{"id":1074179,"url":"https://alion.io/job/egis-group-pda-linear-street-lighting-portfolio-manager-3","title":"PDA Linear & Street Lighting Portfolio Manager","company":{"id":3472,"name":"Egis Group","domain":"egis-group.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/egis-group","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"SmartRecruiters","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":85,"open_postings":201,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.592,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":49,"computed_at":"2026-09-25T05:45:01Z"}},"role":"Management","role_family":"Management","seniority":null,"employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"explicit","locations":["Dartford, United Kingdom"],"countries":["GB"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":35000,"max_usd":88000,"period":"year","method":"role_country_seniority_unknown","sample_n":241},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":true,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-09T15:08:33Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-09","last_verified_at":"2026-09-25T23:27:22Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":16,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":16},"description":"Egis is a leading global consulting, construction engineering and operating firm. We work together with our clients, across every aspect of transport, energy and the built environment to build a more balanced, sustainable and resilient world. The Egis Group has over 50 years’ experience and a team of 23,500 employees in over 120 countries around the world. Joining our Group means, above all, sharing our values as a people-first company, strongly committed to sustainability and innovation.\nIn the UK we're proud to be delivering some of the most iconic projects which help connect people, protect our environment and meet emission reduction targets. From motorways to tramways, nuclear power plants to smart cities, clients choose us to help them solve their most complex challenges - delivering climate-responsible growth that meets the needs of communities, industry, and the planet.\n As a Portfolio Manager for PDA, responsible for delivering a £13m annual programme of linear and street lighting asset replacement projects across the M25 - one of the UK’s busiest and most complex motorway networks\nLeading a team of Project Managers, you will oversee around 60 projects each year, ensuring they are delivered safely, efficiently and to the highest standards. The role covers the full project lifecycle, from early investigation and design development through to construction and handover, working closely with contractors, stakeholders and the client to achieve predictable and cost-effective delivery.\nWe are seeking a Portfolio Manager with proven experience delivering a programme of projects of comparable value. You will have strong leadership skills, experience managing teams in a matrix organisation, and the ability to manage multiple projects under pressure. You will be familiar with industry safety standards and regulations, and hold a Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or a relevant field, or have equivalent industry experience.\nYou will hold Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification (e.g., AMP PMQ) and have a good working knowledge of NEC3 and NEC4 Contracts. The role requires excellent communication, organisational, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to drive efficient delivery across a large and complex portfolio.\nSafety underpins everything we do and there is an expectation the Portfolio Manager will complete 1 - 2 engagement visits per month and raise appropriate near miss or good practise reports.\nKey responsibilities / duties:\nMonthly reporting schedule which includes PSR, CPM. Ensure owners are identified for required inputs and they complete in required timescales and are suitable to review by the relevant delivery lead.\nLead AMFP and AAMR process to ensure required interfaces, inputs and deadlines are achieved. Focus on ensuring the AMFP commitments on the PDA team are well understood and achievable.\nEnsuring Project Manager’s attend monthly forecast meetings and provide robust updates which align with programme. Give guidance to the PM’s on the fundamental principles of forecasting and ensuring a consistent approach across the team. Develop Income and cost profiles, overseeing and challenging the Project Managers input.\nManage the Project Manager’s through the gateway process to ensure the governance is complied with and well understood. There should be a degree of consistency added to the presentation packs compiled and attendees for key disciplines are represented.\nMonitor the workload of PM’s and support project reallocations where appropriate or additional support.\nStakeholder Management - Develop and maintain strong collaborative relationships with the Asset Team and key internal and external stakeholders, to ensure full mutual understanding of the project delivery objectives, to report on and review performance, and to agree solutions to issues.\nMaintaining compliance with the DBFO contract clarifying roles and responsibilities within your team, resolving risks and issues in a timely manner, producing timely and accurate reports, and creating and maintaining specified records including change management.\nIdentify and evaluate emerging risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints associated with the project, escalating where appropriate. Where necessary develop, agree, and implement solutions to overcome these.\nDemonstrate high standards of visible safety leadership. Ensure that the required levels of safety performance are delivered, and that behavioural safety is promoted throughout the teams, based on the principles of Making Safety Personal. Ensure that the safety culture within the team is strong.\nDevelop and maintain strong relationships with other Asset Delivery Managers and all other relevant teams and clients to ensure that all parties’ project requirements are understood and accounted for.\nEnsure all projects within the asset portfolio comply with relevant laws, regulations, and company policies. Prepare monthly reports on portfolio delivery, presenting these to clients and senior leadership where required.\nWorking arrangements (shift work, need for travel etc)\nAbility and willingness to travel to other offices and depots on the network as and when required\nPeriodic requirement for site visits (night shift)\nFull Driving License\nAttend the office 60% of the working week\nOversight:\nFinancial: Typical annual budget is £13.0m\nOrganisational: The role has direct reports\nInternal: Asset Asset Managers, Investment Director, Senior Supervisors, Commercial Team, Design Team, Client and Framework Community, Delivery Manager and Leads.\nExternal: Connect Plus, National Highways, supply chain, local authorities, road users, statutory bodies\n Proven experience in project delivery, involving a programme of a comparable value to this role.\nStrong leadership skills and experience managing a team, preferably within a matrix organisation.\nAbility to manage multiple projects simultaneously and under pressure.\nFamiliarity with the industry's safety standards and regulations.\nBachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or relevant field OR suitable level of experience in industry\nCertifications: Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification (e.g. AMP PMQ)\nA good working knowledge of NEC3 and 4 Contracts\nPreference of minimum HNC / HND (or equivalent) in a mechanical and electrical, civil engineering or other construction-based discipline.\nBroad knowledge and understanding of other design areas.\nUnderstanding of Environmental requirements of schemes\nExperience of coordinating interfaces with external resources\nUnderstanding of H&S Requirements related to highway construction & maintenance works.\nKnowledge of CDM and other H&S legislation\nCompetent in exercising the duties under CDM.\nApplicable CSCS Card\nTeam leadership and management experience in driving performance and productivity\nStrong communication and stakeholder management skills\nStrong customer focus with a service delivery mindset\nCommercial understanding and budgetary control experience\nUnderstanding of Lean principles\nPersonal Attributes:\nProactive problem solving\nExcellent communication skills\nStrong safety management culture\nSelf-aware and adaptable style to meet varying project needs.\nResilient\nPresentation skills.\nTeam building skills.\nAbility to prioritise and self-manage.\nAbility to develop relationships and engender trust.\nExperience:\nPrevious experience in a similar role with demonstrable competence in relation to the majority of the responsibilities listed above.\nExperience of managing highways projects through complete lifecycle\nEquality, Diversity & Inclusion\nWe are an Equal Opportunities employer and we strive to build a workforce that truly reflects the communities we represent. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and any other protected characteristic. If you decide to apply for an opportunity with us, your application will be assessed based purely on your experience, the essential and desirable criteria, and your suitability for the role. We value each and every one’s contribution as this builds our culture and means that if you work with us, you will be included, listened to, and respected.\n* Please note, to be considered for this role, you must be based in the UK and must already be able to legally work in the UK. 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