Senior Project Manager - Central London (London Bridge)

The Company: You would be working for a multi-disciplinary consultancy that delivers services across the UK within the construction, transportation, highways, and infrastructure sectors.

The business has been built on exceptional people and commitment to service excellence. Their in-depth knowledge of the areas in which they work, allows them to provide considered advice on development and investment strategies, risk management, procurement strategy and design development.

As a business that designs and delivers projects, from office buildings and homes to entire public realms and streetscapes, they understand that reflecting the needs of the communities they serve is key to long-term success - not just for their clients but for those that use and interact with these spaces.

They pride themselves on their culture of supportive growth, providing mentoring opportunities and assisting with both professional and personal development.

The Role: Our client is looking to appoint a Project Manager within their London building consultancy team in response to a growing workload in the commercial office and residential sectors.

The candidate will need to be experienced in pre and post contract Project Management, Contract Administration and Employer’s Agent roles and will be capable of taking full ownership to manage allocated projects.

The successful candidate will report into the accountable Construction Director and will support in the growth of this sector. The candidate will be expected to perform a leadership role within the team which will include training junior staff, quality management and becoming a key client point of contact.

The projects the successful candidate can expect to become involved in will generally be commercial office refurbishments/extensions, new build residential projects or high-end residential refurbishments, with values ranging from £2M to £35M.

Due to the scope of the role, the candidate will need to be assured in a client facing environment, be competent to manage the full project lifecycle, support the client team with internal governance, processes and approvals alongside the consultant PM/EA/CA role.

Flexible/remote working is a fixed part of the company. Typically, you would be expected in the office two days a week, but this can be less if that’s what you desire – the rest is spent on site or working remotely.

Office Location: Central London (London Bridge)

Head Count: 200+

Project Sectors: High End Residential, Commercial Offices & Mixed-Use

To be considered for this opportunity, you must:

• Be eligible to work in the UK

• Live within 1.5hrs door to door of the office

• Be proficient in MS software; Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project

• Hold a practical construction knowledge

• Either BSc degree min 2:1 in relevant construction course with minimum 8 years relevant experience OR minimum 8 years relevant construction project management experience

• Be able to work unsupervised

• Have commercial awareness

• Be able to resolve disputes

• Proven experience in acting solely as CA or EA in JCT suite of Contracts in commercial, residential, retail or mixed use projects

As Senior Project Manager, you will be expected to:

• Prepare, chair and minute project meetings for record and distribution

• Produce suitable project cost reports, progress reports and ad hoc updates

• Support the client and other consultants through practical guidance and advice

• Support in setting up, managing and monitoring governance and decision making forums

• Effectively manage resource and outputs of multi-disciplined consultant teams to agreed timescales and quality

• Be able to challenge technical aspects of construction design and be aware of relevant building standards

• Produce project programmes, monitor progress of the same and interrogate construction programmes

• Identify, mitigate and manage risk across all aspects of allocated projects

• Compile and issue tenders for consultants and contractors and prepare contract documents

• Act as Contract Administrator / Employer’s Agent and effectively administer building contracts

• Carry out site inspections and produce reports on works

• Manage post-contract variations and value of change orders

• Lead on the financial and commercial management of allocated projects

• Develop and maintain positive and profitable client relationships, acting as a key point of contact for the business

• Identify and exploit business development opportunities

• Assist with preparation of contract documents

• Preparation of Preliminaries

• Production of project cost reports

• Attend meetings and make notes of meetings for record and distribution

• Preparation of business presentation material and case studies

• Assisting Directors with project monitoring

• Preparation of back-up information and assisting in settlement of Contractor’s claims

• Reporting to Directors on project profitability

• Mentor, manage and train junior staff

• Actively engage with business development on behalf of the company

The benefits included in this role are:

• Competitive basic salary (Negotiable DOE)

• Bonus scheme

• 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays/Christmas shut down)

• Option to buy/sell up to 5 days annual leave each year

• Enhanced maternity (26 weeks) and paternity schemes

• Employer pension scheme (5%)

• Private medical/dental insurance

• Fully funded training and development where appropriate

• Laptop/phone

Get in touch today to find out more about this fantastic opportunity, Guy Dugdale – guy@prosper-consulting.org.uk