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Aylesbury, England, United Kingdom

Overview

The Project Manager will be responsible for the successful delivery of highways and transportation projects from inception through to completion. The role involves managing project scope, programme, budget, risk, stakeholders, and contractors to ensure schemes are delivered safely, efficiently, and in accordance with Local Authority objectives, statutory requirements, and funding conditions.

Projects may include highway improvements, active travel schemes, junction upgrades, resurfacing programmes, traffic management initiatives, drainage improvements and structures maintenance.

Your role

  • Delivery of project management and contract administration through the project life cycle, ensuring delivery to agreed scope, programme, cost, and quality requirements.

  • Develop and manage project plans, budgets, resource forecasts, and governance reporting.

  • Coordinate multidisciplinary project teams and manage project interfaces, dependencies, and delivery risks.

  • Prepare business cases, cost estimates, funding applications, and manage project change control.

  • Monitor financial performance, expenditure, and forecasting throughout the project lifecycle.

  • Lead project meetings, manage approvals, and resolve delivery issues to maintain programme objectives.

  • Manage stakeholder engagement, including elected members, residents, statutory bodies, utility companies, and external partners.

  • Maintain risk and issue registers, ensuring appropriate mitigation and escalation.

  • Ensure compliance with Local Authority governance, CDM Regulations, highways legislation, and environmental requirements.

  • Promote a strong culture of health, safety, quality, and sustainability.

  • Clear and accurate monitoring and reporting of project performance against programme, technical quality, financial and KPI targets; both internally and externally.

  • Cognisant delivery of projects and tasks in accordance with the AtkinsRéalis Values; Safety, Integrity, Collaboration and Innovation.

  • Manage multiple concurrent projects, providing regular performance updates to the Portfolio Manager and Project Director and contributing to wider highways capital programme development.

Transportation Engineering

Location

Aylesbury, England, United Kingdom

Job Type

Full time

Ref

R-164405

Salary range

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Joe Ansel

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About you

  • Degree or equivalent qualification in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, with proven experience delivering highways, infrastructure, or transportation projects.

  • Has and clear understanding and experience of construction contracts, particularly NEC4.

  • Experience delivering capital projects from feasibility through construction and handover to time, cost and quality objectives.

  • PRINCE2 Practitioner, APM PMQ, or equivalent project management qualification desirable.

  • Demonstrable experience of budget and programme management.

  • Experience managing contractor and consultant relationships.

  • CDM Regulations 2015.

  • Holds a valid UK driving licence and able to travel to sites across Buckinghamshire if required.

Skills and competencies

  • Strong project and programme management skills.

  • Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication abilities.

  • Commercial and financial awareness.

  • Risk and issue management.

  • Leadership and team management.

  • Negotiation and influencing skills.

  • Ability to work under pressure and manage competing priorities.

  • Strong reporting and presentation skills.

  • Proficient in Microsoft Office and project management software.

Why choose AtkinsRéalis?

Why choose AtkinsRéalis?

Wherever you are in your career – and whoever you are – AtkinsRéalis is for you. Here, support and collaboration are a vibrant part of a culture that lets you choose where – and how far – your career can go. Take on projects that push boundaries and drive sustainable impact, surrounded by colleagues who believe there's no limit to how brilliant you can be. It's time to join a like-minded team where you'll be rewarded, supported, and free to be your kind of brilliant.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's'infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

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 creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to all applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria. If you would like to be considered under this commitment, please let us know at the application stage.

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