Job Title
Senior Project Manager – New Build Education Project
Location
Forres, Moray
Company
Balfour Beatty Regional Scotland
Project
Forres Academy
About The Role
We’re looking for a Senior Project Manager to lead the delivery of Forres Academy, a major new‑build secondary school in the North of Scotland.
This is a high‑profile education project where you’ll take full ownership of delivery — from early planning through to handover — leading a multi‑disciplinary team and working closely with key stakeholders to deliver real value for the local community.
Key Responsibilities
- Leading the safe, successful delivery of a large new‑build education scheme
- Owning programme, cost, quality, risk and stakeholder management
- Managing and inspiring Project Managers, Engineers and subcontract partners
- Driving strong commercial performance and governance
- Representing Balfour Beatty with the client and wider stakeholders
Qualifications
- Proven experience delivering complex construction projects
- Strong leadership and commercial awareness
- Confident communicator with experience managing clients and large teams
- Background in education, healthcare or public‑sector projects (ideal, not essential)
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…
Professional and Personal Development
- 70% learning on the job, 20% learning from those around you, and 10% formal training courses and learning events.
- Opportunities across Balfour Beatty’s pipeline of work to grow your career.
- Open communication about wellbeing, development and career opportunities.
Diversity and Inclusion
We are a Disability Confident Employer and are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long‑term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists and actively promote diversity and inclusion across our workforce.
We aim to ensure a fair and inclusive resourcing process. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com
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