Senior Infrastructure Project Manager

Cambridge / East of England

Senior Project Manager Infrastructure

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