Project Manager

About the role

Balfour Beatty Living Places is looking for a Project Manager to join our team and play a key role in the successful delivery of highways maintenance and third-party works projects.

This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of a diverse portfolio of projects, ensuring they are delivered safely, efficiently, and to the highest standards. You'll work closely with clients, stakeholders, subcontractors, and operational teams to manage projects from inception through to completion while driving continuous improvement and supporting long-term contract growth.

What you'll be doing

• Lead the safe delivery of highways maintenance and third-party works projects.


• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, stakeholders, and subcontractors.


• Manage programmes of work, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget.


• Coordinate labour, plant, materials, and subcontractor resources to meet operational demands.


• Oversee projects from planning through to completion and handover.


• Monitor project performance and support continuous improvement initiatives.


• Support winter maintenance and service delivery activities when required.


• Promote a positive safety culture and ensure compliance with all company and statutory requirements.


• Provide clear communication and direction to operational teams and project stakeholders.

Who we're looking for

We're looking for someone who can demonstrate:

• Experience within highways maintenance, civil engineering, construction, or infrastructure projects.


• Strong operational and project delivery knowledge.


• Excellent stakeholder and client management skills.


• Commercial awareness and an understanding of project costs, KPIs, and service levels.


• Experience managing programmes of work and coordinating multiple priorities.


• Strong organisational and problem-solving skills.


• The ability to lead and motivate teams while building collaborative working relationships.


• The ability to interpret drawings and technical information.


• A proactive and flexible approach to project delivery

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Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK's most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package that's right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more...

About us

Balfour Beatty Living Places works in long-term partnerships with local authorities to create great places to live, work and play. We actively engage with local people to understand the needs of the communities we work in and shape the places where local economies can thrive and grow. As a leader in sustainable working, diversity, and social value, we use our expertise to bring real, positive change for our customers.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty, we want everyone to be able to thrive and achieve their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. We're making great progress through our Value Everyone DEI Action Plan, but we know we've got more to do. Find out more about our values and DEI initiatives.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We are committed to our processes being barrier-free and will support adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Please let the recruiter for this role know if you require any adjustments.

We're looking to continually improve our recruitment process, so if you have any feedback, please share this with us via candidaterecruitmentenquiries@balfourbeatty.com