What you'll be doing

As an Assistant Project Manager, you will play a vital role in delivering lower-risk highways and technology projects or supporting more complex schemes. These projects span the full lifecycle—from feasibility through to handover—and range in value from £100k to £3m+, covering safety improvements, environmental projects, technology enhancements, remedial works, and junction upgrades.

Some key responsibilities will be:

• Build and maintain strong collaborative relationships with internal teams, clients, and stakeholders to align on project goals.


• Ensure compliance with the DBFO contract, manage risks, track progress, and maintain accurate project documentation.


• Assist in planning, resourcing, and delivering projects to achieve successful outcomes.


• Support projects throughout their entire lifecycle, from feasibility and design through to construction and completion.


• Support the development of robust cost profiles, identifying risks and resource requirements.


• Monitor and address emerging risks, issues, and dependencies, escalating as needed.


• Oversee the performance of Framework Contractors and Designers, ensuring objectives for safety, time, and cost are met.


• Contribute to sustainability initiatives, including net zero and biodiversity net gain.


• Work closely with construction and supervision teams to ensure all permits, certificates, and reporting align with project needs.

Working arrangements:

• Ability and willingness to travel to other offices and depots on the network as and when required.


• Periodic requirement for site visits (night shift)

Who we're looking for

We need a proactive, self-motivated professional with a strong project background, eager to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Proven experience in delivering multiple projects concurrently within a team environment.


• Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage and influence multiple parties.


• A commercially focused mindset, ensuring projects meet time and cost objectives.


• High resilience and problem-solving ability to manage challenges effectively.


• Excellent communication and organisational skills to convey strategies clearly.


• Experience in managing and maintaining detailed project plans in coordination with contractors, designers, and partners.

Ready to Join Us?

If you’re passionate about making a tangible impact in the highways sector and want to work on one of the most high-profile infrastructure projects in the UK, we’d love to hear from you.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About us

Connect Plus Services (CPS) brings together the collective strength of our parent companies - Balfour Beatty, Atkins and Egis Road Operation UK. With around 600 people, based at eight locations across the M25 network, we work on behalf of Connect Plus and National Highways to manage the operation of the M25 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, from routine maintenance to managing the whole-life requirement of thousands of assets across the network.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com