Package Lead - Roads, Bridges, Infrastructure

Title: Package Lead (Roads & Bridges) Seniority: Senior Project Manager / Associate / Senior Associate Discipline: Project Management Location: London / Birmingham team base initially; transitioning to Bedford based, with at least three days per week in Bedford (Hybrid) Project: Confidential Major Project subject to signed NDA Why RLB? At RLB, we live by four simple ideas: Truth, Trust, Together, Tomorrow. Four values that live at the heart of RLB.

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Join us and you will thrive personally as well as professionally. RLB is acting as a strategic delivery partner for a major UK development programme. The commission includes programme-wide PMO, governance, reporting, project controls, risk and change management, digital tools, and the integrated delivery of individual packages including project management, cost management, procurement, design management, health and safety advisory and contract administration.

We are seeking experienced roads, highways and infrastructure project management professionals across a range of seniority levels, from Senior Project Manager to Associate / Senior Associate, to support the design, procurement, mobilisation, construction and handover of a critical Roads & Bridges package. The role may be configured as either a Package Lead role, with full accountability for package-level outcomes, or as a senior delivery role leading defined workstreams, interfaces, contractors or sub-packages. The final scope and grade will be aligned to the successful candidate’s experience and capability.

The Roads & Bridges package is a core enabling package for the wider programme and will set important early benchmarks for safety, logistics, productivity, collaboration, stakeholder management and delivery culture. Location note: The wider team is generally London and Birmingham based. The role will transition to be Bedford based as the programme mobilises, with an expectation that the successful candidate will be in Bedford at least three days per week.

Responsibilities

1. Package Leadership & Delivery Accountability Lead, or support the leadership of, the Roads & Bridges package from design and procurement through construction, testing, handover and close-out. Maintain ownership of defined scope, programme, cost, quality, risk and safety outcomes, proportionate to role level.

Coordinate delivery inputs across client, consultant, contractor, statutory authority and internal RLB teams. Establish clear priorities, decision routes and governance rhythms to support timely delivery. 2.

Roads, Highways & Bridge Infrastructure Delivery Manage the planning and delivery of highways, roads, bridges, earthworks, drainage, utilities interfaces and associated infrastructure works.

Requirements

Support technical assurance, design reviews, constructability reviews and delivery readiness assessments. Ensure design, procurement and delivery solutions are buildable, safe, cost-effective, and aligned to programme objectives. 3.