Project Manager - Senior

Senior Project Manager - Highways   Location: Howden, East Yorkshire Rate: £550 - £600 per day Outside IR35 DOE Duration: 12 months Start date: ASAP   The Role: Are you an experienced Senior Project Manager with a…

Outside IR35 Engineering
Pay rate £550 – £600/day
Contract type Contract
Posted 16 September 2026

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Senior Project Manager - Highways
 
Location: Howden, East Yorkshire
Rate: £550 - £600 per day Outside IR35 DOE
Duration: 12 months
Start date: ASAP
 
The Role:
Are you an experienced Senior Project Manager with a highways background looking for a long term contract outside IR35?
 
I am looking for a Senior Project Manager to lead a key highways scheme based out of Howden on an initial 12 month contract.
 
This is a site-based leadership role with full ownership of delivery - safety, quality, programme, commercial performance and stakeholder satisfaction. You will lead a multidisciplinary team through the design, utilities and construction phases, manage the subcontractors delivering the works, and act as the main point of contact for the client throughout.
 
Key Responsibilities:
· Leading a multidisciplinary project team through to completion
· Driving performance across health and safety, quality, programme, commercial and stakeholder satisfaction
· Managing subcontractors and coordinating the design, utilities and construction phases
· Overseeing planning, reporting and risk management
· Administering the NEC contract and supporting the commercial management of costs and change
· Building and maintaining strong client and stakeholder relationships through delivery and change
· Monitoring weekly progress, identifying delays early and putting recovery plans in place
· Maintaining accurate performance and budget records
· Promoting a collaborative, safety-first culture on site
 
Requirements:
· Proven highways project delivery experience (essential)
· Strong working knowledge of NEC3 / NEC4 contracts (essential)
· Experience in highway construction
· Degree in Civil Engineering or a related discipline
· Proven track record managing multidisciplinary teams through complex project phases
· Confident engaging senior public sector stakeholders and holding subcontractors to standard
· Based within commutable distance of Howden
 
This role is looking for an immediate start.
 
For more information please click APPLY NOW or call Ty Darbyshire on (phone number removed)

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