Project Manager - Utilities Enabling - Grays

Balfour Beatty; Grays; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A major infrastructure firm is seeking a Utilities Project Manager for their Lower Thames Crossing project. The role involves managing utility works, ensuring compliance, and leading a multidisciplinary team. Ideal candidates should have a degree in Civil Engineering and proven experience in infrastructure projects. A competitive salary, company car, and extensive benefits are offered.

Benefits

Negotiated salary

Company car

25 days annual leave

Pension savings schemes

Employee benefits such as discounts

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing works on major infrastructure projects.
• Experience in working as part of a wider integrated team for delivery.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of utility enabling works for safe and productive delivery.
• Lead a team to deliver on strategic objectives.
• Monitor costs and ensure accurate reporting of financial performance.

Skills

Project management skills

Communication skills

Negotiation skills

Leadership skills

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Job description

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About the role

Our Balfour Beatty Highways business has a terrific opportunity for a Utilities Project Manager to join our £1.2 billion Lower Thames Crossing project, consisting of 43 bridges, including viaducts, 17km of complex Highways construction, complex utility diversions, and a scheme-wide, industry leading approach to carbon reduction.

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.

The Utilities Project Manager will be tasked to lead the commercial management of a major highways scheme involving the construction of a new road and extensive utilities interface.

What you'll be doing

Project Delivery

• Manage all aspects of utility enabling works to provide an environment that allows the utilities to be delivered safely, predictably and productively.
• Lead a team and deliver in line with agreed strategic objectives.
• Develop and maintain programmes, forecasts, and performance metrics for utility enabling works.
• Identify and manage the discharge of consents.
• Identify and manage risks and opportunities associated with the works.
• Ensure timely delivery of utility diversions and installations aligned with main works milestones and specifically SU Constraint Dates.

Stakeholder Management

• Liaise with statutory undertakers, local authorities, and internal teams to secure approvals and agreements.
• Maintain strong relationships with utility providers and resolve conflicts promptly.

Technical & Compliance

• Oversee design reviews and ensure compliance with relevant standards, codes, and safety regulations.
• Implement robust risk management and quality assurance processes.

Team Leadership

• Lead and motivate a multidisciplinary team, including engineers and subcontractors.
• Support the development of the delivery strategies for the works.
• Foster a collaborative and safety‑first culture across all utility works.

Financial Control

• Manage budgets for utility works, monitor costs, and identify opportunities for savings.
• Ensure accurate reporting and forecasting of financial performance.

Reporting & Documentation

• Prepare progress reports, risk registers, and maintain accurate project documentation.
• Support handover and certification processes for utility assets.

Who we're looking for

• Proven experience managing works on major infrastructure projects.
• Proven experience in working as part of a wider integrated team and being able to draw on other disciplines and supporting functions to deliver a desired outcome.
• Excellent project management skills, including scheduling, budgeting, and risk management.
• Strong leadership and the ability to lead teams and coordinate multiple stakeholders.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills.

Desirable

• Degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or APM certification.
• Experience with NEC contracts and major highways projects.
• Knowledge of health, safety, and environmental standards (NEBOSH/IOSH desirable).

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.
• 25 days annual leave.
• Pension savings schemes.
• A whole host of other Balfour Beatty employee benefits (discounts, exclusive offers, etc).
• Refer a friend bonus scheme.
• Scores of other Balfour Beatty opportunities available via our balfourbeattycareers.com portal.

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:

- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 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 https://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]