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Senior Project Manager
- Posted 04 March 2026
- Salary £75k - 100k per year
- LocationLondon
- Job type Permanent - Full Time
- Discipline Rail
- ReferenceJO0000065000
Job description
Are you a Senior Project Manager looking progress into a Project Director role within the next 18-24 months?
Do you have experience delivering major infrastructure projects across heavy civils, structures, tunnelling, or large complex engineering schemes?
Salary: £75,000 - £100,000 DOE + car or allowance (£6850) + travel and London weighting allowances
Location: London - 1 day remote per week
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Project Manager to join a leading joint venture delivering major tunnelling and shaft infrastructure works as part of HS2. This role offers a clear pathway into senior leadership, with the successful candidate expected to progress into a Project Director position within the next 18-24 months, becoming part of the project leadership team.
This position demands a highly experienced civil engineering professional with strong leadership, technical, and project management capabilities to drive successful project delivery.
You will oversee the delivery of complex civil works, including shaft sinking, adit mining, tunnel connections, reinforced concrete structures (including secondary lining), and associated subterranean foundations and services. You will lead a team of Project Managers and around 80 personnel responsible for four individual shaft assets, managing the full construction lifecycle, from design development and pre-construction through to delivery, handover, and completion.
Benefits:
·Company car or allowance of £6850
·Travel allowance
·London weighting allowance £2500
·Up to 10% matched pension contribution
·Private Healthcare (single cover, 50% subsidised for first two years of employment; fully subsidised thereafter)
·25 days holiday + 1 additional day Birthday leave
Requirements
·Previous experience working on the delivery of major infrastructure projects as a Site Agent or Project Manager, ideally within heavy civils or structures
·Previous experience working on tunnelling, shafts, heavy civils or structures projects for a Tier 1 contractor or major infrastructure subcontractor
·Experience managing multiple projects, assets, or sites simultaneously
·Strong leadership and team management skills, with experience managing large multidisciplinary teams
·Excellent client and stakeholder management skills
·Strong commercial awareness and experience managing programme delivery on large infrastructure projects
·BEng Civil Engineering or equivalent
Desirable
·Experience delivering works on major UK infrastructure schemes such as HS2, Crossrail, Tideway or similar projects
·Experience with shaft construction, SCL, or underground structures
·Experience managing large complex infrastructure packages
If you are interested in applying for this role, please email your CV to me at brooke.stell@carringtonwest.com or call me on 02394314914.
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