Highways Design Project Manager

Job Description

Overview

Shape the Future of Transport Infrastructure

AtkinsRéalis is redefining how transport networks are designed, delivered, and experienced. As a leading global consultancy with over 80 years of engineering excellence, we work on some of the UK's most high-profile infrastructure programmes across public and private sectors.

We are looking for a Project Manager to play a key role within our growing Alliance partnership in Aylesbury. This is a unique opportunity to work client-side, embedded within a collaborative delivery environment, where your decisions directly shape outcomes for communities.

The Opportunity

• As a Project Manager, you will lead the delivery of highway improvement and maintenance schemes, working within a multi-disciplinary team of engineers and specialists.
• You'll take ownership of project performance, stakeholder engagement, and delivery excellence, ensuring programmes are delivered on time, on budget, and to the highest standards.

Your role

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of work packages within a major highways programme.
• Provide expert project and programme leadership, ensuring best practice standards.
• Act as a trusted advisor to clients on cost, schedule, risks, and delivery strategy.
• Build and maintain strong stakeholder and alliance relationships.
• Produce clear, insightful monthly reports (programme, financials, risk).
• Drive effective communication and collaboration across project teams.
• Proactively identify opportunities to add value and improve delivery outcomes.

About you

Experience & Qualifications

• Project Management qualification (APM, PMP, PRINCE2) or demonstrable experience delivering complex projects.
• Desired experience in transportation or infrastructure projects.

Key Skills

• Strong leadership with the ability to influence, negotiate, and build relationships.
• Confidence in managing change, risk, and resource planning.
• Experience working with NEC4 contracts is an advantage.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Project and financial reporting.
• Ability to work both independently and within multi-disciplinary teams.
• A proactive mindset with a drive for continuous improvement and innovation.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive - at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis , a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to all applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria. If you would like to be considered under this commitment, please let us know at the application stage.

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Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.