Your new company
This SME consultancy is recognised as a leader in the construction and transportation sector, with a strong track record supporting the design and delivery of complex infrastructure, residential, and urban regeneration schemes.
With offices across the UK, the business delivers a genuinely agile and multidisciplinary service, working closely with local authorities, developers, and delivery partners to help shape future-proof places that improve the lives of those who live and work in them. Recent work includes major residential-led developments and large-scale urban renewal projects across the South East and beyond.
Your new role
Following the successful appointment to several new long-term frameworks and commissions in Brighton & Hove, the company is now looking to expand its Highways and Infrastructure team.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced project professional ready to take the next step, working alongside a highly regarded and collaborative team on a diverse portfolio of projects ranging from residential developments to major regeneration and infrastructure schemes.
You will play a key role in leading projects from early feasibility through design, approvals, and delivery, while acting as a trusted client-facing lead.
The ideal candidate will:
- Take ownership of the planning and delivery of complex infrastructure and development projects, ensuring programme, budget, quality, and commercial objectives are met.
- Act as the primary point of contact for Clients, confidently representing the consultancy and managing relationships with multiple stakeholders.
- Develop and manage project programmes, budgets, and reporting, including governance under NEC contracts.
- Lead and mentor Project Managers and Assistant Project Managers, providing guidance on best practice project management processes and tools.
- Proactively manage risks, issues, and dependencies, escalating where appropriate.
- Oversee programmes of work, coordinating multiple interrelated projects and supporting consistent delivery across them.
About you
You will tick all of the below:
- Hands-on experience with NEC contracts
- Experience working on residential developments and large-scale urban regeneration or renewal projects.
- Degree in Civil Engineering or a related discipline; professional qualification or working towards chartership preferred.
- Proven experience delivering projects through feasibility, design, planning, and construction phases.
- Confident in leading stakeholder engagement, including liaison with local authorities, developers, senior officers, elected members, and the public.
- Demonstrated ability to support, mentor, and develop Project Managers and Assistant Project Managers.
Why apply?
You will be joining a highly motivated, professional, and supportive team, working on meaningful projects that shape places and communities.
On offer:
- Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package
- Wellbeing and family-focused benefits, reviewed regularly to reflect individual needs
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme
- Full professional development support, including structured routes to chartership and access to financial and professional mentors
- Progressive leadership with a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion
- A social, driven, and collaborative team culture
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