Projects Manager

JobFlurry; Melksham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure services provider in the United Kingdom seeks a Manager for highway maintenance. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading their team, ensuring all works meet specifications, and promoting safety standards. They should possess a managerial background in highway maintenance, effective communication skills, and a valid driving licence. The position offers numerous benefits, including a company car, enhanced leave, and a pension scheme, making it an excellent opportunity for career development.

Benefits

Matched or contributory pension scheme

Online GP service

Employee assistance programme

Company car and fuel card

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Ability to manage own workload, and set and prioritize works for others.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience in highway maintenance at a managerial level is essential.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all works are delivered in line with contract specifications.
• Lead your team in planning and allocating resources efficiently.
• Collaborate with the SHEQ team to embed best practices in safety.
• Liaise with Transport Managers to ensure up-to-date fleet records.

Skills

Good communication both written and verbal

Self‑motivated

Experience in highway maintenance at a managerial level

Driving licence

SMSTS

Job description

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working?

At M Group Highways, we’re supporting the safe transportation and movement of people across the UK. We don’t just build roads and bridges – we’re building a better future, creating lasting social value that gives back to the communities in which we work. You’ll be joining our Highways team, as the UK’s number one highway maintenance contractor, our teams use the latest innovations to create effective solutions. We offer a range of services including planned and reactive maintenance and highway improvement schemes.

What will you be doing?

• Ensure all works are delivered in line with contract specifications and to the satisfaction of the Service Manager and stakeholders.
• Lead your team in planning and allocating resources efficiently to meet the Annual Plan.
• Take full ownership of work programming and coordination, working closely with programming and permitting teams.
• Collaborate with the SHEQ team to embed best practices in safety, environmental responsibility, and carbon reduction across the contract.
• Work alongside the Commercial team to ensure accurate resource allocation, forecasting, and effective budget management.
• Liaise with Transport Managers to ensure all fleet, plant, fuel usage, and driver records are up to date and compliant.
• Maintain KPI performance in line with or above required levels.
• Promote collaboration with key stakeholders to establish service benchmarks and drive improvement.

What you’ll bring

• Good communication both written and verbal.
• Self‑motivated, able to manage own workload, and set and prioritise works for others.
• Experience in highway maintenance at a managerial level.
• Driving licence.
• SMSTS.

What’s in it for you?

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;

• Matched or contributory pension scheme.
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
• Employee assistance programme.
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts.
• Life assurance.
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave.
• Reward and recognition scheme.
• Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from.
• My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme.
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Holiday purchase scheme.
• Personal Accident Cover.

About us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We are one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs. Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

• We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet.
• We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations.
• We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
• We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life.

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development. It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group!

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered. For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to third‑party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.