Purpose:
Working as part of the Project & Programme Delivery Team, this role has lead responsibility for undertaking the Project Manager role on Councils key strategic and complex transport and highways projects, ensuring that each project delivers the predicted benefits on time and within budget, through established project management processes, generating exceptional value for the Council.
Manage a portfolio of bespoke projects each with a value of up to £30m, including but not limited to capital delivery, revenue grant projects and major bids. Managing SBC interface and response to major infrastructure projects delivered by other parties (e.g. statutory providers)
Assign and oversee elements of project work to a direct report(s), and the matrix management of specialists in specific technical projects.
Identify and suggest improvements to ways of working, to infrastructure and to processes in order to feedback on what works, what doesnt and what should be done in the future to ensure that Swindon delivers consistently excellent advice and services to the community.
Excellent internal and external communication skills will be required to provide advice and technical guidance within specific areas of specialism, managing streams of activities and using expertise in a specific technical area to deliver outputs, liaising with a number of stakeholders to deliver required outp...