Project Manager, Civils and Transport Delivery

at  Bath and North East Somerset Council

ABOUT THE TEAM

Exciting opportunities to join our Capital Programme and Project Delivery Team.
This role represents a fantastic opportunity to be an integral part of the transformation within a UNESCO World Heritage Site and UNESCO World Heritage Spa, around Britain’s only thermal springs, within an area of outstanding natural beauty.
You’ll be joining at a time when Bath and North East Somerset Council (B&NES) is undertaking a period of significant capital investment, across a range of challenging projects, throughout our unique and diverse of property and asset portfolio.
The Capital Construction Programme is shaping the long term sustainability of transport, and the social, historic, environmental and economic landscape of the area, as well as facilitating income generating initiatives.
We are seeking experienced Project Managers with a proven track record in transport and/or highways civil engineering construction design, planning and technical project management delivery, to join our award-winning team.

LIVEABLE NEIGHBOURHOODS

The Liveable Neighbourhoods (LN) programme is a community-led programme which will see public realm improvements in residential areas . The aim is to improve residential streets and encourage safe, active and more sustainable forms of travel, such as walking, wheeling and cycling.
The council has already delivered 4 experimental schemes, giving the public the opportunity to experience interventions and provide feedback on their impacts. Further information can be found here https://beta.bathnes.gov.uk/liveable-neighbourhoods.
Following the approval of a full business case by the West of England Combined Authority (WECA), there will be an ambitious programme to deliver other measures and interventions, creating the opportunity for new project managers to join our busy and supportive project team.
These schemes are ambitious and challenging in terms of timescale, their complexity and the involvement of stakeholders, and we are looking for project managers with both excellent communication skills and the ability to manage a fast-paced programme of implementation. There is also a requirement to provide technical support in liaising with contractors and overseeing works orders as part of the programme.

RESIDENTS PARKING ZONES (RPZS)

As part of the LN programme, the council is delivering new residents parking zones, together with the ongoing review of schemes delivered in 2023 to understand the realised benefits and to develop improvements. Further information can be found here: https://beta.bathnes.gov.uk/LNRPZ.
These schemes are challenging both in terms of their complexity and involvement of stakeholders - residents, businesses, and local elected members, and we are looking for project managers with excellent communication skills and the ability to manage a fast-paced programme of implementation to deliver these schemes.

BATH CITY CENTRE

The Bath City Centre Sustainable Transport Corridor aims to deliver walking and cycling infrastructure to the centre of Bath. The project prioritises the safe movement of people across the city, improving connectivity and air quality through the reduction of transport-related emissions.
Working with WECA, the council aims to develop a full business case for the scheme before delivery begins in 2025. This process will involve managing both design development and delivery, with regular engagement with stakeholders throughout. Enhancements to the highway, footway and public realm are expected, with a number of technical challenges to overcome.
The scale and ambition of the project means the council is looking for project managers capable of communicating effectively, managing a range of complex workstreams to support a key council priority.

ABOUT THE ROLE

You will be joining a friendly, experienced, and supportive Programme and Construction Project Management Team who collectively work across a diverse portfolio of projects from Highways, Corporate and Commercial Estates, Housing and Compliance Maintenance with a combined project value in excess of £200m. This includes the retrofit of many of our 1,100 properties and delivery of sustainable transport / neighbourhoods, public realm and new build projects, to achieve net-zero by 2030.
Working as part of the wider Sustainable Communities team, which also has responsibility for Planning, Heritage Services, Housing, Transport Strategy, Public Realm, and Corporate Estate, you will need to be a team player with excellent people and project management skills.
Whilst the office base will be Keynsham Civic Centre, easily accessible via car or public transport, we offer flexible working, including home working for which IT equipment will be provided, and we are open-minded in structuring working arrangements to suit the right candidates.