Senior Project Manager

AtkinsRéalis

Join a fast-paced team as a Senior Project Manager leading highways and structure schemes. Oversee project lifecycle and manage project managers while ensuring timely and budget-compliant delivery.

Posted 5/26/2026full-timeDartford • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Operate in the capacity of the Portfolio Manager in their absence
Develop and maintain strong collaborative relationships with the Portfolio Manager and key stakeholders to ensure full mutual understanding of the projects’ delivery objectives
Report on and review project performance, and agree solutions to issues
Maintain compliance with the DBFO contract
Clarify roles and responsibilities within your team, resolving risks and issues in a timely manner
Produce timely and accurate reports and create and maintain specified records including change management
Identify and evaluate emerging risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints associated with the project
Where necessary, develop, agree, and implement solutions to overcome these
Global or master programme maintenance for whole portfolios
Portfolio income and cost profiles, overseeing and challenging the Project Managers input
Client liaison on project and portfolio level
Chair and drive regular project reviews to ensure current and live records
Manage correspondence and queries through Aconex
Project change control and reviewing processes and procedure
Allocation of projects to PMs based on appropriate knowledge, experience, ability, and capability

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience in the delivery of highways construction & maintenance operations or similar transferable experience
Project Management skills, preferably supported by recognised PM qualification, PRINCE2, APMP etc
HNC / HND (or equivalent) in a civil engineering or other construction-based discipline is desirable
Broad knowledge and understanding of other design areas
Understanding of Environmental requirements of schemes
Experience of coordinating interfaces with design teams and external resources
Understanding of H&S Requirements related to highway construction & maintenance works
Knowledge of CDM and other H&S legislation
Competent in exercising the duties under CDM
Applicable CSCS Card desirable
Team leadership and management experience in driving performance and productivity
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Strong customer focus with a service delivery mindset
Commercial understanding and budgetary control experience
Understanding of Lean principles.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Enjoy competitive salaries
Employee rewards
Brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices
Opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise
Hybrid working culture
Flexible holiday allowances

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Hard Skills & Tools

Project ManagementHighways constructionMaintenance operationsChange managementBudgetary controlLean principlesCDM legislationH&S requirementsClient liaisonPortfolio management

Soft Skills

Team leadershipStakeholder managementCommunicationCustomer focusCollaborationProblem-solvingRisk managementPerformance managementOrganizational skillsInterpersonal skills

Certifications

PRINCE2APMPCSCS CardHNCHND