Project Manager

AtkinsRéalis; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

Are you ready to take up a vital role in shaping some of our exciting projects?

How about joining our talented team, where everyone has a voice, and together we face our clients' problems head-on. It's a diverse and inclusive work environment where world-class talent knows no distinctions.

Work with us as a Highways or Local Transport Project Manager, and you'll play a central role in making vital civil and structural designs a reality. You'll enjoy opportunities across a vast range of projects, from new builds to renewal, maintenance, and assessment works. Your skills and expertise will mean a lot to the business and our clients, such as Highways England, Network Rail, and Transport for London. You'll be trusted to lead your team, knowing we all want you to succeed, and we're ready to help you grow.

This is a fantastic opportunity for you to work and develop within an internationally renowned consultancy, working on a variety of projects where your talent and skills can be demonstrated.

Flexible and remote working is a central part of our culture. This role will require office attendance two days per week with travel to suit client and project needs.

Your purpose:

• Responsible for the safe delivery of the project to agreed schedule, budget, scope, and quality and is responsible for the safety and welfare of staff working on the project.
• Responsible for the successful technical and commercial delivery of the project in accordance with AtkinsRéalis governance requirements.
• Providing bid phase support as a Bid Manager on medium to small projects.
• Delivery of project management and contract administration throughout the project life cycle.
• Ensuring that there is a common understanding of requirements and scope, schedule, costs, constraints, risk and interfaces across the team.
• Leading the project team – building, motivating, maintaining, coaching, guiding, and developing the team.
• Communicating, liaising, and engaging with the client on a project-by-project basis.
• Deliver governance arrangements for projects within corporate and business policies, directives, guidance, and procedures to ensure a robust outcome.
• Manage approved sub-contractor procurement processes.
• Cognisant delivery of projects and tasks in accordance with the AtkinsRéalis Values, Safety, Integrity, Collaboration, and Innovation.

What you can bring:

• Understands and has experience in deploying various forms of construction contract, in particular NEC3 or 4 and/or bespoke forms of contract.
• Experience of working closely with multi-disciplinary design teams.
• The ability to understand clients’ requirements.
• Ability to lead a delivery team in a positive and confident manner, demonstrating an appropriate level of knowledge, skills, and attitude.
• Excellent interpersonal skills combined with sound business acumen and strong risk/commercial awareness to deliver profits.
• An aptitude towards work winning through strong service delivery and understanding of bid process and different pricing models.
• Understanding of Digital Tools, Common Data Environments and BIM.
• Demonstrates a proactive and flexible working attitude, is adaptable and responds positively in response to challenges.

Why work for AtkinsRéalis?

Our Transportation teams are reinventing transport for a challenging yet exciting future. We're creating new ideas and smart solutions for cities, people and the environment. You'll be working alongside some of the top people in our industry, solving challenges that bring together traditional engineering and new technologies. As part of our organisation, you'll be in a privileged position, delivering what's right for governments and communities. You'll be helping us to improve our leading environmental performance while enabling others to do the same.

Security clearance:

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. To help embed inclusion for all, from day one, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.