Senior Project Manager

Balfour Beatty plc; Dartford; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working up to 40% remote

25 days annual leave (pro rata)

Pension and incentive schemes

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc invites applications for a Senior Project Manager to support the M25 London Orbital Motorway project within the Connect Plus Services team. The role involves leading projects from feasibility to handover, managing budgets and contracts, and liaising with clients and stakeholders across multiple offices on a hybrid model.

Applicants should have senior experience in highways construction/maintenance, with PM qualifications (PRINCE2, APMP) and a strong focus on safety, CDM, and

Qualifications

• Experience delivering mechanical and electrical or technology highways construction/maintenance operations.
• PM qualification preferred (PRINCE2, APMP, etc.).
• HNC / HND or equivalent in mechanical/electrical, civil engineering or related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee projects through feasibility, design, construction and handover.
• Manage programme income and cost profiles, and oversee PM inputs.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Project leadership

Team leadership

Communication

Budget control

Lean principles

Safety awareness

H&S knowledge

CDM knowledge

Client liaison

Negotiation

Change management

Education

HNC / HND in mechanical & electrical / civil engineering

Tools

Aconex

Job description

About The Role

Senior Project Manager – Balfour Beatty – Connect Plus Services (CPS)

Location: Dartford, Leatherhead or South Mimms

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Project Manager to join our Connect Plus Services (CPS) team, supporting the M25 London Orbital Motorway project.

CPS is a joint venture between Balfour Beatty, Atkins and Egis, responsible for operating and maintaining the M25—Europe’s busiest motorway. Delivering over £100m of annual investment, alongside planned and reactive maintenance, this is a complex and high‑profile network requiring robust and efficient planning.

If you are building a career in highways, this role offers exposure to one of the UK’s most challenging and dynamic infrastructure environments.

What you'll be doing

Key Responsibilities / Duties

• Stakeholder Management - Develop and maintain strong collaborative relationships with the Portfolio Manager, Self Delivery Lead, Delivery Leads, other colleagues, Construction/Supervisor Teams and key internal and external stakeholders, to ensure full mutual understanding of the projects’ delivery objectives, to report on and review project performance, and to agree solutions to issues.
• Maintaining compliance with the DBFO contract clarifying roles and responsibilities within your team, resolving risks and issues in a timely manner, producing timely and accurate reports, and creating and maintaining specified records including change management.
• Identify and evaluate emerging risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints associated with the project, escalating where appropriate. Where necessary develop, agree, and implement solutions to overcome these.
• Lead and oversee projects throughout their whole lifecycle through feasibility, design, construction and handover. Informing investment proposals for our clients at each stage
• Global or master programme maintenance for whole portfolios
• Programme income and cost profiles, overseeing and challenging the Project Managers input.
• Client liaison on a project and portfolio level
• Chairing and driving regular (fortnightly) project reviews to ensure the following are current and live:
• Project and division risk register Project risk category (on financial spreadsheet) Review submissions register. Review of Correspondence Register progress comments and milestone dates
• Project income and cost forecast (review of PM profiles)
• Project change
• Project priorities (for resource allocation)
• Manage correspondence and queries through Aconex.
• Project change control and reviewing processes and procedure
• Allocation of projects to PMs based on appropriate knowledge, experience, ability, and capability (workload)
• Work closely with the Construction/Supervisor team to ensure permits, certificates and site reporting are managed correctly and align to project needs
• Managing NEC Contracts Options as Project Manager

Working Arrangements (shift Work, Need For Travel Etc)

• Ability and willingness to travel to other offices and depots on the network as and when required
• Periodic requirement for site visits (night shift)
• Full Driving License
• Attend the office 60% of the working week

Who we're looking for

Qualifications/ Skills

• Experience in the delivery of mechanical and electrical and/or technology highways construction & maintenance operations or similar transferable experience
• Project Management skills, preferably supported by recognised PM qualification, PRINCE2, APMP etc.
• Preference of minimum HNC / HND (or equivalent) in a mechanical and electrical, civil engineering or other construction-based discipline.
• Broad knowledge and understanding of other design areas.
• Understanding of Environmental requirements of schemes
• Experience of coordinating interfaces with design teams and external resources
• Understanding of H&S Requirements related to highway construction & maintenance works.
• Knowledge of CDM and other H&S legislation
• Competent in exercising the duties under CDM.
• Applicable CSCS Card
• Team leadership and management experience in driving performance and productivity
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Strong customer focus with a service delivery mindset
• Commercial understanding and budgetary control experience
• Understanding of Lean principles

Personal Attributes

• Proactive problem solving
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong safety management culture
• Self-aware and adaptable style to meet varying project needs.
• Resilient
• Presentation skills.
• Team building skills.
• Ability to prioritise and self-manage.
• Ability to develop relationships and engender trust

Experience

• Experience at a senior level in the delivery of highways construction & maintenance operations or similar transferable experience
• Previous experience in a similar role with demonstrable competence in relation to the majority of the responsibilities listed above.
• Experience of managing projects through complete lifecycle

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?

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

Connect Plus Services (CPS) brings together the collective strength of our parent companies – Balfour Beatty, Atkins and Egis Road Operation UK. With around 600 people, based at eight locations across the M25 network, we work on behalf of Connect Plus and National Highways to manage the operation of the M25 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, from routine maintenance to managing the whole-life requirement of thousands of assets across the network.

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]