Assistant Project Manager - Highways & Transport
Location
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire | United Kingdom
Job description
What's involved with this role:
Interim Assistant Project Manager - Highways & Transport
Job Ref: CCC (HQ) 16871
Pay Rate: £230.77 per day PAYE
Hours per week: 37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
Role Length: This opening assignment is for 12 months
City: Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
Hybrid working
The Project Manager will be responsible for driving forward innovative ideas across a programme of schemes. The role is vital in ensuring effective and efficient delivery of schemes across a wide range of transport projects.
Key Responsibilities:
Provide leadership support within the Project Delivery Highways Service team to ensure the effective delivery of projects that improve the transport infrastructure network.
Provide advice to those within Place & Economy on highway engineering, project and programme management, procurement, community engagement and delivery of the improvements of the transport infrastructure network.
Provide and prepare detailed technical reports in a timely and efficient manner ensuring at all times clarity, engagement with stakeholders, and clear requirements of project details, timings and delivery requirements.
Direct, guide and manage project delivery to ensure that objectives are delivered for the project to a high quality, forecast delivery times and budget targets.
Lead on key aspects of project expertise within the Project Delivery Highways Service for commissioned projects in order to ensure the highest level of knowledge, experience and expertise are used in resolving issues and enquiries.
Manage the technical approval of Project Delivery Highway Service projects taking account of detailed design, procurement, programme, and customer consultation.
Develop efficient and effective processes for the review of projects, reporting progress, risk, actual and forecast cost and target completion to the Programme Board.
Actively contribute with colleagues across the directorate, the Council and our partners to ensure projects are delivered in the most efficient, effective and co- ordinated manner and represent value for money.
Provide the Project Team Leader with robust forward and integrated work programmes embedded with clarity in decision making, timelines, and control processes.
Take responsibility in ensuring major contracts are procured to maximum effect, achieve VFM targets through the stages of contract development either through the Highway Services Contract, Eastern Highways Alliance or NEC 3 contract environment and tendering process.
Take active responsibility with the Project Team Leader for the control and monitoring of the capital programme. Ensure monthly progress reports on actual and forecast expenditure are prepared and submitted in a timely way.
Report any variances to the Project Team Leader.
Report monthly the forward expenditure plan for projects, identify expenditure shortfalls and capitalise on alternative funding options.
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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
Full UK driving licence.
Qualifications:
HND or degree in Project Management, or a relevant discipline, or working towards professional qualification or relevant experience.
Experience:
Must have at least 3yrs experience working in Highways & Transport in a similar role.
Needs to be familiar with project management software, either ASTA or MS Project and computer literate across Microsoft software packages.
A proven track record in leading the development, planning and implementation of transport infrastructure and related projects.
Extensive programme / project management experience with a reputation for delivery.
Extensive knowledge of technical and contractual requirements relating to scheme development, construction and maintenance.
Experience in budget management (including local government finance).
Good negotiation skills and the ability to develop effective working relationships with senior staff throughout the Authority and staff of external organisations including other Councils and Government agencies.
Practical experience in dealing and negotiating with consultants and contractors.
Proven experience of financial and resource planning and the ability to deliver VFM on contracts and operating in a multi-disciplinary financial environment engaging with stakeholders.
Experience of developing focused strategies and prioritising actions, leading to change and performance improvements and achieving VFM on projects.
Skills & Abilities:
Ability to drive culture change within an organisation.
Ability to work independently and to lead a team.
Strong communication skills both written and verbal including persuading and influencing.
Ability to negotiate with key partners and businesses to build collaborative solutions that recognise the diverse needs of our communities.
Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).
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Job Ref: CCC (HQ) 16871
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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£230.77 per day
