Infrastructure Project Manager

Infrastructure Project Manager

• Infrastructure Programme
• Location: North West England / Hybrid
• Salary: Negotiable, competitive benefits package

Role overview

An opportunity has arisen for a Project Manager to join a leading infrastructure organisation, supporting an exciting and high-profile infrastructure programme.

The role will suit a Project Manager with experience in project governance, programme management, and project controls within complex infrastructure or construction-led environments. Operating within a client-side managed services setting, the role focuses on governance, assurance, and coordination across multiple delivery partners throughout design, construction, and transition into operations.

What this role offers

• Involvement in a nationally significant infrastructure programme
• Long-term project exposure with strong pipeline visibility
• Client-side perspective within a professional managed services environment
• Opportunity to work alongside experienced technical, commercial, and financial teams

Key responsibilities

Project governance and assurance

• Support the operation of project governance frameworks across a complex, multi-party delivery environment
• Monitor compliance with contractual, programme, and reporting requirements
• Support risk, issue, and change control processes

Programme oversight

• Review and challenge delivery partner programmes, progress reports, and key milestones
• Track performance across schedule, cost, quality, health and safety, and environmental metrics
• Support elements of project controls, including schedule, cost, risk, and performance reporti

Commercial and contract support

• Assist with contract administration, including change management and early warning processes
• Support cost monitoring, forecasting, and payment processes
• Liaise with commercial and finance teams to ensure accurate reporting

Stakeholder coordination

• Act as an interface between delivery partners, advisers, and internal stakeholders
• Support structured communication and governance forums
• Prepare briefing notes, dashboards, and reports for senior stakeholders

Risk, compliance, and reporting

• Maintain project risk and opportunity registers
• Support regulatory, ESG, and sustainability reporting requirements
• Contribute to continuous improvement of governance and reporting processes

Skills and experience

Essential

• Demonstrable project management and programme management experience within complex infrastructure or construction-led environments
• Experience working client-side, consultancy-side, or in an oversight or assurance capacity
• Ability to manage governance, risk, change control, and reporting across multiple stakeholders

Desirable

• Construction or engineering background enabling effective challenge of delivery programmes
• Chartered status (APM, RICS, ICE or equivalent) or working towards chartership is desirable but not essential.
• Experience working alongside contractors and designers on major projects
• Exposure to regulated infrastructure or long-term concession models
• Experience within water, utilities, transport, or linear infrastructure
• Understanding of whole-life asset management considerations

Personal attributes

• Structured and detail focused
• Comfortable operating without direct line authority
• Commercially aware
• Confident in challenging delivery partners constructively
• Calm and credible with senior stakeholders