Senior Project Manager

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Senior Project Manager to join a leading UK Tier 1 Main Contractor in Birmingham. Schemes can average between £2MIL - £50MIL across multiple sectors including, Leisure, MOJ, Defence Education, Healthcare and Commercial

The role

Reporting to the Project Director, leading a large refurbishment scheme in Coventry.

Responsibilities:-

• Be responsible and accountable for providing best practice project management leadership to ensure the safe, successful, cost efficient and timely delivery of projects. Provide effective risk management and problem resolution, whilst leading from the front. Accountability is key to this role.
• To deliver a quality service and product to our clients in line with the project goals by working collaboratively with the professional team and applying company systems, procedures and culture.
• To ensure adequate resources for the assigned projects, ensuring appropriate levels of skill, focusing heavily on Design Management, Procurement, Installation, Commissioning and Handover. Development of team members skillsets, providing coaching and personal mentoring, whilst facilitating skills transference across the project teams to develop their recruitment, selection and resourcing capability.
• To provide guidance, risk management and management of client team expectations through early identification of issues through project reporting, project meetings and any means necessary to ensure a transparent and professional delivery.
• To proactively set health & safety standards and culture for all assigned projects and to take appropriate action where necessary to reduce safety risk.

Key Skills

• Winning Work
• Effective Resourcing
• Project Set-Up and Close-Out
• Best Practice Health & Safety
• Quality Project Reporting
• Effective Risk Management
• People and Relationship Management

Education and Experience

• Degree Qualified / Relevant Trade / Technical /MCIOB
  • To be able to nurture both existing and new client and consultant relationships
  • To take full ownership of active tender proposals including managing the process
  • Select the team and develop job winning strategies at tender stage
  • To have previously held a Project Manager role for at least 3 years
  • Manage a large team providing direction and guidance for project success
  • Hold close supply chain relationships and leverage them during job delivery
  • Oversee the PDR process of the site team to aid and improve performance of team members

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