About The Role Design Project Manager Dunstable 28 Days Annual Leave 8 Bank Holidays Company Car or Allowance Generous Pension Scheme / Life Assurance Employee Discount Platform Milestone Infrastructure is currently looking to recruit a Design Project Manager to work on our Central Bedfordshire contract in Dunstable Reporting to the Design and Construction Manager you will be working as part of a small team helping with delivery of highway designs and major scheme delivery. This role also offers a challenging and unusual opportunity to work as part of an integrated design and operational (construction) team. The Central Bedfordshire contract commenced in April 2023 and is for an initial 7 years, with the potential to extend for a further 3 years. It covers term maintenance, design and construction up to given thresholds. As the Design Project Manager your duties & responsibilities will be: Oversee and project manage the delivery of highway designs prepared by engineers and technicians. Planning, controlling, monitoring and reporting of projects, Client Management Resource Target Costing for projects Project commercial and delivery control Risk Management Procurement of s[specialist design services from outside organisations Skills & Knowledge Requirements Project Management experience within Highways Infrastructure Computer literate particularly with packages such as Microsoft Excel, Word and MS Project and/ or Asta Project planner. Experience of Highways Infrastructure Engineering environment Evidence of previous project management roles and responsibilities. Working knowledge of resource planning and programming Evidence of managing design teams to achieve client time, cost and quality expectations. Experience pf delivering projects to time and cost. Environmental Awareness UK/EEC driving licence Desirable Sound knowledge o Highway Agency standards and/or Local Authority procedures. NEC Conditions of Contract construction experience. Individual A confident professional manner Performance focused management Excellent communication skills and able to liaise professionally with clients. Leadership qualities Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team. About The Company At Milestone we embrace diversity, opening a rich potential for new ways of thinking and helping us to build successful and winning teams. We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process; and as a Disability Confident employer, if you require any adjustments that would assist you throughout your application, please contact us at [email protected] or inform the recruitment manager in the first instance and we will be pleased to offer support. This is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Milestone. The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the Business.