Assistant Project Manager

At National Highways, we have an excellent opportunity for an Assistant Project Manager to join our Operations Directorate in the East region. The role will involve supporting the management and delivery of a portfolio of projects within the Region and overseeing the performance of project teams, multiple external contractors, and consultants. You will also be ensuring adherence to effective governance, quality assurance, health and safety, technical and specialist standards across the supply chain and National Highways.

Operations is at the heart of keeping the strategic road network moving and ensuring our customers get the best possible experience when using our roads.

We address over 39,000 customer enquiries every month, plan and deliver all maintenance activities on the network, drive efficiencies and improvements across our systems and roads, and respond to incidents across 4,500 miles of motorways and major A-roads that we manage. All to make sure National Highways customers have safer, smoother, and more reliable journeys.

• Support the delivery of complex projects whilst managing standard allocated projects within the Region, across all stages of the project lifecycle, from design to introduction into service. Report on and review delivery performance, develop solutions that resolve issues, and to prepare project business cases.
• Reviewing project plans and detailed stage plans in conjunction with delivery partners
• Assist in programme management, reporting and risk management against the budgets for all projects in scope, ensuring effective financial and contractual practices are in place and adhered to by all project resources.
• Ensuring the health and safety needs of all parties involved in the projects are fully considered and accounted for throughout the planning and delivery of each service activity.
• Comply with National Highways Operations Quality Management System (QMS) on all projects in scope to enable delivery within agreed parameters for quality, cost and time ensuring they meet intended outcomes, customer service levels, corporate technical, specialist health and safety.
• Develop, support and maintain strong collaborative relationships with the Project Managers, key stakeholders, suppliers, contractors and across National Highways teams, to ensure full mutual understanding for the allocated projects.

This role will be based across the East in either one of our Bedford, Cambridge or Ipswich offices.

• Understanding of project management practices and controls
• Recognised qualification in a relevant engineering discipline or significant experience in the delivery of their allocated Civil Engineering projects
• Experience in managing relationships with multiple stakeholders
• Understanding contract management under the NEC contracts

External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy.