Senior Project Manager - Construction Lead

Skanska UK Plc; Norwich; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction firm in the UK is seeking a Senior Project Manager to join their Infrastructure team in Norwich. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in delivering major highways schemes, particularly in live traffic environments. Key responsibilities include ensuring efficient designs, leading project delivery, and fostering team development. A commitment to diversity and flexibility is valued, making this an inclusive opportunity in a progressive work culture.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in structures delivery in live traffic and rail environments.
• Proven senior-level experience in highways scheme delivery.
• Knowledge of highway construction logistics and supply chains.

Responsibilities

• Support design phase, ensuring efficient and buildable designs.
• Facilitate coordination and consistency to deliver project outcomes.
• Lead change by promoting continual improvement and best practices.
• Ensure managed supply chain and subcontract administration.
• Set performance targets for the construction team.
• Foster an inclusive culture maximizing team effectiveness.

Skills

Extensive experience of delivery of structures including bridges

Proven experience of leading the delivery of major highways schemes

Extensive experience and knowledge of highway construction methods

Extensive experience of project delivery involving significant utility diversions

First class Stakeholder management

Job description

Senior Project Manager - Construction Lead

General information

City/town:

Job field:

Project Management

Sunday, December 14, 2025

Type of contract:

Permanent

ID:

5739

Description and requirements

Skanska, one of the world’s leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.

Our infrastructure team brings its design, build and refurbishment expertise to complex projects across the country. We form strong partnerships with clients and communities to deliver major infrastructure improvements like A14 improvement scheme, HS2 and Waterloo and Southwest station upgrade.

Drawing on our Scandinavian heritage, we are green, innovative, and progressive.We bring together people and technology, as part of our objective to make construction a safer and more collaborative industry.

We are looking for an Senior Project Manager to join our Infrastructure team on the A47 in Norwich.

What you'll do:

• Support the detailed design phase in ensuring an efficient and buildable design is produced. Challenge the design and construction teams to find innovative ways to circumvent any potential technical issues that threaten project objectives and to minimise cost
• Facilitate coordination, standardisation and consistency across sections to deliver the best outcomes for the overall project
• Lead change to the way of working by promoting continual improvement and best practice.
• Ensure supply chain arrangements are appropriate and efficiently managed and subcontracts are correctly administered.
• Set targets for the construction team to measure performance and drive continuous improvement. Regularly review performance against these targets and take any necessary actions to ensure successful delivery.
• Foster an inclusive culture to maximise effectiveness of a diverse team. Nurture and develop future talent.
• Develop the team and encourage personal development whilst continually assessing / monitoring the performance of the team and its members against the expected performance standards / competencies.

What you bring to the role:

• Extensive experience of delivery of structures including bridges over road, rail and water, retaining walls and significant culverts of varying form / function designs in live traffic and rail infrastructure environments.
• Proven experience of leading the delivery of major highways schemes (preferably for National Highways) at a senior level e.g. Project lead / Construction lead.
• Extensive experience and knowledge of highway construction methods, logistics (including site security) and supply chain partners.
• Extensive experience of project delivery involving significant utility diversions and preferably under the regime of a DCO.
• Extensive experience of overseeing the acquisition and compliance of third‑party consents and first class Stakeholder management, preferably including Network Rail.

Equal opportunities

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high‑performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable adjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using [e-mail] or call 0330 105 2000 – Option 5 & 1, if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

More information about the role

Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us: [e-mail]

The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.

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