Project Manager – Cambridgeshire

Remote Based - Project Manager – Cambridgeshire County Council

Salary: £325 Per Day

Hours:

37 Hours
Working

Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Contract Length: 12 Months

Location:

New Shire Hall Alconbury, Huntington, PE28 4YE

Need to be local to Cambridgeshire – 1 Day in Office a week at least.

Role Overview

Working for a local authority.

Varied PM experience across new infrastructure projects including minor highways improvements

Design experience / knowledge.

Development of infrastructure projects from early feasibility stage onwards.

Management of consultants.

Stakeholder management & engagement including elected members

The development and delivery of new transport infrastructure is vital to the future economic wellbeing of Cambridgeshire. Delivering this programme requires a broad and advanced skill set, including highway engineering expertise, project and programme management, procurement and commissioning, stakeholder engagement, land negotiation, transport planning, and statutory and legal processes.

The Project Manager plays a critical role in driving innovation across a diverse programme of transport schemes, ensuring the effective, efficient, and high-quality delivery of projects. The postholder will bring together a wide range of stakeholders—including Parish and District Councils, residents, campaign groups, and businesses—to define delivery outcomes and ensure value for money, community engagement, and service excellence.

The role supports the Group Manager and senior colleagues within the Project Delivery Directorate by contributing to joined-up service planning, effective resource utilisation, and the achievement of the Council’s strategic objectives.

Main Accountabilities

1. Project Management Expertise

Provide leadership within the Project Delivery Highways Service to ensure the successful delivery of transport infrastructure projects.

Offer professional advice across Place & Economy on highway engineering, project and programme management, procurement, community engagement, and delivery of transport improvements.

Prepare clear, timely, and detailed technical reports that define project requirements, delivery timescales, and stakeholder expectations.

Direct, manage, and guide project delivery to achieve high-quality outcomes within agreed time and budget constraints.

Lead on specialist areas of project expertise to ensure complex issues and enquiries are resolved using the highest level of technical knowledge.

Manage the technical approval of projects, including detailed design, procurement, programming, and customer consultation.

Develop effective systems for project review, reporting progress, managing risk, and monitoring actual and forecast costs.

Implement robust project programmes, applying effective change control and using appropriate project management software (e.g. MS Project, Asta).

Plan and lead projects, initiatives, and events, ensuring effective coordination across services and partner organisations.

Inspire and support colleagues to contribute to corporate projects that deliver improved outcomes.

2. Programme Management, Procurement and Delivery

Work collaboratively across the Directorate, Council, and partner organisations to deliver projects efficiently, effectively, and in a coordinated manner.

Provide the Project Team Leader with clear, integrated forward work programmes, supported by robust decision-making and control processes.

Ensure major contracts are procured to maximise value for money through frameworks such as the Highway Services Contract, Eastern Highways Alliance, or NEC
3.

Embed environmental, community, and business impact mitigation measures into all projects and programmes.

Ensure due consideration is given to the needs of all network users, particularly vulnerable groups.

Provide informal and formal advice to Councillors on project planning, delivery, and programme development.

3. Financial, Contract and Risk Management

Support the control and monitoring of the capital programme, ensuring accurate monthly reporting of actual and forecast expenditure.

Identify and report variances, expenditure risks, and funding shortfalls, proposing mitigation and alternative funding opportunities…