Senior Project Manager

About the role
Senior Project Manager - Capital Maintenance Programme

Shape the future of Cambridgeshire's highways network

Are you an experienced project leader who thrives on delivering large-scale programmes that make a lasting difference to people's everyday lives?

At Cambridgeshire County Council, we are investing millions of pounds each year to maintain, improve and future-proof one of the country's most important highway networks. This years capital maintenance budget exceeds £58m.

We're looking for an exceptional Senior Project Manager to lead the delivery of our Capital Maintenance Programme and help keep Cambridgeshire moving, leading our carriageway, footway and drainage structural repair programmes.

Why this role matters

Every road resurfaced, footway renewed, bridge strengthened and drainage system improved helps thousands of residents, businesses and visitors travel safely and efficiently across the county.

As our Senior Project Manager, you will take a leading role in planning and delivering a substantial capital investment programme, ensuring projects are delivered safely, efficiently, on time and within budget while achieving excellent value for money.

This is a unique opportunity to influence how one of the UK's fastest-growing counties manages and improves its transport infrastructure for future generations.

For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Joshua Rutherford Head of Asset Management, Design and Delivery - Joshua.Rutherford@cambridgeshire.gov.uk.

What will you be doing?

You will:

• Lead the delivery of our Capital Maintenance Programme from development through to completion.
• Manage a portfolio of complex highway maintenance and infrastructure projects.
• Lead and develop a team of project professionals, creating a positive and empowering culture.
• Oversee programme budgets, risk management and financial performance.
• Work closely with councillors, communities, contractors, consultants and public sector partners to achieve successful outcomes.
• Ensure robust governance, procurement and project controls are in place across the programme.
• Prepare and present reports to senior leaders, project boards and committees.
• Help shape future investment strategies and identify opportunities to maximise funding and value for money.

About you

We're looking for someone who can combine technical credibility with strong leadership and excellent stakeholder management.

You'll bring:

• A proven track record of successfully leading major infrastructure, highways or transport projects and programmes.
• Experience managing significant budgets, risks and delivery teams.
• Strong programme and project management skills with a focus on outcomes and continuous improvement.
• The ability to build productive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders and partners.
• Excellent communication skills, including experience presenting to senior leaders and elected members.
• A qualification in civil engineering, a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.

Most importantly, you'll be someone who enjoys leading people, solving complex challenges and delivering infrastructure that improves communities.

In return, you'll join an ambitious and supportive organisation where your work has a direct impact on residents and places across Cambridgeshire.

You'll benefit from:

• The opportunity to lead a high-profile capital investment programme.
• Flexible hybrid working arrangements.
• A collaborative and forward-thinking team environment.
• Professional development and career progression opportunities.
• The chance to help shape the future of one of the UK's most dynamic counties.

If you're passionate about infrastructure delivery, motivated by making a tangible difference, and ready to lead a programme that improves the lives of thousands of people every day, we'd love to hear from you.

Help us deliver better roads, safer journeys and stronger communities across Cambridgeshire.

Our benefits

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage...

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes

Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.

About us

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don't meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don't be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Through a Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we will offer an interview to all applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy. On your application form you can indicate you are disabled. Some examples of reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers