Position: Highways Project Manager
Status: Full-Time
Location: Midlands
Salary: £60,000 + £6k car allowance
Life Assurance: Death in service, 2x salary
Job Purpose:
The Project Manager will oversee the planning, coordination, and execution of projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope, and on budget. You will be responsible for project updates, stakeholder communication, and sometimes interacting with the public in a professional, empathetic manner.
Key Responsibilities:
- Managing established sites
- Reviewing Health & Safety paperwork
- Identifying engineering discrepancies
- Project planning and scheduling
- Conducting method statements and risk assessments
- Managing project documentation and administration
- Tracking project performance and reporting to senior management
- Organising resources (labour, plant, materials, sub-contractors)
- Ensuring plant & machinery suitability for the works
- Supervising and coaching team members, especially new starters
- Organising training for team members to ensure skill competence
- Closing out Health & Safety files
Qualifications/Experience:
- HND/HNC in Civil Engineering or similar (or equivalent)
- CSCS Gold Card (essential)
- SSSTS or SMSTS (essential)
- NRSWA (preferable)
- Competence with MS Project
Person Specification:
- Strong professional attitude and ability to work independently
- Excellent understanding of contract documents
- Leadership in Health & Safety
- Time management and organisational skills
- Strong grasp of engineering principles and Health & Safety legislation
- Full clean driving licence
Other Benefits:
- Enhanced Family Friendly Policies
- Long service awards (extra leave, additional bank holidays)
- Carnell Rewards
- Group Income Protection
Full UK Driving License is essential. Candidates must be willing to travel, stay away from home, and work nights as needed.
FOOTNOTE:
If you feel that you are right for this role technically, but the salary, location or seniority does not suit you specifically then please still feel free to send us your CV. We constantly recruit for roles very similar to this one at all levels UK Wide. We are always keen to chat with you discreetly about your employment situation.
Even if you are happy in your current role for now, we always welcome calls from Highways professionals keen to make their introductions for future months or years. Carrington West's Highways, Transport & Infrastructure division is the fastest growing in the country, our specialist team has a combined over 100+ years' experience in this market. Please call Jordan Townley at Carrington West on (phone number removed) or email (url removed) for more information.
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Carrington West
Posted 10 hours ago, valid for 10 days
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire PE1 1YX, England
£60,000 per annum
Full Time
Life Insurance
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Sonic Summary
- The position is for a Highways Project Manager based in the Midlands, offering a salary of £60,000 plus a £6,000 car allowance.
- Candidates are required to have a minimum of 5 years of experience in project management within the highways or civil engineering sector.
- Key responsibilities include managing project documentation, conducting risk assessments, and ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations.
- Applicants must possess an HND/HNC in Civil Engineering, a CSCS Gold Card, and ideally hold SSSTS or SMSTS certifications.
- The role requires strong leadership skills, excellent time management, and a full clean driving license, with a willingness to travel and work nights as needed.
