Lead Highway Schemes Project Manager

• Efficiently and effectively lead a small team, project managing a large portfolio of sustainable transport schemes and programmes.

• Primary focus on schemes with a budget value of more than £1m, typically Active Travel schemes and other highway improvements as required.

• Work closely with a range of stakeholders, particularly Transport Strategy, managing all investigation and design phases to implementation on the ground.

• Carrying out investigations, feasibility, preliminary and detailed design for various highway improvement and maintenance schemes internal for and external works commissioners, including Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) engagement and Community Engagement/Consultation activities.

• Promote appropriate culture and behaviours and embed these in a customer focused team that establishes and maintains strong and effective relationships with a broad and diverse range of stakeholders.

Requirements

• Level 6 qualification (or equivalent) in Civil Engineering or significant relevant experience in the design of highway maintenance and improvement schemes.
• To be working towards Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status.
• An appropriate and valid Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) card.
• To preferably hold NEBOSH or IOSH qualifications for managing health and safety
• Considerable experience of successfully managing a range of complex projects in highways engineering, highways design or similar technical disciplines.
• Considerable technical knowledge and awareness of highways design and maintenance techniques, including the appropriate application of the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges.
• Considerable understanding of relevant health and safety legislation and codes of practice (including the CDM Regulations 2015).

🔍 ATS Optimization Keywords
Below are skills and terms extracted directly from this job posting to improve Applicant Tracking System (ATS) visibility. This unique feature helps candidates tailor their applications more effectively — a feature exclusive to Job Tailor job listings.

Hard Skills

• project management
• highway design
• highway maintenance
• feasibility studies
• detailed design
• Early Contractor Involvement
• Community Engagement
• health and safety management
• Design Manual for Roads and Bridges
• complex project management

Soft Skills

• leadership
• stakeholder management
• customer focus
• relationship building
• team management
• communication
• problem-solving
• organizational skills
• collaboration
• cultural promotion

Certifications & Qualifications

• Level 6 qualification in Civil Engineering
• Chartered Engineer status
• Incorporated Engineer status
• valid CSCS card