Summary: The Senior Project Manager will oversee a £30 million earthworks and civil engineering package for a major infrastructure project in Suffolk. This role demands strong commercial awareness, technical expertise, and proven leadership in complex civil environments, ensuring compliance with NEC contract management. The successful candidate will manage site teams, subcontractors, and stakeholders while maintaining high standards of health, safety, and quality performance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Overall responsibility for the safe, timely, and profitable delivery of a £30m earthworks and civil engineering package
- Full compliance with NEC contract management, including early warnings, compensation events, and programme management
- Leadership and management of site teams, subcontractors, and supply chain partners
- Management of programme, cost control, risk, and change management
- Ensuring high standards of health, safety, environmental and quality performance
- Client and stakeholder liaison, including progress reporting and commercial reviews
- Coordination with design teams to manage buildability, temporary works, and engineering solutions
Key Skills:
- Proven experience delivering large-scale earthworks and civil engineering projects (£20m+ preferred)
- Strong working knowledge of NEC contracts (NEC3/NEC4)
- Background in heavy civils, groundworks, highways, or infrastructure projects
- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Commercially astute with experience managing cost, risk, and change
- Degree or HNC/HND in Civil Engineering or related discipline (or equivalent experience)
- SMSTS, CSCS (Black or Gold)
Salary (Rate): £525 daily
City: Suffolk
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: Engineering
Senior Project Manager - Earthworks & Civil Engineering
Location: Suffolk
Contract Type: Contract (Outside IR35)
Rate: £450-£525 per shift
We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead the delivery of a £30 million earthworks and civil engineering package on a major infrastructure project, operating under the NEC form of contract. This is a high-profile role requiring strong commercial awareness, technical capability, and proven leadership in complex groundworks and civils environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Overall responsibility for the safe, timely, and profitable delivery of a £30m earthworks and civil engineering package
- Full compliance with NEC contract management, including early warnings, compensation events, and programme management
- Leadership and management of site teams, subcontractors, and supply chain partners
- Management of programme, cost control, risk, and change management
- Ensuring high standards of health, safety, environmental and quality performance
- Client and stakeholder liaison, including progress reporting and commercial reviews
- Coordination with design teams to manage buildability, temporary works, and engineering solutions
Key Requirements
- Proven experience delivering large-scale earthworks and civil engineering projects (£20m+ preferred)
- Strong working knowledge of NEC contracts (NEC3/NEC4)
- Background in heavy civils, groundworks, highways, or infrastructure projects
- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Commercially astute with experience managing cost, risk, and change
- Degree or HNC/HND in Civil Engineering or related discipline (or equivalent experience)
- SMSTS, CSCS (Black or Gold)
For more information please apply to the role and contact Charlie Read at TLG Infrastructure.
