About the role
We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead the successful delivery of highways schemes in East Sussex.
This flagship scheme includes the installation of five new junctions along the A22, enhancing connectivity and supporting regional growth. Following completion, you will transition onto further major projects across the portfolio.
This is a key leadership role where you will take full responsibility for end-to-end project delivery, ensuring successful outcomes against programme, budget and client expectations.
What you'll be doing
As Senior Project Manager, you will:
- Lead the planning, execution and delivery of major highways projects
- Ensure delivery to programme and budget, meeting key performance targets
- Build and maintain strong client and stakeholder relationships
- Develop and implement project strategies aligned to customer requirements
- Monitor and control financial performance, ensuring targets for profit and margin are achieved
- Drive a “right first time” approach across the project lifecycle
- Lead, motivate and develop multi-disciplinary teams
- Ensure full compliance with Health, Safety and Environmental standards
Who we're looking for
We’re looking for a confident and commercially aware leader who can represent Balfour Beatty with professionalism and credibility.
You’ll have:
- Proven experience delivering major highways or infrastructure projects
- Strong people management and leadership skills
- Experience working with senior stakeholders and clients
- A track record of effective stakeholder engagement and relationship management
- Strong commercial awareness, including experience managing suppliers and contracts
- Experience leading tender processes and complex negotiations
- The ability to work independently and manage competing priorities
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us?
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…
About us
Balfour Beatty Living Places works in long-term partnerships with local authorities to create great places to live, work and play. We actively engage with local people to understand the needs of the communities we work in and shape the places where local economies can thrive and grow. As a leader in sustainable working, diversity, and social value, we use our expertise to bring real, positive change for our customers.
Diversity and inclusion
At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: [email protected]
Job Reference: BBUK19676
