Senior project manager

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 position will be based from either of our Bedford or Birmingham offices however travel to various sites, such as the A38 within the Midlands region will be required.

1. 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.
2. 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.