Project Manager - Highways DBFO - Exeter

Balfour Beatty; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Project Manager in the Highways sector, where you will lead and manage key projects that enhance infrastructure and community connectivity. This role offers the opportunity to work on significant highway networks, ensuring safety and efficiency while managing a diverse team. With a commitment to sustainability and innovation, you will play a crucial role in delivering high-quality asset management services. Enjoy a range of employee benefits, including hybrid working options, generous leave, and a supportive work environment that values diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Company car

Hybrid working available

25 days annual leave

Pension savings schemes

Employee discounts and offers

Refer a friend bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Proven track record in managing operational delivery and highways maintenance.
• Strong knowledge of health and safety legislation and management.

Responsibilities

• Manage the delivery of Joint Venture activities and maintain project KPIs.
• Conduct safety tours and ensure compliance with health and safety plans.

Skills

Operational Delivery Management

Highways Maintenance

Microsoft Office (MS Word, Excel)

Health & Safety Management

Business Management Systems

Budget Management

Contract Management

Job description

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About the role

Our Balfour Beatty Highways business has a terrific opportunity for a Project Manager for our Highways DBFO Joint Venture.

Balfour Beatty Highways maintain, manage and operate major highway networks across the UK and support local authorities creating communities where people want to live work and play.

We provide high quality asset strategy, management and planning consultancy services to a wide range of public and private sector customers. We provide specialist, reliable, sustainable and creative advice for asset management planning and implementation in the UK. We put our customers first and prioritise completing schemes safely, efficiently and to a high standard.

What you'll be doing

As a Project Manager, you will be reporting to the Joint Venture Board, providing overall control, management and take responsibility for the delivery of all Joint Venture Activities in delivering the contract with our Customer Connect Roads, including:

• Management of National Highways Additional Works Notices and Orders
• Overall responsibility for successful completion of JV Additional Asset replacements on the A30/A35 DBFO
• Attendance at monthly Contract Managers with Connect Roads
• Carry out periodic Safety & Environment Tours as required by the Project H&S Plan
• Produce, through delivery team, and regularly review the project programme to ensure completion
• Maintain Road space requirements and Network Occupancy requirements
• Maintain targets and KPI's in line with Project objectives and monitor performance
• Carry out constructive analysis of fully resourced programme and report findings

Who we're looking for

• A successful track record in managing operational delivery.
• Experience of Highways Maintenance requirements and activities
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages (MS Word, Excel)
• Proficient in the application of H&S management
• Good working knowledge of current H&S legislation
• Understands the Organisational Business Management Systems and processes
• Able to produce a realistic programme and proactively track progress
• Used to setting and successfully managing targets in line with budget
• Good understanding of the standard forms of contracts

Still interested? then come and become colleagues with 26,000 staff and join a business which recorded 8.6bn in revenues last year, achieved industry leading customer satisfaction scores and has unrivalled employee engagement statistics.

An excellent range of benefits awaits the successful candidate:

• An attractive / negotiated salary
• 42 core base hours per week
• Company car
• Hybrid working available
• 25 days annual leave
• Pension savings schemes
• A whole host of other BB staff employee benefits (discounts, exclusive offers etc)
• Refer a friend bonus scheme
• Scores of other Balfour Beatty opportunities available as well via our balfourbeattycareers.com portal.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UKs 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:

- 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's Highways business delivers major schemes including motorway upgrade programmes, complex national infrastructure projects and regional investment programme works for National Highways. We have a strong orderbook and a positive pipeline of opportunities, we put the road user, at the heart of everything we do. We work safely, reduce carbon emissions and add social value to the communities within which we work.

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

We are 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]