Senior Agent / Project Manager

Building a sustainable tomorrow

BAM UK & Ireland are looking to recruit an experienced and driven Senior Agent / Project Manager to undertake a key Interface Management role on the Eastern Green Link 3 (EGL3) project during its Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) phase, before transitioning into a live project delivery position.

This is a unique opportunity to play a leading role in one of the UK's most significant energy infrastructure developments, helping to shape the project from an early stage and drive successful delivery through construction. Working closely with the client, designers, commercial teams, delivery partners and wider stakeholder groups, you will be responsible for managing and coordinating critical interfaces across design, programme, commercial and construction activities, ensuring alignment and effective collaboration as the project progresses from development into delivery.

Your team

• BAM operates a flexible working policy
• You will be required to work out of our head office in Kilsyth initially, before moving on to site in Aberdeenshire for project delivery.

Making Possible

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Set a personal example in health, safety and environmental leadership, ensuring compliance with BAM policies and procedures.
• Act as the focal point for managing key project interfaces between design, commercial, planning, procurement and delivery teams.
• Coordinate and monitor programme, cost and design requirements across multiple workstreams and stakeholders.
• Ensure interface risks, constraints and dependencies are identified, communicated and effectively managed.
• Lead interface meetings, maintaining clear actions, responsibilities and accountability across the project team and other project stakeholders.
• Support the management and integration of design development to ensure alignment with construction and programme requirements.
• Work collaboratively with client representatives, consultants, subcontractors and supply chain partners to resolve technical and commercial issues.
• Monitor project progress against key milestones and proactively identify mitigation measures where required.
• Assist in the preparation, review and management of programme information, change controls and project reporting
• Ensure that design deliverables are produced, reviewed and issued in accordance with project requirements and agreed timescales.
• Support commercial teams in assessing the programme and cost impacts of design changes and interface issues.
• Promote collaborative working across all project disciplines to achieve successful project outcomes.
• Contribute to project governance processes, ensuring accurate records, reports and interface registers are maintained.
• Coach and mentor team members where appropriate, supporting their professional development.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
• Keep abreast of industry best practice, emerging technologies and developments within the energy infrastructure sector.

What do you bring to the role?

Your qualifications, skills and experience should include:

• Degree qualified in Civil Engineering, Construction Management or a related discipline.
• Chartered status with ICE, APM or a similar professional institution (preferred).
• Proven experience at Senior Agent or Project Manager level
• Strong understanding of project delivery, including programme management, design coordination and commercial awareness.
• Experience managing complex stakeholder relationships and multidisciplinary project interfaces.
• Ability to interpret technical information and coordinate input from multiple disciplines.
• Experience working within NEC contracts and major infrastructure delivery environments.
• Strong communication, negotiation and influencing skills.
• Excellent organisational and problem-solving abilities with a proactive approach to risk management.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships at all levels.
• Experienced in delivering HVDC projects (preferred)

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary
• A wide range of family-friendly policies
• Company car/car allowance/travel allowance
• 8% matched pension contributions
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• 26 days holiday
• 2 wellbeing days
• 1 volunteering day
• Personal and professional development

About BAM

Building a sustainable tomorrow. That’s our mission and our promise at BAM. It’s how we engineer vital infrastructure and construct high-quality buildings as one of the largest construction companies in Europe.
 

We strive to create an environment where everybody feels welcome and valued. We’re on an exciting journey to employ the best talent to join us regardless of social background, race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.

The application process

For more information about the vacancy and our projects, please contact Kirstin Alexander, Recruiter, BAM Infrastructure, Email: kirstin.alexander@bam.com

BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at anytime you feel you may need any reasonable adjustments, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you.