Project Manager (Highways Site Delivery)

Essex County Counci; Chelmsford; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking council as a Project Manager for Highways Site Delivery. This role offers the chance to lead and manage diverse civil projects, ensuring they align with strategic goals and are delivered on time and within budget. You will be responsible for engaging with stakeholders, managing project risks, and implementing effective governance processes. With a commitment to professional development and the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment, this position is perfect for someone looking to make a significant impact in public service. Embrace the chance to contribute to the development of Essex County and enhance your career in a supportive and inclusive setting.

Qualifications

• Project Management qualification or accreditation required.
• Experience in managing complex civil projects is essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage small to medium sized complex projects to meet strategic aims.
• Oversee project delivery, ensuring alignment with budget and scope.

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Risk Management

Leadership

Change Management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Prince 2

NEC3

NEC4

Job description

Project Manager (Highways Site Delivery)

Permanent, Full Time

£45,494.55 to £53,523 per annum

Location: Chelmsford

Working Style: Anywhere worker

Closing Date: 18th February 2025

The Infrastructure Delivery team will develop and deliver the capital programme for Essex County Council.

The Project Manager role is accountable for managing small, medium and large scale civil projects (From £500k up to £100m) which contribute to the delivery of Essex County Council’s (ECC) strategic aims and is responsible for driving and overseeing the delivery of a project(s) to ensure project objectives are clearly defined and can be delivered within the agreed timelines.

As an experienced manager, familiar with working in a project environment, this role is key to ensuring robust project management is in place underpinned by governance and assurance processes. Influencing and working with stakeholders is also essential to ensure agreed project outputs are delivered to enable benefits to be realised.

Accountabilities

1. Responsible for managing small to medium sized, complex projects to latest industry and contract standards, contributing to ECC’s strategic aims to deliver agreed outcomes within time and cost constraints.
2. Responsible for efficient management of the project and the project team, ensuring current capability aligns with project requirements, to ensure delivery of project outcomes and develop innovative and improved ways of working.
3. Responsible for providing expertise and specialist knowledge to develop a robust, agreed business case and project execution plan, to align project deliverables to the Council’s expectations and maintain this throughout project delivery.
4. Responsible for monitoring project delivery, ensuring alignment with the agreed budget and scope and reporting back according to requirements. Clearly set out project resource requirements in order to facilitate prioritisation by the Portfolio/Programme Manager.
5. Responsible for ensuring agreement with customers of quantified benefits to be realised and metrics required to monitor impact. Designing and actively managing the project plan to ensure outcomes are delivered.
6. Responsible for overseeing project risk management including highlighting project risks and issues and ways in which these can be mitigated and escalated as appropriate.
7. Responsible for ensuring effective Change Management processes are in place and changes to deliverables as agreed with stakeholders are documented.
8. Responsible for developing an effective governance and assurance framework, to support decision making and ensure regular reporting on progress through pro-active engagement with project sponsors (where applicable). Work collaboratively with and manage internal stakeholder and external partner relationships.

Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.

The Experience You Will Bring

1. Educated to RQF level 6 (Bachelor’s degree) or equivalent by extensive experience.
2. Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development (CPD) and up to date knowledge in relevant professional area.
3. Project Management qualification or accreditation such as, APM Practitioner, Prince 2, NEC3 or NEC4 Accredited Project Manager.
4. Evidence of having successfully completed several projects in a similar role and experience contributing to a range of other projects and/or programmes.
5. Experience of delivering the full range of duties required of a either a NEC3/NEC4 Project Manager or JCT Contract Administrator / Employers Agent.
6. Experience of working with a diverse range of individuals at varying levels within a number of complex organisations and engaging with them, finding ways to overcome obstacles.
7. Experience of working within a political environment with knowledge of a public sector setting and involvement in a large, complex environment.
8. Good leadership and behavioural skills, with the ability to influence and motivate professional staff, building diverse teams, to achieve shared objectives.

Please note that the job role requires you to be mobile throughout an operational area. Therefore, the post holder will need to have a driving licence and access to a vehicle, or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means.

To read more about us please visit: People, Policy, Economy and Public Health - Working for Essex

Why Essex?

Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton. England’s oldest town, Colchester, and two of its newest – Basildon and Harlow – are right here. Along with the City of Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read more about us.

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We’re also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.

What you should do next

If you are interested in finding out more about this role, we would love to hear from you. Please apply via the Working for Essex website.

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