Freelance Project Manager
Posted Today by Kenton Black
£400 Per day
Undetermined
Undetermined
Doncaster
Summary: The Freelance Project Manager role focuses on overseeing the delivery of a new road/carriageway project for a civils and highways subcontractor in East Yorkshire. The position requires managing various aspects of the project, including budget, resources, and stakeholder coordination, ensuring compliance with specifications and quality standards. The role is site-based and involves reporting progress and risks to senior management. The successful candidate will have proven experience in highways or civil engineering projects and strong leadership skills.
Key Responsibilities:
- Overall responsibility for the safe and successful delivery of works on site
- Managing programme, budget, and resources
- Coordinating subcontractors, suppliers, and client stakeholders
- Ensuring works are delivered in line with specifications, quality standards, and HSEQ
- Reporting progress and risks to senior management
- Supporting planning, temporary works, and commercial interfaces
Key Skills:
- Proven experience as a Project Manager on highways or civil engineering projects
- Strong understanding of UK infrastructure delivery
- SMSTS, CSCS (Black or Gold) essential
- Temporary Works awareness/coordinator beneficial
- Excellent communication and leadership skills
- Ability to manage multiple workstreams in a live environment
Salary (Rate): £400/day
City: Doncaster
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Freelance Project Manager – Highways / Infrastructure
East Yorkshire
Start February 2026
I am currently recruiting for an experienced Freelance Project Manager to join a civils and highways subcontractor, working on a new road/carriageway project. This is a key site-based role, overseeing the delivery of highways and civil engineering works on a major local infrastructure scheme.
THE ROLE:
- Overall responsibility for the safe and successful delivery of works on site
- Managing programme, budget, and resources
- Coordinating subcontractors, suppliers, and client stakeholders
- Ensuring works are delivered in line with specifications, quality standards, and HSEQ
- Reporting progress and risks to senior management
- Supporting planning, temporary works, and commercial interfaces
REQUIREMENTS:
- Proven experience as a Project Manager on highways or civil engineering projects
- Strong understanding of UK infrastructure delivery
- SMSTS, CSCS (Black or Gold) essential
- Temporary Works awareness/coordinator beneficial
- Excellent communication and leadership skills
- Ability to manage multiple workstreams in a live environment
Apply now with an up to date CV or contact Dan Standish at Kenton Black (Leeds) for more info.