Trainee Traffic Management Project Manager

Pathfinder International; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Go Traffic Management is seeking a proactive Regional/BD professional to liaise with clients, manage depots and drive regional business development. You will oversee day-to-day activities on client schemes, ensuring timely progression, accurate paperwork, and strong stakeholder engagement.

The role involves attending meetings, monitoring programmes, generating quotes, and supporting project managers to deliver value to clients while maintaining safety and compliance standards.

Qualifications

• IOSH Certificate or equivalent health & safety accreditation.
• Lantra M7 or LTMO or TSCO certification preferred.
• A valid full clean driving license is required.
• Experience in auditing processes or systems is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Attend client meetings and support from RM/SPM.
• Monitor client programme against work booked in Central Hub.
• Identify new markets, generate leads and qualify prospects.
• Lead programme meetings and manage weekly BD activities as needed.
• Ensure paperwork is accurate and promptly returned to relevant departments.

Skills

Ownership

Verbal & written communication

Adaptability

Self-organisation

Record keeping

Use of tools & systems

Initiative

Education

IOSH Certificate

Lantra M7/LTMO/TSCO

Full clean driving license

Auditing experience

Job description

Description
Reporting to the Regional Manager (RM) or Senior Project Manager (SPM); ensure maximum productivity and utilisation of plant, equipment and resources, considering spikes in volumes and geographical coverage.
Along with the RM or SPM, identify key BD opportunities for the region and manage existing client relationships.
Point of contact for client liaison and ensuring interaction with Depots to oversee all day-to-day activities on client schemes and relay back to Depot managers on requirements and Progress.
Key Responsibilities

• Attend client meetings as and when required. Support from the RM or SPM if needed.
• Monitor Client Programme against works booked in via Central Hub

Responsible for:

1. Researching and identifying new markets, customer segments, and potential partnerships
2. Generating leads and qualifying prospects

• Attend and lead on Programme meetings, highlighting any potential requirements; weekly BD meetings, and aged debtor calls are not mandatory, the SPM will feed back on any issues / actions
• Ensure all paperwork is completed correctly and returned to the relevant department. Any paperwork missing being chased up with the operative and highlighted to relevant Depot Manager
• Attend the external billing call each week; maximise sales in week and ensure billing is accurate
• Liaise with client regarding site queries and support RM’s with any site queries, work with depot manager for any further requirements
• Support the Client with Cad R equest’s and work with the CAD Team with verification of CAD Drawings
• Monitor quote return KPI’s; Quotes to be returned within 24 hours for ad-hoc works. Larger schemes will have a return date and thus will vary – Responsible for generating quotes and supporting PM’s with this task
• Ensure "Value of Money" approach with Clients and explore value engineering options when producing client quotations
• To ensure commercial changes are captured, reported to the client along with the necessary PO adjustments or contractual amendments

Directly responsible for;

• Onboarding of clients to include the client application form and equipment hire rates
• Quoting follows the DOA process set out by the business
• Ensuring jobs are fully handover to the depot where necessary
• Ensure capture of client Purchase Orders when quoting works when Client stipulate requirement for payment
• BD file structure within the A-Z
• Credit Request Raising / Sale Adjustment Request (Inc DOA Adherence)
• Supporting Project Managers with all of the above

Experience and Qualifications

Behavioural Aspects

• Ownership – Must take ownership for all tasks required for the role and ensuring the same mentality is embedded into their team
• Excellent Verbal and Written Communication – ability to clearly communicate with external stakeholders and internal colleagues to articulate / convey information accurately and efficiently.
• Adaptability and Interpersonal Skills – ability to build rapport and communicate effectively with diverse audiences
• Self-organisation and prioritising – job holder should demonstrate the ability to organise their work in such a way that tasks are completed accurately and on time.
• Record keeping – job holder should be able to demonstrate records of work undertaken and completed as well as work in progress
• Use of work tools – job holder should demonstrate competence using all work tools
• Initiative and confidence – job holder should be able to demonstrate a willingness to contribute new ideas to improve and should be able to determine when to refer a matter to someone else or whether to deal with it themselves

Experience and Qualifications

• Relative Industry Experience
• IOSH Certificate
• Preferably Lantra M7 or LTMO or TSCO
• Full clean driving license
• Auditing experience

Salary and Benefits
We offer a competitive salary based on experience along with a full benefits package.

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About Go Traffic ManagementGo Traffic Management has been serving traffic management solutions to clients since 2008, and are now one of the UK’s largest traffic management providers. Our services are delivered from our 22 regional depots, through our dedicated team of 200 employees and support network of approved suppliers.

At Go Traffic Management, we have a reputation for providing clients with extensive, well-planned, and expertly delivered solutions for projects and schemes of all sizes. We pride ourselves in meeting (and often exceeding) clients' expectations in a professional and cost-effective manner, which is a strategy that has resulted in our long-standing working relationships with clients, partners, and stakeholders.

Be: SAFE – Go Traffic Management

Our Be: SAFE campaign actively encourages our workforce to work safely and avoid unsafe acts and conditions by following four basic rules.