Active Travel Project Manager (Grade 10)


Company:	Wax Recruitment Ltd
Salary:	£22.86
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Taunton, TA1 4DY
Working pattern:	Hybrid - 3 days remote
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	6 Aug 2026
Closing date:	5 Sept 2026

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Summary

Job title: Active Travel Project Manager (Grade 10)

Job Category: Management

Location: The Crescent, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 4DY, Somerset Council

Hours Per Week :22.00

Pay: £22.86 per hour

Typically one day in office, two remote. This can be reviewed as progress.

Uses funding until end of 28/29 financial year. Have set duration as 2.5 years and depending on start date, funding may enable additional days per a week to be added in final funded year.

Role Purpose

Support the Service Manager and Principal Transport Planner to oversee the development and scheme preparation stages of new active travel schemes, through to the commencement of construction and handover to operational delivery.

Manages projects as the scheme transitions into construction.

Co-ordinates with the various stakeholders to agree robust proposals, appropriate engagement from all necessary parties, commissioning of necessary technical activity and securing of necessary approvals and consents.

The focus of this role will be on the Active Travel Programme, but the successful candidate will be required to become involved in other team and interdisciplinary projects.

Knowledge

Knowledge and awareness of systems, techniques, best practice, performance and project management in relation to development and/or delivery of infrastructure projects.

Knowledge of the statutory, regulatory, policy and contractual framework for highways and transport infrastructure development and delivery.

Experience

Experience of engagement with communities and customer feedback channels.

Experience of operating equality and diversity measures in a professional context.

Experience in proving input into business cases for infrastructure funding.

Ability to produce/draft reports as commissioned to support decision making e.g. project initiation, progress reporting, resource planning and allocation, technical improvements etc.

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