Project Manager

This established property company has an outstanding track record for providing superb quality maintenance and refurbishment services to residential, commercial and estate properties across London.

We are currently working on the largest UK Build to Rent refresh programme refurbishing properties with new kitchen units, appliances, flooring, painting and decoration works.

We are the UK’s leading Fire Protection advisor, working with developers and operators to ensure that their buildings are compliant whilst ensuring minimum disruption to day-to-day operations.

We oversee projects of varying scales, catering to the needs of our clients, whether they are small or large in scope.

We pride ourselves on our exceptional attention to detail, our friendly, personal service and on the stunning results we achieve for our clients - on time and on budget.

We are looking for an experienced Project Manager to take ownership of a large development based in Notting Hill, as well as for other clients based across London.

You will be expected to manage a team of several maintenance technicians, traders and contractors, focused on performing corrective, predictive and preventative maintenance, snagging and refurbishments.
Duties will include:

• To inspect the allocated sites/projects regularly and identify any areas in need of repair / H&S hazards/ Quality control / progress.
• Meeting clients on sites.
• To perform risk assessments, issue RAMS to Arkle’s the Head of Compliance for approvals.
• To ensure that all maintenance items are kept in a safe area to prevent injuries to residents, associates and visitors.
• To coordinate, oversee and manage repair and maintenance work assignments performed by technicians, vendors and contractors.
• To prepare and manage quotes, jobs, invoices for the allocated jobs/projects.
• To review work orders and assign various team members with timelines to complete and follow up work to ensure that work orders are properly completed.
• To develop and maintain preventive maintenance programmes.
• To implement and ensure that all safety programmes and procedures are followed.
• To have overall responsibility for all Health & Safety on each project.
• To provide a routine and preventative maintenance process through proper scheduling of maintenance and employees, planning, use of PC based work request system.
• To provide on-call support for emergency situations.
• Each project to be led by Arkle’s main values: Ownership, Accountability, Personalised Service, Trust, Good communication, Quality of workmanship.
• To attend required meetings and training programmes.
• To follow all UK safety requirements.

We are seeking someone with experience in delivering maintenance and refurbishment works to a high standard, experience of overseeing projects and snagging and the ability to manage teams across multiple sites. Additionally, you should have experience in managing stakeholders such as developers, architects and contractors.

Additionally you should have:

• A NEBOSH or IOSH qualification
• Experience in construction and maintenance
• Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Expert knowledge of health & safety and risk requirements
• The ability to implement health & safety programmes
• The ability to provide efficient, timely, reliable and courteous service to customers
• The ability to respond effectively to sensitive issues
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Ideally a driving licence and own car

We are seeking a candidate who can thrive independently, demonstrating tenacity, resilience and adaptability. This is a superb opportunity to engage with some of UK’s most captivating properties and collaborate with some of the leading property developers across the country.

For a briefing discussion please send CV.