Job Description
PROJECT MANAGER / SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER
Salary: Up to £80,000 per annum, dependent on experience
Location: London
Working Type: Studio based, full-time
Types of Projects: Hospitality and F&B fit-out, commercial kitchen environments, high-footfall interior spaces, multi-site rollouts
About the Consultancy
Our client is an established project management consultancy based in London, working across the hospitality and F&B sectors. They deliver technically complex fit-out projects for well-known brands, balancing commercial rigour with design intent and strong operational outcomes. It's a growing business with a clear sense of how it works and what it values, and the team is expanding to meet increasing demand.
About the Role
This is a hands-on, delivery-focused role for a Project Manager or Senior Project Manager with a solid background in construction-led interior fit-out. The focus is firmly on built environment delivery, covering the full project lifecycle from feasibility through to handover, across hospitality and F&B environments that often include commercial kitchens, front-of-house spaces, and high-footfall customer areas.
You'd be trusted to run multiple live projects simultaneously, managing consultants and contractors while acting as the primary client contact throughout. Candidates with drive-thru experience or multi-site rollout backgrounds will be of particular interest.
At Senior PM level, the role carries additional responsibility for strategic decision-making, mentoring junior team members, and leading more complex or higher-value projects.
This role is specifically focused on construction and fit-out delivery. It isn't suited to Project Managers whose background sits primarily in infrastructure, IT, digital transformation, events, or non-built environment programmes.
Key Responsibilities
* Leading the full project lifecycle from feasibility, design coordination, and planning through to delivery and handover
* Running feasibility studies, risk assessments, and top-line cost estimates
* Managing project budgets, cost approvals, and value engineering while protecting build quality
* Overseeing programming, schedules, and milestones across multiple concurrent projects
* Leading tender processes and contractor procurement to ensure best value and capability
* Coordinating consultants across design, M&E, and specialist disciplines
* Maintaining strong control of health and safety, statutory compliance, and CDM obligations
* Producing clear, accurate reporting and client updates throughout the project lifecycle
* Building and maintaining long-term, trusted client relationships
Requirements and Experience
* Proven experience as a Project Manager within construction or interior fit-out, ideally in hospitality or F&B
* Background from a consultancy or construction environment, rather than infrastructure, technology, design, or events
* Strong understanding of commercial kitchen environments, including HVAC, M&E coordination, and operational requirements
* Experience delivering high-quality fit-outs across hospitality, retail, leisure, or F&B
* Confident managing contractors, consultants, and client-side stakeholders
* Commercially astute, with solid cost control and value engineering experience
* Good knowledge of health and safety legislation and construction compliance
* Organised and proactive, comfortable running projects with a degree of autonomy
* CSCS and SMSTS desirable
* Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel nationally
The right to work in the UK is required for this role.