Project Manager

4 days ago


Guildford, United Kingdom Highways England Full time

**Your new role**

National Highways have an exciting opportunity for a Project Manager to join the Regional Investment Programme (RIP) within our Major Projects (MP) directorate in the South East of England.

Within this role, you will plan and manage the delivery of projects, by managing the performance of a project team, external contractors and consultants. You will ensure adherence to effective governance, quality assurance, health and safety, technical andspecialist standards across the supply chain and National Highways, to ensure successful delivery of agreed project outcomes and acting in line with mandatory and delegated responsibilities.

An informal blended working approach has been adopted for many of our roles across National Highways. We offer many different ways to work flexibly including flexible start and finish times. Please be prepared to indicate at interview stage if you have specificflexibility requests and we will explore what is possible for the role through the recruitment process.

**What you’ll be leading on**

- Develop and maintain strong collaborative relationships with the Programme Manager, Senior Project Manager, Project Board and other key internal and external stakeholders, to report on and review project performance, and to agree solutions that resolvecomplex issues.
- Creating high quality baseline management products, producing timely and accurate reports, and creating and maintaining specified records.
- Design, agree and implement project plans, to ensure that all activities are appropriately organised to deliver project objectives, are appropriately resourced to deliver the required outcomes.
- Oversee feasibility, design, and assessment work for proposed projects, to inform the development of business cases and investment proposals.
- Contribute to the development of robust business cases, to clarify business benefits, quantify resource requirements and identify project interdependencies.
- Identify and evaluate emerging risks, issues, dependencies and constraints associated with the project, escalating where appropriate. Where necessary develop, agree and implement solutions to overcome these.
- Commission and manage the performance of delivery partners and expert consultancy support as appropriate, ensuring that project objectives and requirements are clearly understood, setting clear expectations for health and safety management, time and cost;and taking appropriate remedial action where necessary.
- Lead projects through design and development stages through to construction and handover.
**To be successful you’ll need**
- Experience of managing teams to successful development of complex, medium/high risk projects or high-profile projects.
- Experience of managing complex relationships with multiple stakeholders and evidence of skills to influence relationships for positive outcomes.
- Experience of managing business and/or value management cases for new projects through company defined governance, review and approval gates.
- Demonstrable experience of managing the development of project plans and detailed stage plans in conjunction with delivery partners.
- Commercial skills with proven ability to negotiate and manage contracts to deliver outcomes and drive value for money.
- Demonstrate experience as mentor and/or coach to develop project management talent, skills and competence within a complex project environment.
- Experience of safety compliance to successfully deliver projects.

**A bit about us**

RIP is responsible for the development and delivery of junction improvements, bypasses, projects of National significance and major infrastructure projects. We deliver capital improvements that will help to grow the economy and deliver wider social benefitsand improve infrastructure.

**Our benefits package**

Our total reward package includes basic salary, the potential for a performance related bonus, and employer pension contributions of up to 10%.

We also offer:

- 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 blended working between base location/home
- 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 plus an extra 3 days to support the national Covid effort


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