Schemes Delivery Manager

hays-gcj-v4-pd-online; England; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK infrastructure contractor is seeking a Schemes Delivery Manager to oversee highways maintenance and improvement projects. In this role, you will manage multiple workstreams, ensuring safety, efficiency, and compliance while building relationships with stakeholders across Suffolk.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a similar role is essential.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage project programmes for timely delivery.
• Coordinate resources effectively and engage with stakeholders.
• Ensure all necessary safety and compliance documentation is in place.

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Safety Compliance

Job description

One of the UK’s leading infrastructure contractors, working across a number of sectors including transport, highways, water, energy, and telecommunications.

Your new role

Working on a long-term highways maintenance and improvement contract, they now require a Schemes Delivery Manager. This contract involves a wide range of services aimed at enhancing the quality and safety of the highway network for residents, businesses, and road users across Suffolk.

As a Scheme Delivery Manager, you will play a central role in ensuring the successful delivery of multiple workstreams. You’ll oversee subcontractors and operational teams, ensuring that all activities are carried out safely, efficiently, and to the highest standards.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Develop and manage project programmes to ensure timely, safe, and compliant delivery aligned with HSEQ standards.
2. Coordinate labour, materials, equipment, and subcontractor resources effectively.
3. Engage with stakeholders including network managers, local authorities, community groups, and designers to support project delivery.
4. Ensure all necessary Construction Phase Plans, method statements, and safe systems of work are in place before work begins.
5. Verify that all site personnel, including subcontractors, are competent and appropriately trained.
6. Collaborate with commercial teams and take ownership of the project’s financial performance.
7. Maintain accurate site records, including diaries, work logs, resource usage, and as-built documentation.
8. Support the Area Manager in developing construction programmes, phasing plans, and method statements.
9. Build strong working relationships with key supply chain partners.
10. Contribute to early contractor involvement and buildability assessments, including traffic management planning.
11. Participate in value management and value engineering processes.
12. Ensure compliance with internal processes, procedures, and performance reporting requirements.

What you'll need to succeed

Previous experience in a similar role is essential.

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Created on 25/06/2025 by TN United Kingdom