About the job.
National Highways has a fantastic opportunity for a Project Manager to join their Specialist Bridges Group within Southwest Operations region, working on the Severn, Prince of Wales and Avonmouth Bridges. As a Project Manager, planning and managing the successful delivery of a portfolio of projects within our 5-year rolling capital programme.
You will oversee the performance of external contractors and consultants, ensuring the highest standards of governance, quality assurance, health and safety, and technical compliance across the supply chain and National Highways. Your expertise will be key to achieving agreed project outcomes while adhering to mandatory and delegated responsibilities, driving excellence in every phase of the project lifecycle.
This role is based from our Severn Bridges Maintenance Unit in Aust, near Bristol.
Role responsibilities.
1. Develop and maintain strong collaborative relationships with the Regional Management Team, Programme Delivery Managers, key stakeholders, customers, 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.
2. Programme management, financial reporting and risk management against the capital expenditure bud...