Project Manager - Construction
A fantastic opportunity is available for an experienced Project Manager with a construction and/or a facilities management background to join a well-established, dynamic and growing business. Our client is a busy and award-winning design, build and reactive maintenance company working predominantly in the leisure and hospitality industries as well as commercial and public sectors.
They are looking for a hands-on Project Manager with experience of running projects of various sizes and knowledge of facilities management. You must have excellent organisational and communication skills, be able to manage a varied workload and work well in a fast paced and reactive environment. This is a key and essential position in the business and requires an organised and proactive approach. You will need to work well unsupervised and be effective in managing your own time and workloads. Some travel and flexibility in working hours will be required as they work across a wide area.
Main Tasks and Responsibilities
- Appoint and monitor appropriate labour and site management specific to the project type in conjunction with the Head of Contracts and project team.
- Control and analysis of labour costs alongside the project QS.
- Produce comprehensive project programs, site meeting minutes, contractor's reports.
- Attend and contribute to client and contracts meetings.
- Carrying out property surveys on commercial building in the hospitality industry.
- Collate, manage and sign off snagging works completed by project support team.
- Record variations from site and liaise with the QS team.
- Responsible for site health and safety from pre-contract stage through to project completion.
- Promote commercial awareness for on-site projects.
- Liaise with supply chain team to ensure compliance and effective site set up.
- Take a lead role in snagging and handover meetings where appropriate with the design team.
- Ensure quality of workmanship in line of their Group expectations.
- Deliver projects to agreed program of works.
- Monitor program of works and identify shortfalls and solutions.
- Ensure relevant design and contract details are available to site personnel at all times.
- Sound understanding and consistent positive approach to health and safety.
- To have regular meetings with the Head of FM and contracts team to report on and discuss workload, project difficulties and opportunities.
Required skills and experience
- Excellent time keeping and ability to manage own workload and work to deadlines.
- A passion for delivering a professional service and quality product.
- Friendly and pro-active.
- Strong communication skills across various clients, facilities management teams and contractors.
- Happy to spend a large amount of time on sites to ensure effective running.
- Must have good IT skills - Microsoft skills including Excel and Project.
- Ideally be SMSTS qualified or qualified by experience.
- Hands on PM experience, running multiple projects simultaneously in works allocation, construction, fit out and refurbishment.
- Proven track record of delivering successful refurbishment programmes whilst maintaining budget oversight, costs controls and managing deadlines.
This is a full-time role (37.5 hours per week) based at their Nottingham office but the majority of the time will be spent field based in and around the West Yorkshire area. This position benefits from 20 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing by 1 day for each complete year of service to a maximum of 23 days, and receives paid leave while the business is closed over the festive period.
They also offer a pension with 3% employer contribution and their Culture programme which provides many perks such as Feast Fridays lunches, regular nights out, birthday treats, membership to Westfield Health and much more.
Salary is from £40k, negotiable depending on experience, and they are also offering a company car or car allowance, laptop and mobile phone. There are lots of opportunities for training and development and they pride themselves on their culture and values. They are proud to be the winners at the Doncaster Business Awards 2021 of the Large Business of the Year 2021 and Excellence in People Development Awards.
Please note our client can only accept UK based applications. Unfortunately, they are unable to sponsor right to work visas.
Direct applications only - no agencies.