Chartered Project Manager - Structures

Rate: £50-£55 per hour
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Contract: 6 months - Inside IR35
Location: Cardiff
Working pattern: Hybrid - 2 days per week in the office

This role offers a Chartered Project Manager the chance to work within a well-established highways infrastructure team, supporting the delivery of key bridge and highways structures projects.
In this position, you'll take on the responsibility of managing the delivery of critical infrastructure schemes, working closely with engineers, clients, and stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the required technical standards.
If you have experience in structural engineering projects and enjoy leading multidisciplinary teams, this role provides a chance to make an impact on a wide range of highways and bridge projects.

The Role
You'll be responsible for overseeing the delivery of bridge and highways structures projects, ensuring everything runs smoothly from start to finish. Working alongside engineers and clients, you'll ensure designs meet the required standards, budgets are adhered to, and projects stay on track.
Your background in bridge and highway structures design, assessment, and project management will allow you to contribute to key infrastructure projects, including bridge maintenance, strengthening, and development.

Key Responsibilities
- Lead the delivery of bridge and highways structures projects
- Oversee bridge strengthening, repairs, inspections, and structural assessments
- Act as a point of contact for clients and project stakeholders
- Manage multidisciplinary teams on complex infrastructure projects
- Ensure projects meet programme and budget targets
- Provide technical leadership and support to engineers within the team
- Contribute to financial and project management aspects of structures schemes

Requirements
- Chartered Project Manager or equivalent professional accreditation
- 10+ years' experience delivering infrastructure or structural engineering projects
- Strong experience in bridge and highway structures design, assessment, and project management
- Experience with steel, reinforced, and prestressed concrete bridge structures
- Knowledge of UK highways standards and contract documentation such as DMRB and NEC4
- Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and deliver complex infrastructure projects
- Strong communication skills and the ability to maintain good client relationships
- A collaborative approach, with a focus on team development and strategy

This role offers the chance to work on significant infrastructure projects within a collaborative and technically skilled team. If you're ready to bring your expertise to a well-respected organisation and take ownership of key projects, we'd like to hear from you.

Footnote:
If you feel that you are right for this role technically, but the rate, location or seniority does not suit you specifically then please still feel free to send us your CV. We constantly recruit for roles very similar to this one at all levels UK Wide. We are always keen to chat with you discreetly about your employment situation.
Even if you are happy in your current role for now, we always welcome calls from Highways, Infrastructure & Transportation professionals keen to make their introductions for future months or years. Carrington West's Highways, Transport & Infrastructure division is the fastest growing in the country, our specialist team has a combined over 100+ years' experience in this market. Please call James Gillespie at Carrington West on 023 9387 6035 for more information.
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