Senior Project Manager; Transportation PDP Highways and Local transport

Overview

Be trusted to make great things happen.

You might know us for the great work we do across our wide variety of projects. We're proud to say it's thanks to our people's diversity of thought, expertise and knowledge. And when you join us, you'll be a part of this genuinely collaborative environment, where everyone's voice is valued and treated equally.

AtkinsRéalis Transportation Project Delivery Practice (PDP) is the centre of excellence for the delivery of major transportation infrastructure projects and combines the best in project management and design management to provide a full suite of services to clients in the public and private sectors. The team is responsible for delivery of design services across our markets of Rail and Transit, Highways and Local Transport, and lean out into other sectors including Defence and Nuclear.

We have a wide client base including HS2, National Highways, West of England Combined Authority, Transport for Wales, Network Rail, Local Authorities, as well as several Principal Contractors.

This is an exciting opportunity within the PDP Highways and Local Transport team for an experienced Senior Project Manager looking to lead the successful delivery of our projects, influence the growth and development of the project management team and progress into a Project Director role.

With a home office in Cardiff or Bristol, this role requires flexibility to travel two to three days per week across the UK and Ireland to be involved in some of our most exciting flagship projects.

Project delivery and team leadership

• Lead major highways projects as a Senior Project Manager, or smaller highways projects as a Project Director.

• Make sure projects meet revenue, profit and cash-flow targets, with clear reporting.

• Lead multi-disciplinary teams, including Project Managers, Assistant Project Managers and Design Managers.

• Plan resources with resource managers to make sure projects are properly supported.

• Keep teams aligned on scope, programme, cost, risk, constraints and interfaces.

Governance and commercial management

• Make sure projects meet client, governance, technical, HSE and quality requirements.

• Manage project delivery and contract administration through the full project life cycle.

Team development and community contribution

• Share best practice and lessons learned across the project management community.

• Support and mentor Project Managers, Assistant Project Managers and other team members.

Client and business growth

• Build strong client relationships to support successful highways project delivery and win repeat work.

• Support Regional Client Directors in shaping and delivering the regional strategic highway and local transport strategy.

• Lead bids for highways opportunities, with a strong focus on deliverable and well-planned solutions.

• Significant experience of Project Manager roles on large scale multidisciplinary UK infrastructure projects (>£5M design fees per annum) gained within a consultancy environment (through design & build contracts or design development commissions) or in applicable roles for client or contractor organisations.

• Project/Engineering Management background with experience of the strategic or local authority highway sector gained delivering work for clients such as National Highways, Transport Scotland and Principal Contractors.

• Ability to work constructively and collaboratively with clients so that AtkinsRéalis' commercial objectives are protected and met.

• Good understanding of design procedures, change control, checking and review requirements.

• Understanding of various forms of contract, in particular NEC3 or 4 and/or bespoke forms, and experience of deploying them.

• Knowledge and experience to ensure safety in construction environments…