M Group Transport
Project Manager
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Role Overview
Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.
Where will you be working?
At M Group Highways, we’re supporting the safe transportation and movement of people across the UK. We don’t just build roads and bridges- we’re building a better future, creating lasting social value that gives back to the communities in which we work.
You’ll be joining our Highways maintenance team, as the UK’s number one highway maintenance contractor, our teams use the latest innovations to create effective solutions. We offer a range of services including planned and reactive maintenance and highway improvement schemes. Want to come and be a part of it?
What will you be doing?
As a Project Manager you will be part of our Efficiency and Performance team who are responsible for programme management across various workstreams, contract wide performance management, quality and business improvement and social value and communications.
You will enable us to meet our key contract aim of ensuring high-quality highway services are delivered for the benefit of residents, businesses, and highway users in Suffolk.
- Update, review, schedule and report on various programmes across multiple workstreams feeding into the contract wide Contractor Plan
- Monitor and report on programme performance in line with contractual KPIs producing progress and escalation reports as required, as well as financial tracking of programme deliverables
- Develop programme management reporting and present to internal and external stakeholders
- Build effective relationships with senior members of the supply chain and client teams and lead on driving efficiencies in meetings
- Adopt a proactive approach on the project to identify best practice, implement improvements, gather, and feedback knowledge and inform the team on “what good looks like”
- Close liaison and continuous communication with Managers/ other Project Managers within the business to ensure efficient operations and best utilisation of all resources to meet estimated outputs, deliver to programme, within budget to achieve correct financial return
- Liaise with Clients and internal management to ensure compliance with Standards, DSR, Policy & Procedures and Industry Regulations and Legislation
- Coordinate with key stakeholders to ensure successful outcomes are achieved in the planning and delivery of project works
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What You’ll Bring
- Experience of managing client priorities, communication, and expectations
- Project Management Office experience
- Experience of Asta Powerproject or alternative planning software
- Knowledge and experience of partnering with a strong delivery focus
- Proven skillset in using the Microsoft Office suite, data management and reporting
- Change management, risk and issues
- Strong communication skills both written and verbal
Desirable
- Experience of creating and improving Power BI dashboards for performance management
- Demonstrable experience in the successful project management of construction infrastructure projects
What’s in it for you?
We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include:
- Matched or contributory pension scheme
- Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
- Employee assistance programme
- My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
- Life assurance
- Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
- Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
- Reward and recognition scheme
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In addition, this role offers:
- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Recommend a friend - get rewarded for introducing people to us!
- Holiday purchase scheme
- Personal Accident Cover
About Us
We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We are one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.
Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.
- We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
- We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
- We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
- We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life
Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.
It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.
Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.
For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.
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