Senior Project Manager

Posted 1 day 8 hours ago by Jobtailor

Permanent
Full Time
Temporary Jobs
Staffordshire, Birmingham, United Kingdom, B19 1
Job Description
Responsibilities
  • Lead, or support the leadership of, the Roads & Bridges package from design and procurement through construction, testing, handover and close-out.
  • Maintain ownership of defined scope, programme, cost, quality, risk and safety outcomes, proportionate to role level.
  • Coordinate delivery inputs across client, consultant, contractor, statutory authority and internal RLB teams.
  • Establish clear priorities, decision routes and governance rhythms to support timely delivery.
  • Manage the planning and delivery of highways, roads, bridges, earthworks, drainage, utilities interfaces and associated infrastructure works.
  • Apply knowledge of relevant UK infrastructure standards, including DMRB and local authority highway requirements.
  • Support technical assurance, design reviews, constructability reviews and delivery readiness assessments.
  • Ensure design, procurement and delivery solutions are buildable, safe, cost-effective, and aligned to programme objectives.
  • Lead or manage interfaces where works are in proximity to operational railways, including possessions, access constraints, asset protection requirements, approvals, safety protocols and interface risk management.
  • Coordinate with Network Rail, rail operators, designers, contractors and the client team to ensure railway interface risks are identified, controlled and escalated appropriately.
  • Ensure that design and construction methodologies properly address proximity to live rail assets, railway operational constraints and third-party approval requirements.
  • Plan and manage works affecting or adjacent to live highways environments, including traffic management, temporary works, site access, public interface, road safety, abnormal loads and construction logistics.
  • Coordinate with National Highways, local highway authorities, emergency services, utility providers and contractors to minimise disruption and maintain safe continuity of highway operations.
  • Ensure logistics strategies support phased delivery, workforce access, materials movement, traffic routing, compound planning and safe segregation between construction activity and live highway users.
  • Embed RLB's model for major programme delivery, using UK private-sector best practice as the starting point for excellence.
  • Champion early supply chain engagement, outcome-based delivery, fair risk allocation, value-based procurement and disciplined change control.
  • Promote digital information management, BIM-aligned working, productivity measurement, modern methods of construction and whole-life carbon awareness where appropriate.
  • Manage interfaces with National Highways, Network Rail, local authorities, utility providers, adjacent packages and internal programme functions.
  • Support timely submission, review and approval of statutory, technical and regulatory documentation.
  • Build effective working relationships with senior client, stakeholder, contractor and consultant representatives.
  • Support procurement strategy, tender documentation, evaluation and appointment processes for design and construction contracts.
  • Manage contractor mobilisation, site access, logistics planning, performance reporting and delivery issue resolution.
  • Work closely with cost management, commercial and project controls colleagues to protect client outcomes.
  • Identify, manage and escalate design, approvals, logistics, interface, safety, programme and commercial risks.
  • Contribute to package reporting including progress, milestones, constraints, decisions, risks, opportunities, cost, quality, safety and carbon.
  • Support robust governance, change control, lessons learned and continuous improvement across the programme.
Qualifications
  • Proven experience delivering roads, highways, bridges or major civil infrastructure projects in a consultancy, contractor, client or public-sector infrastructure environment.
  • Experience working on complex multi-stakeholder programmes with statutory authority, utility, rail and highways interfaces.
  • Experience of NEC forms of contract and major infrastructure governance environments is desirable.
  • For SPM level: ability to lead defined workstreams and manage contractor / designer interfaces with limited supervision.
  • For Associate / Senior Associate level: ability to lead significant packages, manage senior stakeholders and take accountability for delivery outcomes.
  • Understanding of UK highways and infrastructure delivery requirements, including DMRB, local authority highways and bridge-related design / delivery processes.
  • Practical understanding of working near operational railways, live highway environments, traffic management and construction logistics.
  • Strong programme, risk, change, reporting, stakeholder and interface management capability.
  • Able to translate technical constraints into actionable delivery plans and decisions.
  • Construction project management, civil engineering or related qualification preferred, or equivalent technical delivery experience.
  • Membership of an appropriate professional body such as APM, ICE, RICS, CIOB or equivalent is desirable.