Project Manager - Major Projects

Places Developments; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading social enterprise in Greater London is seeking an experienced project manager to lead major infrastructure projects at the Gilston Park Estate. This role involves delivering highways, bridges, and community amenities while ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in managing multidisciplinary teams and deep knowledge of construction methodologies. The position offers a competitive salary, benefits including a pension scheme and an excellent holiday package, as well as opportunities for development.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Pension with matched contributions up to 7%

35 days annual leave

Bonus Scheme

Company Car/Allowance

Training and development

Discounts and offers from shops

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering infrastructure projects in highways, utilities, drainage, and civils.
• Strong knowledge of NEC and JCT contract management.
• Ability to manage multidisciplinary teams effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of highways, bridges, utilities, landscaping, and community amenities.
• Manage budgets, programmes, and compliance with health, safety, and environmental standards.
• Engage stakeholders and ensure projects align with business objectives.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Construction methodologies

Regulatory compliance

Leadership

Education

Experience in infrastructure projects

Job description

This role is an exciting opportunity to help deliver major infrastructure projects, including works to service and enable land, highways projects and new community amenities to help create an ambitious, sustainable and vibrant new community of 8,500 homes at the Gilston Park Estate in East Hertfordshire.

Gilston Park Estate is a once in a generation opportunity to deliver six distinct new villages bound together by landscape and community to the north of Harlow. It is unique in its design and infrastructure‑led approach, with six distinct villages, each with their own character, buffered by accessible green spaces and, crucially, linked by a sustainable transport network which will enable residents' direct access to Harlow's economic opportunities and infrastructure plus accessibility by road and rail to elsewhere to achieve ambitious 60% modal shift targets.

The infrastructure to be delivered includes major highways projects including new bridges over a river and railway, new country parks, community amenities and works to service and enable land for 8,500 new homes and supporting amenities including a leisure centre, sports facilities and a health centre.

At Places for People, we hire People, not numbers! If you like the sound of one of our jobs, please apply – you could be just who we’re looking for. Of course experience and track record are important, but we’re more interested in hiring someone that embodies our People Promises: someone that does the right thing, is enthusiastic and motivated to grow, believes in Community spirit, is respectful and enjoys their work. As the UK’s leading Social Enterprise we’re dedicated to creating inclusive and thriving Communities for both our Customers and Employees.

So, what are you waiting for? Join a community that cares about you!

As the UK’s leading Social Enterprise we understand the importance of a supportive and inclusive work culture so please talk to us at interview about flexibility you may need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we promise not to judge you for asking. For this role we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times or compressed hours.

Important Notice: The earliest start date for this position is 7th April. We appreciate your understanding and look forward to welcoming the right candidate to our team.

More about your role

This role is an exciting opportunity have a leading role in delivering major infrastructure projects and creating an ambitious, sustainable and vibrant new community of 8,500 homes at the Gilston Park Estate in East Hertfordshire.

You will have a leading role in the delivery of complex infrastructure projects such as highways, bridges, utilities, landscaping, and community amenities from inception to completion, ensuring full compliance with health, safety, environmental, and quality standards, including CDM regulations. You'll be managing budgets and programmes, and securing planning and technical approvals. The role involves procuring and managing multidisciplinary teams, overseeing contracts and tendering, and driving value engineering to achieve cost efficiency. Strong stakeholder engagement, meticulous record‑keeping, and clear reporting to senior management are essential to keep projects on track and aligned with business objectives.

More about you

We’re seeking an experienced project manager with a strong track record in delivering infrastructure projects such as highways, utilities, drainage, and civils. You’ll have deep knowledge of construction methodologies, contract management (NEC, JCT), and regulatory compliance, combined with the ability to manage multidisciplinary teams and complex stakeholder relationships. Exceptional communication, leadership, and negotiation skills are essential to drive successful outcomes.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, with a salary review yearly
• Pension with matched contributions up to 7%
• Excellent holiday package – 35 days annual leave including bank holidays with the option to buy or sell leave
• Bonus Scheme
• Company Car/Allowance
• Training and development
• Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more.

What's next?

If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then click apply. You will be redirected to our careers site where you can discover more about the role, read a full job description and apply directly to us.

As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a guaranteed interview to candidates who are disabled, neurodiverse, or have served in the Armed Forces, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in your application. We are dedicated to creating a supportive and accessible recruitment process for all.

We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview experience, please let us know. We’re happy to work with you to ensure you have the opportunity to perform at your best.

Safeguarding

At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect.

We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre‑employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment.

By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities.