transport Planning

Stakeholder Engagement

Communication Skills

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering or related field

Tools

Project Management Software

Job description

At Bath & North East Somerset Council we have one overriding purpose – to improve people’s lives.

About the Team

Exciting opportunities to join our Capital Programme and Project Delivery Team.

This role represents a fantastic opportunity to be an integral part of the transformation within a UNESCO World Heritage Site and UNESCO World Heritage Spa, around Britain’s only thermal springs, within an area of outstanding natural beauty.

You’ll be joining at a time when Bath and North East Somerset Council (B&NES) is undertaking a period of significant capital investment, across a range of challenging projects throughout our unique and diverse property and asset portfolio.

The Capital Construction Programme is shaping the long-term sustainability of transport, and the social, historic, environmental, and economic landscape of the area, as well as facilitating income-generating initiatives.

We are seeking experienced Project Managers with a proven track record in transport and/or highways civil engineering construction design, planning, and technical project management delivery, to join our award-winning team.

About the projects:

Active Travel

The Somer Valley Links project aims to improve travel between Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Westfield, and Bath via the A367 and Bristol via the A37; and the A362 link road between them, through better bus infrastructure and enabling more walking and cycling. It’ll make alternative modes more attractive, enable reduced car use, and support improved public health, as well as better air quality and cutting carbon emissions along the corridors. With a total allocation currently of close to £18m, this is a high-profile inter-urban movement initiative within the CRSTs programme.

Within our Active Travel programme, again part of the DfT-funded CRSTS, we have a number of walking, wheeling, and cycling improvement projects within Bath, as well as in the Midsomer Norton & Westfield area. At different stages of the development process, facilities are being designed to provide our communities safe and easy-to-use walking and cycling choices, and offer connections between existing routes and paths, for local trips as well as longer journeys.

Liveable Neighbourhoods

The Liveable Neighbourhoods (LN) programme is a community-led programme which will see public realm improvements in residential areas. The aim is to improve residential streets and encourage safe, active, and more sustainable forms of travel, such as walking, wheeling, and cycling.

The council has already delivered 4 experimental schemes, giving the public the opportunity to experience interventions and provide feedback on their impacts. Further information can be found here https://beta.bathnes.gov.uk/liveable-neighbourhoods.

Following the approval of a full business case by the West of England Combined Authority (WECA), there will be an ambitious programme to deliver other measures and interventions, creating the opportunity for new project managers to join our busy and supportive project team.

These schemes are ambitious and challenging in terms of timescale, their complexity, and the involvement of stakeholders, and we are looking for project managers with both excellent communication skills and the ability to manage a fast-paced programme of implementation. There is also a requirement to provide technical support in liaising with contractors and overseeing works orders as part of the programme.

Residents Parking Zones (RPZs)

As part of the LN programme, the council is delivering new residents parking zones, together with the ongoing review of schemes delivered in 2023 to understand the realized benefits and to develop improvements. Further information can be found here: https://beta.bathnes.gov.uk/LNRPZ.

These schemes are challenging both in terms of their complexity and involvement of stakeholders - residents, businesses, and local elected members, and we are looking for project managers with excellent communication skills and the ability to manage a fast-paced programme of implementation to deliver these schemes.

Bath City Centre

The Bath City Centre Sustainable Transport Corridor aims to deliver walking and cycling infrastructure to the centre of Bath. The project prioritizes the safe movement of people across the city, improving connectivity and air quality through the reduction of transport-related emissions.

Working with WECA, the council aims to develop a full business case for the scheme before delivery begins in 2025. This process will involve managing both design development and delivery, with regular engagement with stakeholders throughout. Enhancements to the highway, footway, and public realm are expected, with a number of technical challenges to overcome.

The scale and ambition of the project means the council is looking for project managers capable of communicating effectively, managing a range of complex workstreams to support a key council priority.

About the Role

You will be joining a friendly, experienced, and supportive Programme and Construction Project Management Team who collectively work across a diverse portfolio of projects from Highways, Corporate and Commercial Estates, Housing, and Compliance Maintenance with a combined project value in excess of £200m. This includes the retrofit of many of our 1,100 properties and delivery of sustainable transport/neighbourhoods, public realm, and new build projects, to achieve net-zero by 2030.

Working as part of the wider Sustainable Communities team, which also has responsibility for Planning, Heritage Services, Housing, Transport Strategy, Public Realm, and Corporate Estate, you will need to be a team player with excellent people and project management skills.

Whilst the office base will be Keynsham Civic Centre, easily accessible via car or public transport, we offer flexible working, including home working for which IT equipment will be provided, and we are open-minded in structuring working arrangements to suit the right candidates.

If you are interested in this post and require more details or just to chat through the role and what’s involved, please contact Christopher May, Senior Project Manager, [e-mail] or call 01225396397.

Interview date: TBC

Please note Applications will be checked weekly and we will shortlist and interview on a rolling basis.