Programme Manager

Ipswich, England, United Kingdom

12/18/2024

About The Role

Programme Manager

Ipswich / Hybrid

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Generous pension scheme / Life assurance / Ongoing training & career development

Company car or car allowance plus fuel card / Salary sacrifice car finance scheme / Green travel allowance

Family friendly leave policies / Employee assistance programme / Volunteer days

Holiday purchase scheme / Referral scheme / Cycle to work scheme

Employee rewards & discounts platform (includes major retailers & cinemas)

Milestone Infrastructure is the UKs leading Highways Maintenance provider looking after over 24,000 miles of roads, 280,000 lighting assets and 20,000 miles of footways, always with a view to ensuring that all works are carried out as sustainably as possible and with minimal impact to local communities.

In line with our ambitious plans for growth we are looking to recruit a Programme Manager to join the Suffolk Highways team. The Programme Manager will report directly to the Efficiency & Performance Manager and as a member of the performance team will be responsible for the ‘cradle to grave’ coordination, management and responsibility, of a diverse portfolio of projects within the Clients Annual Plan.

Key Accountabilities

• Overall responsibility for the Annual Plan leading on the creation, implementation, monitoring and overall success of the programme and associated KPIs.
• Strong commercial skills including ability to produce commercial reports, accurately forecast and support the business commercial processes
• Lead on the consistent application and implementation of project management processes and systems across Suffolk Highways
• Working closely with the Design Manager, Construction Manager and Commercial Manager to monitor and continuously improve the contract performance and associated project delivery KPIs
• Directly link to the planner roles within the contract ensuring that processes are adhered to and all programmes are accurate and kept up to date
• Responsible for implementation of project controls and management on projects
• Co-ordinate cross contract and external resources to deliver key project gateways
• Work closely with Client leads, cross contract resources, supply chain and other stakeholders to identify and manage project risks, programme, and finances across the project lifecycle
• Line management responsibility for Project Managers and Administrators
• Coordinate flow of project information between project teams, Client, and supply chain
• Develop and apply Power BI to the project management process to improve visibility and effectiveness of reporting and delivery status
• Take a lead role on raising the commercial awareness across the project management team with a focus on consistent application of change control and financial monitoring
• Establish close working relationships with client leads across all workstreams including cyclical maintenance and planned works.
  
  

Skills & Knowledge Requirements

• Experience with using project planning software such as Asta PowerProject , Primavera or similar 
• Excellent leadership skills and the ability to demonstrate influencing others in all situations.
• Great team working skills and the ability to collaborate well with others including working in the spirt of mutual trust and co-operation fostering a one team approach to deliver for Suffolk Highways.
• Excellent communication skills – verbal and written - to ensure clarity in all situations and to effectively influence client decision making.
• Understanding of the Traffic Management Act ( Streetworks Permitting) preferably.
• Experience of using PowerBI reports and dashboards- development of such reports and dashboards will be supped by Data Analysts within the team.
  
  

About The Company

At Milestone we embrace diversity, opening a rich potential for new ways of thinking and helping us to build successful and winning teams. We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process; and as a Disability Confident employer, if you require any adjustments that would assist you throughout your application, please contact us at [email protected] or inform the recruitment manager in the first instance and we will be pleased to offer support.

This is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Milestone. The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the Business.