Highway Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager - Highways Delivery (Liverpool)
Step into a role where you'll have real ownership, real influence, and the backing to deliver major highway works the right way. As Senior Project Manager on a key Liverpool framework, you'll lead from the front on site, shaping safety culture, programme performance, and stakeholder confidence while bringing complex construction phases in on time and within budget.
A bit about the business you'll be joining
You'll be joining a well-established highways delivery contractor working on a major Liverpool framework. The work is varied, visible, and stakeholder-facing ideal if you enjoy being on site, leading teams, and building trusted relationships with clients and the wider supply chain.
What you'll be doing day to day as Senior Project Manager
As Senior Project Manager, you will lead the safe, efficient delivery of highway construction works, ensuring the project meets programme, commercial, quality, and environmental goals. You will be doing things like:
·Leading multidisciplinary project teams from mobilisation through to completion.
·Driving project performance across HSEW, quality, programme, commercial control, and client satisfaction.
·Managing subcontractors and interfaces across design, utilities, enabling works, and main works.
·Owning planning, reporting, and risk management, ensuring actions land and issues are resolved early.
·Maintaining strong relationships with clients, designers, and key stakeholders to keep decisions moving.
·Setting the tone for a positive culture of collaboration, innovation, and safety across the whole team.
·Supporting commercial colleagues with costs, change control, and contractual responsibilities (NEC3/NEC4).
·Identifying gaps in behaviours, capability, or resourcing - and taking action to strengthen performance.
·Directing, motivating, and maintaining a competent, trained, flexible, and engaged delivery team.
·Managing client expectations during delivery, including change and decision-making, to protect outcomes.
·Championing the highest standards of health, safety, and wellbeing at all times.
·Monitoring weekly progress, liaising with department heads and suppliers to remove blockers and mitigate delays.
·Keeping accurate records of performance, budget, and activity to support governance and continuous improvement.
What you'll need to bring
To succeed as Senior Project Manager, you'll be confident leading operational delivery on live highways schemes and comfortable managing stakeholders at senior level. You'll need:
·A degree in Civil Engineering (or a closely related discipline).
·10+ years' experience within the highway construction sector, including 2+ years in a Project Manager role (or equivalent level of leadership).
·Previous experience delivering highways schemes for National Highways.
·Strong working knowledge of NEC3/NEC4 contracts.
·Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams through complex construction phases.
·A visible, proactive approach to health, safety and wellbeing leadership.
·Excellent organisation skills  you'll be coordinating sizeable teams of contractors and consultants.
·Confidence engaging with, influencing, and communicating with senior public stakeholders.
·Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work effectively across a broad supply chain.
Salary and benefits
·Salary up to £85,000
·Car allowance
·Benefits package included
·Genuine opportunities for career progression and professional development
Location and working pattern
·Liverpool (site-based)
·You'll be working closely with the delivery team on site, driving performance, safety, and programme outcomes day to day.
·Clear routes to progression are available for a Senior Project Manager who wants to step into larger frameworks, higher-value schemes, or broader leadership roles.
Interested?
If you're a Senior Project Manager who enjoys leading high-performing teams on complex highways delivery - and you want a role where you can make a visible impact on a key Liverpool framework - apply now with your CV.
FOOTNOTE:
If you feel that you are right for this role technically, but the salary, location or seniority does not suit you specifically then please still feel free to send us your CV. We constantly recruit for roles very similar to this one at all levels UK Wide. We are always keen to chat with you discreetly about your employment situation.
Even if you are happy in your current role for now, we always welcome calls from Highways professionals keen to make their introductions for future months or years. Carrington West's Highways, Transport & Infrastructure division is the fastest growing in the country, our specialist team has a combined over 100+ years' experience in this market. Please call Jordan Townley at Carrington West on (phone number removed) or email (url removed) for more information.
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