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May 26, 2023 | Comments Off on Project Manager
We're looking for a Project Manager to join our Highways team based in Brixworth. Within this role, you can enjoy a fantastic, matched pension scheme, 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family, a competitive annual holiday entitlement, with opportunities to buy/sell leave and even more.
Location: Brixworth
Contract: Full time
Salary: £competitive + Pension + Benefits + Company car
Responsibilities As Project Manager, you'll be working across the business coordinating the design and delivery of several large highway improvement schemes, working closely with our design, construction and commercial teams.
Your day to day will include:
Acting as a point of contact, maintaining relationships with the client, all stakeholders, design and construction teams and service providers
Managing the delivery of projects to high standards through excellent budgeting and programming skills whilst incorporating health, safety, environment and quality considerations
Looking after all phases of the project, including early contractor involvement, through project inception, to close out, to meet all contractual requirements
Driving value engineering and efficiencies within design and construction phases, capturing and reporting change
Guiding and escalating on all risk matters relating to the contract
Who are we looking for? This role of Project Manager, is great for you if you can:
Bring learning accolades such as a degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent
Show experience of working on major / large highways improvement schemes within a local authority environment, with an understanding of the governance and assurance processes
Demonstrate knowledge of managing highways design and delivery programmes and budgets with sound health & safety knowledge including CDM 2015
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.
If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk to discuss and arrange these.
Benefits at Kier We're proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:
New and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more
Share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our sharesave and share incentive plans
Kier's Green Car Scheme
A huge range of deals and discounts at many your favourite brands
And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website: kier.co.uk/careers/rewards-benefits
Who is Kier? We're made up of six business units, Group Functions, Construction, Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, and as a group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK. Take a look at our sustainability objectives: kier.co.uk/sustainability/
At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.
Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.
Diversity and inclusion Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.
You can see more about our D&I action plan here: kier.co.uk/media/6668/di-roadmap-2021.pdf
Closing date: 23 June 2023
Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.