Senior Project Manager

Job Description

Senior Project Manager

The Resolute Group are proud to be partnering with Infraco to support their growth across 2025

Location: Reading (Hybrid working 3 days on-site and 2 days from home)

Salary: £75,000 - £85,000 basic + Travel + Package (Flexible for the right person and experience)

About Infraco:

Infraco is a specialist consultancy within the utilities and infrastructure sector, challenging conventional approaches and operating more intelligently to achieve optimal results for their clients. Leveraging decades of experience to analyse, challenge, and create a realistic plan to keep your project on track.

They have experience across some of the largest programmes in the UK, including Sizewell B, East West Railway, Lower Thames Crossing, Thames Water, HS2 to name a few.

Role Description:

As Senior Project Manager you will oversee the planning, execution, and completion of large-scale infrastructure projects.

This role involves coordinating with various stakeholders, and ensuring projects meet quality, scope, time, and budget requirements. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in the infrastructure sector, exceptional leadership abilities, and a proven history of delivering complex projects successfully.

Key areas of responsibilities include:

• Project Planning & Development: Develop detailed project plans within the larger programme, including scope, budget, schedule, resources, and risk management strategies.

• Project Execution & Management: Manage project teams, ensuring effective communication, collaboration, and performance. Monitor project progress against plan, identify and address any deviations, and implement corrective actions.

• Budget Management: Ensure project budgets are effectively managed, ensuring cost control and value for money. Track expenditures, forecast future costs, and report on budget performance.

• Schedule Management: Work with the Planning team to develop and maintain project schedules, ensuring timely completion of milestones and deliverables. Proactively identify and address potential schedule delays.

• Risk Management: Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks. Develop and implement risk response plans.

• Stakeholder Management: Effectively communicate with and manage stakeholders, including internal teams, contractors, suppliers, and external parties. Build and maintain strong working relationships.

• Reporting & Documentation: Prepare and present regular project reports, including progress updates, budget performance, and risk assessments. Maintain accurate project documentation.

• Contract Management: Manage contracts with contractors and suppliers, ensuring compliance with terms and conditions.

This role is working with a Utilities client but Infraco encourages professional development and utilising your transferable skills, so there may be other projects within the Transportation sector. The key focus is on client Capital delivery schemes, working with the client to develop, implement and deliver the capital delivery programme.

This position is working on a hybrid basis, working in the client’s office 3 days a week or as required by the programme. You will have a minimum of 2 days a week working from home, but again these days will vary depending on the client's requirements.

Previous experience from the following sectors would be ideal:

• Utilities (Water, Gas, Power, Energy)
• Transportation (Rail, Highways, Aviation)
• MOD & Nuclear

Required Experience

• Formal qualification – HNC / HND / Degree or MBA
• Experience working within a client organisation be it directly or through a consultancy.
• Full driving licence

PLEASE NOTE

You must be eligible to live and work in the UK to apply for this position

If you are interested in applying for this position, please apply via this link or contact Phil Crew via LinkedIn or by calling The Resolute Group on 01332 653 911.

All applications sent to Infraco will be screened by The Resolute Group but please follow the Infraco company page for future opportunities.

All correspondence will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.