Project Manager (NEC - Highways)
3 days ago
Manchester
NEC Project Manager / Senior NEC Project Manager Location: Manchester/Liverpool Sector: Highways & Local Authority Team: Transport & Infrastructure Small enough to deliver, big enough to care At CPC Project Services, we’re an award-winning, independent Project Management and Cost Consultancy with over 36 years’ experience delivering high-quality projects across infrastructure, property, and transformational change. Since becoming employee-owned in 2024, we’ve placed our people at the heart of everything we do. Every employee shares in the success they help create, giving you a real stake in the business. Our culture is built on ownership, pride, and genuine motivation - creating an environment where you can grow, be recognised for your contributions, and help shape the future of the company, all while enjoying long-term stability. With a clear vision to reach £100m turnover by 2033, this is an exciting time to join our expanding Transport & Infrastructure team and contribute to projects that make a real difference in communities. Role Overview: You’ll play a key role in delivering essential infrastructure that improves connectivity, enhances communities, and leaves a lasting legacy. Working across a diverse portfolio of highways and transport schemes, you’ll gain exposure to varied, technically engaging projects while continuing to develop your expertise within the NEC framework. This is a hands-on, client-facing role, managing the full project lifecycle and ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget, and to high standards. Whether you are NEC-accredited, or an experienced Project Manager with NEC contract exposure, we want to hear from you. Key Responsibilities: • Lead NEC-accredited highways and local authority projects from inception to completion, • Manage planning, cost control, programme, risk, and quality across projects, • Build and maintain strong client and stakeholder relationships, • Coordinate consultants and contractors, ensuring alignment with project objectives, • Support regional project opportunities, contributing to CPC’s growing NEC PM offering About You: • Proven experience delivering projects under NEC contracts (accreditation ideal but not essential), • Experience delivering highways / local authority projects, or broader infrastructure (e.g. rail, aviation), • Strong project delivery skills: planning, cost, and programme management Benefits: At CPC Project Services, we offer more than just a competitive salary, we provide a benefits package that supports you both at work and beyond. Some highlights include: • Private healthcare for you and your family (including dental and optical), • Private pension scheme, • Hybrid and flexible working, • Travel insurance (including winter sports) for you, your partner, and dependants Diversity & Inclusion: CPC is an equal opportunities employer and a Disability Confident employer. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to providing an inclusive environment for professional growth and development. Polite Notice to Recruitment Agencies: We are not seeking external recruitment support at this time. Speculative CVs will not be considered.