Salary: £55,000 - £70,000 dependent on skills and experience
Location: Northallerton or Otley (regular attendance in Northallerton), with hybrid working
Contract: Permanent, full time
Benefits: 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays’, company pension and other benefits.
We have the opportunity for a skilled Associate Highways Project Manager to join us at Align Property Services to deliver a diverse portfolio of projects, valued up to 30 million pounds for a single project, for both private and public sector clients. You will be crucial in managing the entire project lifecycle, from planning to successful completion, ensuring projects stay within budget and meet programme specifications.
Your keen eye for detail will be essential in assessing tender documentation for accuracy, compliance, and quality, as well as preparing precise contract documentation. You will lead and document meetings with relevant parties and stakeholders, review submitted works programmes, and ensure they align with contractual procedures.
Regularly, you will issue instructions to contractors and attend site meetings to address issues such as defective works, ambiguities in contract information, and disputes over quantities and site extents. Adherence to health and safety procedures is paramount, with the ability to escalate issues as needed to minimise risk.
If you are a proactive problem-solver with excellent communication skills and a strong background in highways / public realm senior project management, we would love to hear from you!

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To be successful in this position, you will be able to demonstrate the following essential skills and qualifications:

• Be degree educated or equivalent experience in construction project management or other relevant construction management qualification with post qualification experience in infrastructure, civil engineering, and public realm.
• Accredited NEC3 or 4 Project Management Practitioner, or demonstratable knowledge and implementation of the NEC Form of Contract, with a willingness to become accredited.
• Evidence of having delivered a portfolio of projects of more than £5m each.
• Experienced working within a Local Authority/Public Sector
• Substantial highway experience delivery from a contractual perspective
• Working knowledge of applicable industry standard forms of contract i.e. NEC and JCT
• Understanding and awareness of NEC suite of contracts, particularly Professional Service Contract (PSC) and Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC)
• Demonstratable technical writing skills and knowledge of reading drawings and tender documents, etc.

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