Senior Project Manager - Plymouth

Balfour Beatty; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Balfour Beatty is seeking a Senior Project Manager for Devonport Dockyard to lead large-scale civil engineering projects. This role involves overseeing multidisciplinary teams, managing stakeholder interfaces, and ensuring high standards in project delivery. The ideal candidate holds a degree in Civil Engineering, possesses strong leadership skills, and has experience in complex infrastructure projects.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

25 days of paid annual leave

Family friendly policies

Pension and share incentive plan

Volunteering leave

Recognition schemes

Qualifications

• Proven experience as Project Manager on complex infrastructure projects.
• Strong technical background in heavy civils and structural construction.
• Track record of managing large project teams and multi-disciplinary work packages.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project delivery across major structures and civil engineering works.
• Manage large-scale construction teams and ensure health and safety standards.
• Drive project programmes, budgets, and risk management.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication

Health & safety compliance

Leadership

Project management

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline

Tools

CSCS (Black Card)

SMSTS

First Aid

Job description

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About the role

Balfour Beatty is at the forefront of delivering some of the UK's most complex and high-profile infrastructure schemes. We're currently recruiting an experienced Senior Project Manager to join our Regional Civils team at Devonport Dockyard, a site of strategic national importance undergoing extensive redevelopment.

This is a rare opportunity to lead the delivery of multiple large-scale structural and civil engineering works in one of the UK's most secure and challenging environments. You'll play a critical leadership role, overseeing multidisciplinary teams, managing stakeholder interfaces, and ensuring successful delivery of technically complex construction packages to the highest standards.

What you'll be doing

As a Senior Project Manager you will:

• Lead end-to-end project delivery across major structures, including reinforced concrete, steelworks, marine civil engineering, and infrastructure interfaces
• Manage large-scale construction teams, subcontractors, and supply chain partners across a live site
• Drive health, safety, and environmental performance in line with Balfour Beatty's "Zero Harm" principles
• Take ownership of project programmes, budgets, risk management, and reporting to senior stakeholders
• Collaborate closely with design teams, consultants, the client, and regulatory authorities
• Provide leadership, direction, and mentoring to project engineers and site teams
• Ensure quality, compliance, and performance benchmarks are consistently achieved.

Who we're looking for

You will have the following:

• Degree-qualified in Civil Engineering or a related discipline

• Proven experience as a Project Manager or Senior Project Manager on complex infrastructure or structural engineering projects (marine, defence, or nuclear sectors advantageous)
• Strong technical background in heavy civils and structural construction, ideally including reinforced concrete and steel frame works
• Track record of managing large project teams and multi-disciplinary work packages
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Thorough understanding of construction legislation, CDM, and health & safety best practices
• Relevant site certifications: CSCS (Black Card), SMSTS, and First Aid.

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?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package that's right for you and your life. Here are some of our key 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

With a strong track record of delivery, our civils teams connect communities through infrastructure projects in the highways, public realm, rail, flood and coastal defence, and industrial sectors across England and Wales.

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]