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Project Manager - Highways & Transport

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	19 Gorffennaf 2024
Cyflog:	£346.15 bob dydd
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	per day PAYE
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	17 Awst 2024
Lleoliad:	CAMBRIDGE
Cwmni:	Triumph Consultants Ltd
Math o swydd:	Dros dro
Cyfeirnod swydd:	CCC (HQ) 19094

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What's involved with this role:

Interim Project Manager - Highways & Transport

Reference no: CCC (HQ) 19094

Pay rate: £346.15 per day PAYE

Hours per week: 37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours

This opening assignment is for 12 months until further notice

City: CAMBRIDGE

Hybrid working, Fridays working from office, remainder of week flexible but requirement for site visits

The development and delivery of new transport infrastructure is vital to the future economic wellbeing of Cambridgeshire. A Project Manager is required to take responsibility for driving forward innovative ideas across a programme of schemes. The role is vital in ensuring effective and efficient delivery of schemes across a wide range of transport projects. The skills required to deliver such a programme are considerable and require engineering knowledge and understanding of project and programme management, procurement and commissioning of infrastructure projects, stakeholder engagement, land negotiation, transport planning and statutory legal processes.

Key responsibilities:

Provide leadership support within the Project Delivery Highways Service team to ensure the effective delivery of projects that improve the transport infrastructure network.
Provide advice to those within Place & Economy on highway engineering, project and programme management, procurement, community engagement and delivery of the improvements of the transport infrastructure network.
Provide and prepare detailed technical reports in a timely and efficient manner ensuring at all times clarity, engagement with stakeholders, and clear requirements of project details, timings and delivery requirements.
Direct, guide and manage project delivery to ensure that objectives are delivered for the project to a high quality, forecast delivery times and budget targets.
Lead on key aspects of project expertise within the Project Delivery Highways Service for commissioned projects in order to ensure the highest level of knowledge, experience and expertise are used in resolving issues and enquiries.
Manage the technical approval of Project Delivery Highway Service projects taking account of detailed design, procurement, programme, and customer consultation.
Develop efficient and effective processes for the review of projects, reporting progress, risk, actual and forecast cost and target completion to the Programme Board.
Actively contribute with colleagues across the directorate, the Council and partners to ensure projects are delivered in the most efficient, effective and coordinated manner and represent value for money.
Take active responsibility with the Project Team Leader for the control and monitoring of the capital programme. Ensure monthly progress reports on actual and forecast expenditure are prepared and submitted in a timely way. Report any variances to the Project Team Leader.
Inspire and motivate staff to ensure that they achieve their maximum potential, providing flexible use of resource across the team.



NB: Please feel free to apply to us direct via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and job title exactly.

To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF

If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.

Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, we cannot, unfortunately, respond to all applications. If, therefore, you have not heard from us within 3 days please make a working assumption that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles.

Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.


Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:

Qualifications:

Must have HNC or equivalent level 4 qualification in Project management or civil engineering related discipline.
Must be able to drive and have access to a vehicle for site visits, as well as managing contractors delivering on behalf of others.
A relevant professional membership e.g. chartered /Incorporated Engineer desirable.
A relevant Management qualification desirable.



Experience:

At least 5 years’ experience working in Highways & Transport in a similar role within major maintenance essential.
Significant project management experience in a client role in a large public sector organisation essential.
Considerable experience working for a public sector organisation and communicating proactively with stakeholders.
Considerable experience using project management software, either ASTA or MS Project and computer literate across Microsoft software packages.
Considerable experience managing design consultants, packages of work, contractors, NEC contracts and costs to fit within set budgets.
A proven track record in leading the development, planning and implementation of transport infrastructure and related projects.
Experience in budget management (including local government finance).



Knowledge:

Engineering knowledge and understanding of project and programme management, procurement and commissioning of infrastructure projects, stakeholder engagement, land negotiation, transport planning and statutory legal processes.
Extensive knowledge of technical and contractual requirements relating to scheme development, construction and maintenance.
Working knowledge of Health and Safety law and the Construction Design and Management Regulations (CDM).



Skills & Abilities:

Strong ability to bring together a wide range of stakeholder groups including Parish and District Councils, resident and campaign groups and businesses, setting delivery outcomes for projects and defining service outcomes across a range of needs.
Good negotiation skills and the ability to develop effective working relationships with senior staff throughout the Authority and staff of external organisations including other Councils and Government agencies.
Ability to drive culture change within an organisation.
Ability to work independently and to lead a team.
Strong communication skills both written and verbal including persuading and influencing.
Ability to think insightfully and innovatively, based on an underlying understanding of key principles to provide innovative and beneficial solutions.
Flexible in hours of work. Able to attend meetings out of hours when necessary.
Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).



***Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the job role to help support your application (and help us to help you!) – please give full details within your CV document.

Full Driving licence, access to a vehicle or access to means of mobility support.

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Job Ref: CCC (HQ) 19094


Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.

Please do try to resist contacting us with requests for progress updates.

We really do read every CV sent to us. All applications will be acknowledged by a human, not a robot, provided the job remains live and provided your CV meets the “Essential Requirements” listed.

Please note that we do our level best to take down ads as soon as roles have been filled. We are not in the business of harvesting CVs.

Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary.