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National Highways
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Recruitment Partner - Major Projects, SES, Digital Services & Lower Thames Crossing Directorates at National Highways

About the job.

National Highways have an excellent opportunity for a Senior Project Manager to join our team in Major Projects. As a Senior Project Manager, you will lead the planning and delivery of a group of projects or a single large, complex project and will manage the performance of project teams, external contractors and consultants, to ensure adherence to effective governance, quality assurance, health and safety, technical and specialist standards, across the supply chain and National Highways, to ensure successful delivery of agreed project outcomes.

Please note this is a full-time site / office-based position and will be based from our Bedford office however travel to various sites within the Bedfordshire region will be required.

* Develop and maintain strong collaborative relationships with the Programme Manager, Project Board and other key internal and external stakeholders, to ensure full mutual understanding of the projects' strategic and delivery objectives, to report on and review project performance, and to agree solutions that resolve complex issues.
* Lead the design of, 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, and comply with National Highways Portfolio, Programme and Project Management System and locally defined procedures.
* Manage the feasibility, design, and assessment work for proposed projects (including traffic modelling, environmental impact studies etc.) to inform the development of business cases and investment proposals (applicable to pre-construction).
* 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 the identification and evaluation of risks, issues, dependencies and constraints associated with the projects, escalating where appropriate. Where necessary, develop, agree and implement solutions to overcome these.

About you.

* A certified accreditation project or programme management qualification at least at International Project Management Association Level C: e.g. (Association of Project Managers' Practitioner Qualification).
* Full Member of Association of Project Managers or appropriate professional body for their specialist field or a willingness and commitment to attain.
* Experience with leading on safety standards and their implementation within multiple team reporting structures within a complex projects' environment.
* Track record of managing complex relationships with multiple stakeholders and evidence of skills to influence relationships for positive outcomes.
* Experience of managing teams to successful development of complex, medium/high risk projects or high-profile projects.

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.

Major Projects are responsible for major enhancements to our road network. We make roads safer, journeys more reliable and unlock economic growth. At the same time, we seek out ways to create opportunities for sustainable travel, help nature to thrive and support our journey to net zero carbon.

Our team work closely with the supply chain to design and construct road projects, as well as develop a pipeline of possible projects as we look to the future.Our skills span many areas from customer experts, land and property advisers to project management. We understand the potential that our road schemes can bring.

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.


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