Assistant Project Manager

At National Highways, we have an excellent opportunity for an Assistant Project Manager to join our Operations Directorate in the Yorkshire North East. The role will involve supporting the management and delivery of existing contractual relationships. You will support overseeing the performance of contracts, contract managers multiple and consultants. Ensuring adherence to effective governance, quality assurance, health and safety, technical and specialist standards across the supply chain and National Highways.

This role will be based in either one of our Darlington, Wakefield or Leeds offices.

What you’ll be leading on

• To support the delivery of complex contracts whilst managing standard allocated projects within the Region, across all stages of the project lifecycle, from design to introduction into service. Report on and review delivery performance, develop solutions that resolve issues, and to prepare project business cases.
• Develop, support and maintain strong collaborative relationships with the Project Managers, key stakeholders, suppliers, contractors and across National Highways teams, to ensure full mutual understanding for the allocated projects.
• Support the effective governance of the contracts in line with National Highways requirements.
• To comply with National Highways Operations Quality Management System (QMS) on all projects in scope to enable delivery within agreed parameters for quality, cost and time ensuring they meet intended outcomes, customer service levels, corporate technical, specialist health and safety.
• Assist in programme management, reporting and risk management against the budgets for all projects in scope, ensuring effective financial and contractual practices are in place and adhered to by all project resources.
• Ensuring the health and safety needs of all parties involved in the projects are fully considered and accounted for throughout the planning and delivery of each service activity.

To be Successful

• Experience in managing relationships with multiple stakeholders
• Demonstrable ability to be flexible and adaptable in the management of time, resource and people.
• Understanding of project management practices and controls
• Reviewing project plans and detailed stage plans in conjunction with delivery partners
• Evidence of working within a project team to achieve mutual goals

A bit about us

Making sure our customers have safe and reliable journeys is at the heart of everything we do in Operations. We keep the roads open for business and play a key role in making sure the network we manage is fit for purpose today and for the future.

Want to know more?

To request a copy of the role profile, please contact hrhighwaysengland@mailgc.cx.ukg.oraclecloud.com quoting reference number #5003