Senior Project Manager

Overview

As a Senior Project Manager, you lead end-to-end project management commissions on infrastructure projects in Glasgow, ensuring delivery to time, cost and quality targets. You act as the primary client interface, coordinating cross-functional teams and stakeholders to meet objectives. You’ll shape governance, define requirements, and manage risks, changes and budgets to drive successful project outcomes. This role offers exposure to large-scale transportation, utilities and highways work within a supportive, inclusive firm that values delivery and client impact.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic advice at project inception to align approaches with client objectives
• Define project requirements and success criteria across time, cost, technical, and performance parameters
• Establish governance, processes, and systems for project delivery
• Create and maintain master project schedules and progress reports
• Lead cross-functional project teams and manage resource planning and procurement
• Monitor performance using KPI-driven techniques and manage change control
• Develop and control budgets and forecast vs actual costs
• Liaise with client, consultants, and stakeholders throughout project lifecycle
• Address Health & Safety and Environmental considerations and ongoing quality management
• Identify risks and implement mitigations; manage project information flow through meetings and communications
• Support business development and client relationship building
• Ensure compliance with client and project standards and corporate policies

Key requirements

• Experience on large scheme projects (100m plus)
• NEC: ECC Project Manager accreditation
• Degree qualification in Civil Engineering preferred
• Chartered/qualified status with ICE, APM, RICS preferred
• Strong client interfacing, governance, and budget management capabilities

• leadership
• stakeholder management
• communication
• NEC ECC Project Manager accreditation
• project governance and controls
• cost management and budgeting

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