Senior Project Manager - East Sussex

Balfour Beatty; Guildford; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure company in the UK is seeking a Senior Project Manager to oversee high-profile highways projects, including the A22 Improvement Project. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong leadership and manage project activities, ensuring on-time and budget completion. Key qualifications include extensive contract management experience and strong communication skills. Benefits include smart working flexibility, generous leave policies, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Benefits

Smart working flexibility

25 days paid annual leave

Family friendly policies

Pension and share incentive plan

Qualifications

• Proven leader with experience managing large-scale highways projects.
• Strong people management skills to inspire and lead teams.
• Knowledge of highways management, operations, and tender processes.

Responsibilities

• Drive the delivery of major highways projects from planning to completion.
• Manage project activities ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery.
• Build strong relationships with clients and stakeholders.

Skills

Contract management experience

Excellent communication skills

MS Office proficiency

People management skills

Education

Chartered Civil Engineer (desirable)

Job description

About the role

Are you ready to lead major infrastructure projects that make a real difference? Join Balfour Beatty, a global leader in construction and engineering, as a Senior Project Manager and take charge of delivering high-profile highways schemes - starting with the exciting A22 Improvement Project.

Responsibilities

• Drive the successful delivery of major highways projects from planning through to completion.
• Manage end-to-end project activities, ensuring delivery on time, within budget, and to the highest standards.
• Build strong relationships with clients and stakeholders, ensuring exceptional engagement and satisfaction.
• Oversee financial performance, meeting profit and margin targets.
• Champion health, safety, and environmental best practices across all project phases.

Qualifications

• A proven leader with experience managing large-scale highways projects.
• Strong people management skills – able to inspire and get the best out of your team.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and negotiation abilities.
• Knowledge of highways management, operations, and tender processes.
• Ideally, a Chartered Civil Engineer (desirable but not essential).

Skills & Experience

• Significant contract management experience in civil engineering or construction.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Confident communicator with strong organisational and writing skills.
• PC literate with MS Office proficiency.

Note: This role may be onsite as indicated by internal designations.

Why join 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.

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 Living Places works in long-term partnerships with local authorities to create great places to live, work and play. We actively engage with local people to understand the needs of the communities we work in and shape the places where local economies can thrive and grow. As a leader in sustainable working, diversity, and social value, we use our expertise to bring real, positive change for our customers.

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 the company’s diversity and inclusion page.

We are members of various inclusion initiatives and are committed 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 the Disability Confident page.

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]