Highways Delivery Lead
Summary
Oversees end-to-end delivery of major highways and transport infrastructure projects, managing scope, budgets, risk, teams, and stakeholder relationships to ensure safe, compliant, and on-time completion.
Lead the delivery of major highways projects and help shape the future of transport infrastructure.
We’re looking for an experienced Highways Delivery Lead with strong project management capability to oversee the successful delivery of highways schemes from concept through to completion. This is a senior role requiring a proven ability to manage project scope, programme, cost, risk, resources, and stakeholder expectations across complex infrastructure projects.
Working with multidisciplinary teams, you’ll drive collaboration, solve complex challenges, and ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and to the highest standards.
This person can be based in anyone of our BakerHicks offices.
What you’ll do
- Lead highways projects and programmes across the full lifecycle
- Drive project delivery across scope, programme, cost, quality, and safety
- Develop and manage project plans, delivery strategies, and risk mitigation
- Provide technical oversight and ensure compliance with industry standards and contract requirements
- Manage commercial performance, change control, and contractual obligations
- Build strong client relationships and act as a trusted delivery partner
- Lead multidisciplinary teams and support capability growth
What we’re looking for
- Degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline
- Chartered Engineer (CEng) with ICE, CIHT, or equivalent preferable
- Strong project management experience within highways or infrastructure delivery
- Proven ability to manage budgets, programmes, risk, and resource planning
- Experience leading multidisciplinary teams on complex projects
- Strong commercial awareness and contract management capability
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills
Many of the positions within our company are subject to security clearance. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by various factors. The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain security clearance for this role as required by our clients and sectors.
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About BakerHicks
We’ve been innovating in design, engineering and project delivery since 1957 and operate from 14 locations for a truly European reach. For more about our company story, see: About | BakerHicks.
BakerHicks. A Morgan Sindall Group company.
Benefits
Whatever your discipline, you’ll be alongside some of the most talented people in the industry. Our network of offices are appealing, friendly and comfortable spaces, easily accessible by car or public transport. And our salary and benefits packages are some of the best in the industry.
What you get will depend on what you do, with individual performance-related rewards also on offer in addition to:
- Company car or cash allowance
- Up to 6% matched contributory pension plan
- Life assurance scheme
- 25 days annual leave plus ability to buy additional leave
- Discount scheme (including gym membership, mobile phones etc)
- Flexible/hybrid working
- Family friendly policies
- Employee assistance
- Professional development
BakerHicks is an equal opportunity employer. We care about creating an inclusive atmosphere and are committed to promoting diversity and inclusion throughout.
BakerHicks is an inclusive organisation welcoming talent from all backgrounds. Applicants are assessed on the basis of personal merit and qualifications.
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