Assistant Project Manager

Your New role

We currently have an opportunity for an Assistant Project Manager to join our team in Bedford. Within this role, you will be managing small scale projects and assisting Project Managers on more complex schemes. You will be supporting with the delivery ofa portfolio of concrete roads maintenance and improvement projects, although you may be required to support a wider programme of road schemes within the East. This role plays a pivotal part in supporting the local economy making sure transport links run safelyand smoothly.

What you’ll be leading on
- Support the delivery of complex projects, whilst managing standard allocated projects within the Region’s rolling 5 year capital programme, across all stages of the project delivery lifecycle; from scheme design through to handback into maintenance.
- A key aspect of this role will be assisting, managing and delivering high quality customer engagement/communication throughout the delivery of projects.
- Develop, support and maintain strong collaborative relationships with the Project Managers, key stakeholders, suppliers, contractors and across National Highways teams, to ensure full mutual understanding for the allocated projects. Report on and reviewdelivery performance, to develop solutions that resolve issues and to prepare project business cases
- Assist Project Managers to manage and motivate multiple supply chain partners and contractors to deliver allocated projects to programme, cost and quality, whilst driving efficiencies
- 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 technical,specialist health and safety
- Assist in programme management, reporting and risk management against the capital expenditure budgets for all projects in scope, ensuring effective financial and contractual practices are in place and adhered to by all project resources

To be Successful
- Understanding contract management under the NEC3/4 forms of contract
- Understanding of project management practices and controls
- Reviewing project plans and detailed stage plans in conjunction with delivery partners
- Excellent stakeholder management and communications skills
- Up to date understanding of CDM Health & Safety Regulations

A bit about us

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.

**About Us** 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 dobetter and actively encourage and support our colleagues to do the same with their careers.

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

So if you put safety first, take ownership of your work, show passion for what you do, work effectively in a team, and demonstrate integrity in how you do it - then you’ll be a great fit for our organisation

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