Project Manager - Leeds

Balfour Beatty; Leeds; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Project Manager, leading exciting civil engineering projects that enhance infrastructure and community well-being. In this role, you will oversee construction activities, manage teams, and ensure projects are delivered safely and on schedule. With a focus on collaboration and innovation, you will play a key role in shaping the future of major infrastructure projects. Enjoy a supportive work environment with a range of benefits including generous leave policies and opportunities for professional growth. This is your chance to make a meaningful impact while advancing your career.

Benefits

25 days paid annual leave

Family friendly policies

Pension plan

Share incentive plan

Volunteering leave

Recognition schemes

Qualifications

• Proven track record of delivering projects safely and on time.
• Experience in managing multi-disciplinary teams and subcontractors.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee construction activities on the project.
• Manage subcontractors and ensure adherence to safety standards.

Skills

Leadership

Project Management

Stakeholder Communication

Commercial Awareness

Team Management

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering

Chartership Status

Job description

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About the role

Join Our Team as a Project Manager with Balfour Beatty Highways!

Are you an experienced Project Manager within Civil Engineering that is looking for an exciting new opportunity? This might be the role for you! We are thrilled to offer a great opportunity for a skilled Project Manager to join Balfour Beatty Highways on the Concrete Step Barrier project. You will be required to be on site a minimum of 4 days a week in Micklefield, Leeds.

Role Purpose:

As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for leading and overseeing construction activities on the project, including team briefings, RAMS (Risk Assessment Method Statements), workforce management, and subcontractor coordination. You will also oversee site managers, ensuring the project is delivered safely, on schedule, and to the highest quality standards.

What you'll be doing

Some other key responsibilities will be:

• Lead the project team and manage the supply chain to deliver projects to time, cost and quality targets and standards.
• Ensure adherence to safety and sustainability standards.
• Ensure that project plans and schedules are robust to optimize resources and timelines and communicate them effectively to the team.
• Manage subcontractors, monitoring attendance and progress, and providing guidance to achieve contractual targets.
• Collaborate with internal/external design teams and consultants, supporting project deadlines as required.
• Assist in people management and resourcing for the project.
• Actively manage customer relationships, overseeing changes and decisions to align with project expectations.

Who we're looking for

What we are looking for:

• Proven Leadership - Track record of delivering multi-disciplinary projects/teams safely, on time, and within budget, while motivating and managing site teams and subcontractors - value £20m upwards.
• Relevant experience working within the highways sector or major project @Agent level or above.
• Academic - Desirable chartership status / Degree qualification in either civils or construction management.
• Strong Commercial and Programme Awareness - Ability to develop and monitor project schedules, control costs, and manage changes while aligning with contractual obligations and client expectations.
• Stakeholder Communication and Collaboration - confident communicator who can chair meetings, handle client interactions, manage issues diplomatically, and build trust.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK's 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 added 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

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also 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]