Chartered Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager

A rapidly growing multidisciplinary consultancy delivering infrastructure solutions for projects across a variety of sectors – including rail, highways, utilities and aviation – has a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Project Manager to join their team working on high‑profile schemes in the south, including a major railway station rebuild at Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, and developing and managing new and existing projects across the Anglia and East Midland Region.

Qualifications and Experience

• Demonstrable experience working in an established project management environment, in consultancy, client or local‑authority settings.
• Strong background in Rail is essential; experience in Highways or other sectors is desirable.
• Strong understanding and experience of NEC contracts.
• Broad experience in multi‑disciplinary projects – e.g., new stations, footbridges, freight depots, car parks and feasibility studies.
• Experience in the early stages of project development, with proven competence in delivering projects on time, cost and quality.
• Experience building and managing regional teams to service existing and new clients.
• Business development expertise and a proven ability to develop clients and win new work.
• A degree in a relevant project management or engineering discipline (essential).
• Must be either a Chartered Project Professional (ChPP) or chartered with a relevant professional body such as ICE, IStructE or CIHT (essential).
• NEC accreditation (desirable).

Role and Responsibilities

• Plan, develop, monitor design, tender and supervise the implementation of projects to agreed targets, ensuring delivery to time, cost and quality.
• Act as principal client contact on all aspects of the project, maintaining effective relationships and responding urgently to any client concerns.
• Manage and proactively mitigate risks and obstacles to contractual performance and total project delivery, obtaining specialist third‑party support where necessary.
• Lead and direct the project team throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensure regular and effective communication with clients and within the project team.
• Develop, complete and keep up‑to‑date project plans for health, safety, quality and environment, and manage risk assessments as required.
• Ensure projects comply fully with all statutory and regulatory provisions, including HMRI and CDM Regulations.
• Monitor work progress and compliance to specifications and standards, collating documentation and records.
• Ensure project costs are regularly reviewed and invoices are raised timely.
• Attend project and management review meetings.
• Provide wider support as required, including preparing fee estimates, bidding, resourcing programmes, undertaking site visits, managing Health & Safety paperwork and assisting in tender processes.

Salary and Benefits

• £90,000 – £100,000 (negotiable, dependent on experience)
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Yearly profit share bonus
• Income protection and life insurance
• Option to buy and sell annual leave
• Corporate eyewear scheme
• Private medical insurance
• EV car scheme
• Paid professional subscriptions
• Competitive pension

Get in touch to apply with a copy of an in‑depth CV detailing your experience.

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