What's the Opportunity
We are seeking a Senior Project Manager to join our growing Cheltenham Team. This opportunity will suit an experienced individual who is looking to progress their career, and who has a desire and ability to help further grow our business whilst working in a supportive team. The role will allow you independence to lead and manage exciting projects within the South-West as well as opportunity to work alongside experienced Project Managers on high-profile projects. Experience within the construction industry and a good working knowledge of the project life-cycle – particularly for pre-construction project stages – alongside excellent communication skills, attention to detail and the ability to bring pragmatism to decision making processes is more important than project management specific experience (although highly beneficial).
The Skills and experience that you need to do to be effective in this role
Autonomy for project delivery of all project stages, supported by a multi discipline business
Manage both internal and external consultant teams, maintaining open communication and a collaborative approach to project delivery
Lead on project reporting and administrative tasks with a high degree of autonomy
Develop and implement project procurement strategies
Contract administration (various forms of contract)
Project programming (MS Project)
Develop and maintain project risk registers
Manage and track project finances
Project change control
Develop and implement quality management processes.
The skills and experience you need to have for this role
Construction related degree (or equivalent professional qualifications)
Ideally chartered, progressing to, or considering chartership within RICS, APM or CIOB
Good understanding of project delivery processes from RIBA 0-6.
Proven and in-depth experience (ideally) of working within professional services in the construction industry. Experience within project management specifically will be a strong advantage.
The ability to lead projects and teams, and to develop long-lasting client relationships, with autonomy
The ability to set up and drive new projects from inception, including the early stages strategizing and team building, to on-site delivery, completion and handover
Exceptional communication and reporting, incorporating the use of MS Office, MS Project and/or alternative scheduling software
Personal Attributes
An entrepreneurial spirit, combined with inquisitiveness, diligence and resilience
Flexibility, reliability and a ‘can do' attitude
Excellent communication skills
Be a team player
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