Project Manager

We're looking for a Project Manager with extensive experience in structures and bridges to join our Highways team in Tebay.  In this role you will take the lead on delivering a major project. This role will involve working across a range of disciplines, including structures, bridges, drainage, and temporary works. Due to the nature of the role, holding a full driving licence is essential.

Can you imagine a world without transportation links by land, sea, or air? Nor can we! Your journey is our journey come and join us at Kier Transportation and help us make a difference by supporting the movement of people, goods, and equipment.

Location: Tebay, Cumbria – travel to the office required, with remote working available
Contract: Permanent, Full-time, 40 hours per week
Salary: £70,000 - £80,000 + £6.7k annual car allowance + private healthcare + benefits
Please note: we are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship for this position.

Responsibilities

As Project Manager, you'll play a key role in supporting the senior leadership team with buildability, programme planning, phasing, and forecasting, while overseeing early site works to move the project from design into delivery over the next year. Following this phase, you'll transition to part of a collaborative team in leading the delivery of the M6 Lune Gorge major project starting in 2027.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:
• Delivering the project safely, on time, within budget, and to high standards of customer satisfaction
• Managing project-related incidents and carrying out regular inspections
• Maintaining records related to the construction process for administration purposes
• Ensuring all works meet specification, quality standards, and maintaining quality inspection records in line with the quality plan
• Attending regular meetings to report progress, address variations, and ensure clear communication across teams

What are we looking for?

This role of Project Manager is great if you:
• Have significant project management experience within the construction industry
• Hold a valid CSCS card
• Possess SMSTS certification

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

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

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier

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