Project Manager
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About the job.
The National Programmes team in Operations is excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for a Project Manager to join our team to help coordinate, monitor, support and report progress on a number of different, but critical, national programmes which are being delivered by the Regions in RIS3. The National Programmes team is currently supporting the LED Upgrade Programme, National Programmes, Designated Funds Programmes and Large Renewals (ie renewal schemes with a value > £50M) and its responsibility is expected to increase as the team develops.
This role is based from any our National Highways offices.
- Programme management, financial 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.
- Manage and evaluate risks, issues, dependencies and constraints associated with the portfolio, leading the development and implementation of solutions to overcome these.
- Develop and maintain strong collaborative relationships with the Regional Management Team, Programme Delivery Managers, key stakeholders, suppliers and across National Highways teams. Ensure mutual understanding of the portfolio's strategic and delivery objectives, to review and report on delivery performance, to agree solutions that resolve complex issues and to prepare project business cases.
- Ensure National Highways reputation is maintained throughout delivery of projects by delivering best practice customer and stakeholder communications Proactively manage interaction with communities, stakeholders, transport operators, road users and businesses.
- Proactively identify and drive opportunities for improvements and implement required changes in own area of responsibility: champion and share portfolio management best practices across Operations.
About you.
- Proven portfolio and project management experience (related qualifications (e.g. MSP, APM, Ms Project, P6) is desirable
- Experience in financial programme for projects and resource.
- Awareness of contract management e.g. NEC 4 forms of contract.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Demonstrable experience of managing the development of project plans and detailed stage plans in conjunction with delivery partners
About us.
Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England's motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys.
Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership.
Operations is at the heart of keeping the strategic road network moving and ensuring our customers get the best possible experience when using our roads.
We address over 39,000 customer enquiries every month, plan and deliver
all maintenance activities on the network, drive efficiencies and improvements across our systems and roads, and respond to incidents across 4,500 miles of motorways and major A-roads that we manage. All to make sure National Highways customers have safer, smoother, and more reliable journeys.
External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy.
We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.