Project and Programme Manager

Project and Programme Manager

Salary: PS4 (35-37) £47,665 – £49,817 per annum

Hours: 37 per week

Based at one of the following locations: Halkyn, Conwy, Bangor, Llandrindod, Dolgellau, Aberystwyth, Newtown, including hybrid working

An exciting opportunity to join an established team of Project and Programme Managers delivering capital projects on the Trunk Road network across North and Mid Wales. The post holder will be responsible for leading on the project management of highway improvements, upgrades and major maintenance capital projects, through our extended public and private sector supply chains. The post benefits from our hybrid working model with the opportunity for home working.

For an informal discussion regarding the post please contact Jill Jones on 07554773937.

For this post, the ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable and English is essential.

Closing Date: 10.00 AM, Monday 2 November 2026.

Personal Attributes – Essential

• Ability to work under pressure.
• Self-motivated and committed.
• Ability to receive, assimilate and evaluate information from multiple sources.
• Candidates must be self-motivated and capable of working with a minimum of supervision.

Qualifications and Relevant Training – Essential

• Degree or equivalent in Civil Engineering or an appropriate discipline, or HNC or equivalent in Civil Engineering or an appropriate discipline and significant relevant experience.

Qualifications and Relevant Training – Desirable

• Membership of an appropriate professional body.
• Health and Safety training.
• Management training.

Relevant Experience – Essential

• Relevant experience in managing the delivery of infrastructure improvement schemes.
• Experience in coordinating and managing programmes of work.
• Experience in contract administration and project procurement.

Relevant Experience – Desirable

• Experience of managing framework contracts.
• Experience of managing resources at a senior level to deliver multidiscipline programmes of work.

Skills and Specialist Knowledge – Essential

• Ability to organise work priorities, forward plan and deliver programmes of work on time with minimum supervision.
• Ability to effectively co-ordinate and manage the delivery of work programmes through service providers to prescribed deadlines.
• To undertake duties in a confident and professional manner with the ability to show initiative and creativity.
• Ability to receive, assimilate and evaluate information from multiple sources and provide detailed recommendations.
• Detailed knowledge of project management and the key processes within the delivery of individual projects within an engineering or construction environment.
• Current Driving Licence.

Skills and Specialist Knowledge – Desirable

• Good interpersonal and strong analytical skills and the ability to produce detailed report writing supplemented by effective presentation skills.
• Financial management and analysis skills.
• Detailed knowledge of legislation, standards and other policies relating to Project Management.
• Detailed knowledge of administering construction projects through modern procurement methods, e.g. NEC Suite of Contracts.
• Knowledge of delivering construction projects utilising framework agreements.

Language Requirements

• Listening and Speaking – Entry: Able to pronounce the names of places and people correctly. Able to follow instructions and understand simple conversation through the medium of Welsh and English on familiar matters and respond to simple requests for information.
• Reading and Understanding – Entry: Able to read and understand short and simple letters, e-mails, leaflets, and signs in Welsh and English on familiar everyday issues, in order to convey them to someone else.
• Writing – Entry: Able to write a simple message requesting or giving information about familiar everyday issues in the workplace.