Project Manager - Public Infrastructure & Asset Renewal

<p>Job Description</p><br>All potential applicants are encouraged to scroll through and read the complete job description before applying.<br><p>Projects Manager - Public Infrastructure & Asset Renewal</p><p>Lincolnshire | IRO £61,000 | 9-day fortnight | Excellent public-sector pension</p><p>This role will appeal equally to senior Project Managers or Contracts Managers with a strong mechanical and electrical engineering background, who enjoy leading complex refurbishment and rebuild projects within publicly accountable, safety-critical environments.</p><p>This is an exclusive opportunity with a long-established public organisation responsible for the protection and stewardship of essential infrastructure across a large part of Lincolnshire. The organisation is delivering a multi-year programme of major asset renewal and is now seeking an experienced Projects Manager to provide technical leadership, delivery grip and confidence across a demanding portfolio of live schemes.</p><p>This is not a theoretical or design-heavy position. It is a hands-on delivery role, focused on managing contractors, coordinating M&E-led works, controlling risk and ensuring complex projects are delivered safely, compliantly and to programme.</p><p>The programme</p><p>You'll be working across a core programme of 34 live operational sites, each requiring significant refurbishment or renewal to extend asset life, improve resilience and meet future environmental standards.</p><ul><li>Refurbishment projects typically range from £1.5m to £5m per site, with a strong mechanical and electrical engineering focus, supported by civils and temporary works</li><li>At least one site will require a full rebuild, representing a major standalone scheme of circa £13m</li><li>The programme is carefully phased, with an expectation of multiple projects running concurrently across development, design and construction</li><li>Delivery is influenced by seasonal construction windows, increasing the importance of sequencing, forward planning and supply-chain coordination</li></ul><p>The emphasis throughout is on long-term public infrastructure, environmental resilience and asset stewardship-rather than short-term commercial gain.</p><p>Your role</p><p>Reporting into senior technical and funding leadership, you'll oversee the delivery of complex capital works from early development through to completion.</p><p>Your responsibilities will include:</p><ul><li>Leading refurbishment and rebuild projects across multiple sites</li><li>Managing principal contractors and subcontractors across M&E, civils and temporary works packages</li><li>Maintaining programme momentum across parallel schemes, managing dependencies and risk</li><li>Providing delivery oversight where design and specification are supported by external consultants</li><li>Ensuring full compliance with governance, assurance and funding requirements</li><li>Managing design and construction risk, including compliance</li><li>Building effective working relationships with statutory partners and stakeholders</li></ul><p>This role will strongly suit candidates who have previously operated as Senior Project Managers, Contracts Managers or Major Works Managers within regulated infrastructure environments.</p><p>Why this role matters</p><p>This position sits at the centre of the delivery programme. Previous delays in filling the role have had a tangible impact on progress, and this appointment is seen as critical to maintaining continuity, funder confidence and delivery certainty.</p><p>With further phases of investment anticipated beyond the current programme, this is an opportunity to step into a role with long-term relevance, genuine responsibility and visible public impact.</p><p>About you</p><p>You'll be an experienced delivery-focused professional with an engineering foundation and the confidence to lead complex works.</p><p>You're likely to bring:</p><ul><li>Proven experience delivering capital projects within infrastructure, utilities, environmental or public-sector settings</li><li>A strong technical background, particularly within mechanical and electrical engineering, supported by civils or structures</li><li>Experience managing multi-disciplinary contractors and consultancy teams</li><li>A clear understanding of risk, governance, health & safety and regulatory compliance</li><li>The ability to build credibility quickly with funders, partners and senior stakeholders</li></ul><p>The package</p><ul><li>Salary: IRO £60,000</li><li>Contract: Two-year fixed term initally</li><li>Pension: Local Government Pension Scheme</li><li>Working pattern: 74-hour, nine-day fortnight with flexible hours</li><li>Additional: Car allowance and mileage for business travel</li></ul><p>Interested?</p><p>I am acting as the exclusive recruitment partner for this appointment and can share full details about the organisation and programme. If you're a technically confident Project Manager or Contracts Manager who enjoys delivering complex M&E-led infrastructure projects with real public and environmental impact then get in touch with Will Taylor at Hays in Lincoln for more information. xwzovoh </p><p>Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at .uk</p>