Assistant Project Manager Guildford, England
Job description
Your New role
At National Highways, we have an excellent opportunity for an Assistant Project Manager to join our Operations Directorate in the South East. The role will involve supporting the management and delivery of a portfolio of projects within the Region. You will oversee the performance of project teams, multiple external contractors, and consultants. Ensuring adherence to effective governance, quality assurance, health and safety, technical and specialist standards across the supply chain and National Highways.
This role will be based across the South East in either one of our Guildford, Maidstone or Basingstoke offices.
What you’ll be leading on
- To 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.
- 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.
- To 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.
- 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.
To be Successful
- Recognised qualification in a relevant engineering discipline or significant experience in the delivery of their allocated Civil Engineering projects (desirable)
- Understanding of project management practices and controls
- Reviewing project plans and detailed stage plans in conjunction with delivery partners
- Experience in managing relationships with multiple stakeholders
- Evidence of working within a project team to achieve mutual goals
A bit about us
Making sure our customers have safe and reliable journeys is at the heart of everything we do in Operations. We keep the roads open for business and play a key role in making sure the network we manage is fit for purpose today and for the future.
Want to know more?
To request a copy of the role profile, please contact [email protected] quoting reference number 3534
