project manager Birmingham, England
Job description
Our Smart Motorways Project (SMP) division are currently seeking a Project Manager to join the SMP Alliance Programme to be based in Birmingham.
This role will require the successful individual to lead and manage the delivery of projects, managing the performance of a project team, external contractors and consultants and ensuring adherence to effective governance, quality assurance, health and safety, technical and specialist standards across the supply chain and National Highways, to ensure successful delivery of agreed project outcomes and acting in line with mandatory and delegated responsibilities.
What you’ll be leading on
- Develop and maintain strong collaborative relationships with the Programme Manager, Senior Project Manager, Project Board and other key internal and external stakeholders, to ensure full mutual understanding of the projects’ strategic and delivery objectives, to report on and review project performance, and to agree solutions that resolve complex issues.
- Design, agree and implement project plans, to ensure that all activities are appropriately organised to deliver project objectives, are appropriately resourced to deliver the required outcomes.
- Oversee feasibility, design, and assessment work for proposed projects, to inform the development of business cases and investment proposals.
- Contribute to the development of robust business cases, to clarify business benefits, quantify resource requirements and identify project interdependencies.
- Identify and evaluate emerging risks, issues, dependencies and constraints associated with the project, escalating where appropriate. Where necessary develop, agree and implement solutions to overcome these.
- Commission and manage the performance of delivery partners and expert consultancy support as appropriate, ensuring that project objectives and requirements are clearly understood, setting clear expectations for health and safety management, time and cost; and taking appropriate remedial action where necessary.
To be successful you’ll need
- Experience of managing teams to successful development of complex, medium/high risk projects or high-profile projects including construction management of complex project.
- Experience of managing complex relationships with multiple stakeholders and evidence of skills to influence relationships for positive outcomes.
- Experience of managing business and/or value management cases for new projects through company defined governance, review and approval gates.
- Demonstrable experience of managing the development of project plans and detailed stage plans in conjunction with delivery partners.
- Commercial skills with proven ability to negotiate and manage contracts to deliver outcomes and drive value for money.
A bit about us
SMP has been created to deliver a network of smart motorways across England and will account for 23% of National Highways expenditure over the next five years. We will deliver technology driven solutions to tackle congestion, improve journeys and add much needed capacity on key parts of our network.
The programme has a threefold increase in the number of schemes we need to deliver. This means that we need to work alongside partners and colleagues to deliver our programme and develop the next generation of smart motorway technology. In doing this we will unlock benefits for our customers, reduce disruption, and generate value for money; as well as contributing to Major Project’s performance targets.
The advent of new technology, different ways of operating and enhanced operations provide an opportunity to significantly enhance the performance of some motorway sections of the Strategic Road Network to a Smart Motorway standard.
Want to know more?
To request a copy of the role profile, please contact [email protected] quoting reference number 3869.
