Project Manager (Major Transport Schemes) – Huddersfield   

Salary: £ 25.13 Per Hour

Full Time: Monday to Friday – 08:30am to 17:00pm (Hybrid Working)

Role Purpose:

The Major Transport SchemesProject Manager is a key role for our client, helping to plan, design, appraise, and delivery essential, large scale transportation programmes and projects for the district.
The role has a key responsibility to help effectively and efficiently manage these programmes and projects, working across several service areas to deliver our client’s objectives for transportation, climate change, environmental improvement, place shaping and economic growth.

You will have lead responsibility for managing specific projects which from part of our client’s transportation investment programmes as well as contributing to the wider transportation outcomes for our client.
The postholder will report to the Major Transportation schemes programme lead and head of service.

Responsibilities:

• Day to day project management of one or more of our client’s Major Transport Schemes and have the technical knowledge, behaviours, and experience to facilitate the delivery of major projects for our client.
  This will be under the direction, supervision, and support of the Major Transport Schemes Programme Lead.
• Help accelerate delivery by ensuring that projects are managed effectively and consistently, including their scope, objectives/ outcomes, risks/ issues, cross programme dependencies and ensure that benefits and outcomes are effectively tracked and delivered.
• Be responsible for the business case development for external funding for transport projects consistent with assurance frameworks that are fit for purpose and that support timely delivery of major projects.
• Build highly effective working relationships with key stakeholders, across our client’s services and partners.
• Provide intelligence and strategic guidance on transportation-based programmes and projects to ensure services and the directorate continue to work effectively and deliver shared outcomes.
• As Project Manager you will be working with colleagues from within the company, other public and private organisations, commissioned consultants, highways England and rail and bus operators to deliver successful major highway and Transport Schemes.
• You will work with a range of stakeholders including senior managers, members, developers and infrastructure providers to coordinate and deliver projects and lead on the design, organising and attending public consultation/ exhibitions to seek stakeholder’s consensus on projects and transport policy and strategy.
• The post holder will be a highway and transport engineer and/ or transport planner with experience of managing transport, regeneration and place programmes and projects and will act as project/ programme manager for one or more schemes to manage the diverse activities that contribute to the successful delivery of major projects of this nature.
• Proven ability to apply project management principles and techniques to a wide range of complex projects or programmes including financial management of projects/ programmes.
• Substantial practical or professional experience and understanding of this specialist area and proven problem-solving skills with the capacity to devise and implement innovative solutions.
• Proven ability to establish and maintain highly effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders.
• Comprehensive knowledge of computerised business systems.

We offer:

• 24 hour one on one specialist consultant based within your geographical area
• 4Recruitment Services Employee Benefits Programme
• Our own dedicated payroll support ensuring you get the full benefits of your payment

Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices.
4Recruitment Services is an equal opportunities employer.

To discuss this vacancy or other vacancies in your area please contact Megan Eastop- Stanley on 07587 327813 or via email Megane@4recruitmentservices.com