Job Description

Our client is currently seeking a highly skilled and experienced Project Manager to join their team on a contract basis. This role involves providing top-level project management for an upgrade scheme, a pivotal infrastructure project for the region.

• Forming part of a senior team with the City Manager, Group Manager, and Team Leader for Transport Strategy & Development
• Working with the Highways Agency to advance the scheme through preliminary and detailed design stages, construction, and completion
• Coordinating senior officers through various work streams in partnership with the Highways Agency
• Managing key project aspects including land assembly, detailed design, public consultation and engagement, risk management, and procurement processes
• Delivering the capital scheme in collaboration with funders, developers, contractors, elected members, and partners
• Supporting the development of the Strategy, Business Case, and Delivery plan stages
• Promoting inward investment programmes that align with the Authority's regeneration, educational, and social ambitions
• Establishing links and delivering cohesive and affordable regeneration plans in collaboration with the Highways Agency and regeneration partners

• Significant experience in project management, particularly within the highways and transport planning sector
• Strong understanding of infrastructure projects, especially those involving detailed design and construction stages
• Proficiency in coordinating multiple work streams and managing key project aspects
• Experience in risk management and procurement processes
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to support strategic goals and promote inward investment programmes
• Proven track record in delivering large-scale capital schemes

If you are a skilled Project Manager with extensive experience in highways projects and looking for an exciting contract opportunity, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our client's dynamic team and contribute to the upgrade scheme.