Cambridge / East of England
Senior Project Manager – Infrastructure (Highways Focus)
Cambridge / East of England | Hybrid Working
£80,000 – £90,000 + Benefits
The Opportunity
We are supporting a growing consultancy in appointing a Senior Project Manager to support a strong pipeline of work across Cambridge, Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire.
This role sits at the front end of major infrastructure schemes, with a particular focus on highways and transport programmes.
You will play a key role in shaping projects from concept and feasibility stages, supporting local authorities in progressing schemes through approval and into delivery.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Acting as an embedded client-side Project Manager
- Supporting schemes through concept, feasibility, and GRIP stages
- Working closely with:
- Local authorities
- Combined authorities
- Transport bodies.
- Supporting business case development and navigating approval processes
- Managing complex stakeholder environments
- Supporting relationship development and opportunity generation (approx. 20%)
What We’re Looking For
Essential Experience
- Degree qualified in a relevant discipline.
- Chartered status (CEng or ChPP)
- Proven experience in a client-side Project Manager capacity
- Strong background in infrastructure / highways / transport projects
- Experience contributing to early-stage scheme development!
- NEC4 contract knowledge (desirable)
Key Attributes
- Strong relationship builder within local authority environments
- Comfortable influencing stakeholders and shaping outcomes.
- Entrepreneurial mindset with ability to identify opportunities.
- Self-sufficient, proactive and commercially aware
Why Join?
- Opportunity to influence major infrastructure schemes from inception
- Work within a growing, agile consultancy environment.
- High level of autonomy and trust
- Exposure to complex, high-value transport programmes
- Ongoing professional development and NEC4 training
Working Arrangements
- Flexible, hybrid working
- Travel across the East of England
- Birmingham office attendance approx. 1–2 days per week