senior project manager

The Role & Offer

• Contract: 6 months, with the potential to be extended.
• Rate: £70 per hour, umbrella inside IR35.
• Location: East Sussex.
• Hours: Full-time, primarily day shifts

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise and coordinate highways project works from initial planning through to completion.
• Set operatives, gangs, and subcontractors to work safely, providing clear task briefings, reviewing RAMS, and implementing rigorous risk and permit controls.
• Coordinate labour, plant, materials, traffic management, access, and utilities interfaces to achieve short-term delivery plans.
• Lead quality checks, manage hold points and inspection records, and ensure all works are delivered in accordance with approved drawings and specifications.
• Act as a guide and mentor to newer project managers on-site

Candidate Requirements

• Proven experience supervising site teams or subcontractors in highways, civils, utilities, public realm, or similar infrastructure environments.
• Strong practical knowledge of highways construction, including excavation, reinstatement, surfacing, kerbing, paving, drainage, and street furniture.
• A strong portfolio of work experience is required, and being chartered in civil engineering or project management is highly desirable.
• Experience working in a live public highway environment where customer impact and stakeholder confidence are paramount.
• Essential Qualifications:
• SSSTS or SMSTS
• A valid CSCS card aligned to the supervisory role.
• NRSWA Supervisor accreditation
• EUSR Safe Digging / Avoiding Underground Services
• First Aid at Work or Emergency First Aid training.
• Full UK driving licence