Senior Project Manager

Capita is recruiting a Senior Project Manager to lead the delivery of a portfolio of major highways and infrastructure projects across North Tyneside.

This role holds overall accountability for the successful delivery of complex construction schemes, from mobilisation through to completion.

The Senior Project Manager will provide leadership across planning and delivery activity, ensuring projects are delivered safely, efficiently and in line with client expectations.

Job title:

Senior Project Manager

Job Description:

What you’ll be doing:

• Overall accountability for the delivery of major highways and infrastructure projects

• Leading programme and delivery activity across multiple schemes

• Providing clear leadership to site agents, delivery teams and project resources

• Producing and maintaining high‑level, holistic programmes across the portfolio of works

• Reviewing, challenging and refining project programmes, schedules and delivery plans

• Monitoring progress, critical path and delivery risks, and implementing corrective action where required

• Acting as a key client‑facing stakeholder, ensuring effective communication internally and externally

• Supporting governance, reporting and performance management across projects

• Ensuring health, safety and compliance standards are upheld across all delivery activity

What we’re looking for:

Essential experience and skills

• A strong construction project management background

• Proven experience delivering complex construction or infrastructure projects

• Highways experience is ideal, but transferable construction experience will also be considered

• Strong people management and leadership capability

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with clients and delivery teams

• Experience managing programmes, priorities and competing delivery demands

• A pragmatic, delivery‑focused approach in a fast‑paced environment

• A full UK driving licence

Desirable experience

• Knowledge of highways or public‑realm infrastructure delivery

• Understanding of:

  • CDM regulations and relevant legislation

  • NEC forms of contract

  • Project controls, planning and programme management processes

• Experience working in partnership or client‑side delivery environments

About Capita

Capita is an outsourcer, helping clients across the public and private sectors run complex business processes more efficiently, creating better consumer experiences. Operating across 8 countries, Capita’s 41,000 colleagues support primarily UK and European clients with people-based services underpinned by market-leading technology.

We’re a vital support service for our clients, enabling the everyday interactions that we expect to run seamlessly, to run seamlessly.

A publicly listed business with adjusted revenue of £2.6bn, Capita’s areas of focus are Central Government, Local Public Service, Defence, Learning, Fire & Security, Contact Centres and Pensions Solutions. We’re embracing change to respond to the ever-changing needs of society, creating better outcomes for all our stakeholders

What’s in it for you?

• A competitive basic salary

• 23 days’ holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave

• The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice

• Auto-enrolment to our company pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks…and plenty more

• Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle – from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology

• Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform

• You’ll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere in Capita. You’ll be joining a network of experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple disciplines and sectors. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we’ll provide the support you need to do just that. Our purpose is to create a better outcome for you.

What we hope you’ll do next:

Choose ‘Apply now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

Equal Opportunities

At Capita, we’re committed to providing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and working environment for everyone. We want everyone to have the best chance of succeeding as they move through their application and start their career with us. We are an equal opportunity and Disability Confident employer, we want to hear from you if you’d like to discuss any adjustments you might need during your recruitment process. Please email [email protected] or call 07784 237318 and we’ll get back to you to discuss. For more information about equal opportunities and the types of adjustments we can offer, please visit the Capita Careers website.

If you have a question that does not relate to adjustments during your recruitment process, please email our Talent Acquisition team - [email protected]

Location:

Newcastle Upon Tyne

,

United Kingdom

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Fixed Term (Fixed Term)