Project Manager

National Highways have an excellent opportunity for Project Managers to join our Planning and Development team in the South East region. Our Project Managers manage the delivery of a portfolio of third party projects within the region from the design stage until the handover to the National Highways, ensuring adherence to effective governance, quality assurance, health and safety, technical and specialist standards across the supply chain and National Highways.,

• Manage the delivery of a portfolio of third party projects within the Region, across all stages of the project lifecycle, from design to handover into maintenance. Manage and evaluate risks, issues, dependencies and constraints associated with the portfolio, leading the development and implementation of solutions to overcome these.
• Programme management, financial reporting and risk management against the budget, ensuring effective financial and contractual practices are in place and adhered to by all project resources. Prepare project business cases.
• To comply with National Highways Operations Quality Management System (QMS) on all projects in scope to enable delivery within agreed parameters for quality, cost and time ensuring they meet intended outcomes, customer service levels, corporate standards, technical requirements, and health and safety.
• Ensure National Highways' reputation is maintained throughout the delivery of projects by delivering best-practice customer and stakeholder communications. Develop and maintain strong collaborative relationships with the key stakeholders, suppliers, and across National Highways teams.
• Ensuring the health and safety needs and wellbeing of customers, employees and all parties involved in projects, are fully considered and accounted for throughout the planning and delivery of each service activity.
  
  Recognised qualification in relevant engineering discipline and/or with experience in the delivery of Civil Engineering projects and portfolios.
• Proven portfolio and project management experience with related qualifications (e.g. MSP, APM, Prince2).
• Good understanding of relevant technical asset policies and standards, construction practices, and relevant sections of the Highways Act (1980).
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to bridge the demands of multiple stakeholders.
• Up to date knowledge and understanding of CDM Health & Safety regulations., Making sure our customers have safe and reliable journeys is at the heart of everything we do in Operations. We keep the roads open for business and play a key role in making sure the network we manage is fit for purpose today and for the future.
  
  At National Highways we believe in a connected country. We are passionate about creating a culture where colleagues feel connected, included and enjoy greater wellbeing to achieve this. We're proud that as an organisation we are continually striving to do better and actively encourage and support our colleagues to do the same with their careers.
  
  We offer many different ways to work flexibly and we're open to discuss part-time working, job shares, and flexible start and finish times.
Please wait until the interview stage before asking us about flexibility, and we will explore what is possible. Our benefits package
• Our total reward package includes basic salary, the potential for a performance related bonus
• Contributory pension scheme with employer contribution of up to 10%
• Annual Leave starting at 26 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising by 1 day each year up to 31 days (plus Bank Holidays)
• Flexible hours and an approach driven by connected and sustainable working which includes hybrid working
• Life assurance of 4 times annual salary
• Health and wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, available 24/7 365 days and network of mental health first aiders. Plus access to a wellbeing app to enhance your self-care 24/7, Occupational health service and flu vaccines
• A cycle to work scheme for the purchase of a bicycle and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel
• Significant investment in your career development, through learning and development, talent management, coaching, mentoring and on job experience
And we are
• Family friendly with enhanced maternity leave and pay, paternity leave (15 days), shared parental leave, adoption leave. Plus access to financial support for holiday play schemes and paid special leave (up to 5 days pa), eg for caring responsibilities
• Money friendly with access to a discounts platform including over 3000 discounts for supermarkets, eating out, leisure, holidays. Alongside a financial wellbeing programme
• Community friendly - offering paid leave to volunteer, 3 days basic/year
If you are successful, it is key to know all offers of employment are subject to satisfactory completion of our pre-employment checks which include:
• Right to work check
• 3 year employment history references
• DBS criminal record check
• Social media and adverse journalism check
• Driving licence check (if applicable)
• Fit to work questionnaire (for all), followed by a medical check (if applicable)
• Qualifications and/or professional membership check (if applicable)