Senior Project Manager (Science & Technology)
JLL, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
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Introduction to Project and Development Services (PDS)
Successful Project Management requires a combination of leadership, motivation, and rigorous administration to ensure that our client’s intended outcome is achieved. We provide experienced and professional project delivery teams to our clients, that are Director led with specific Science & Technology sector knowledge and expertise.
Our Science & Technology Project and Development Services (PDS) team comprises of project delivery experts who can assess and report on the anticipated risks, actual time and cost required to successfully deliver a project, select the right service providers to execute a pharmaceutical, life sciences and/or data centre construction project and provide the right solution to ensure successful delivery and inspiration for our clients.
Our PDS teams consist of over 1,300 technical project delivery staff, successfully operating in over 20 countries across EMEA. They have over 75 years of operational experience with JLL delivering 1000+ projects per year for our clients.
We pride ourselves on delivering innovative solutions and consistently adding value through our key services:
* Development Advisory
* Project Management
* Cost Management
* Programme Management
* Building Consultancy
* Net Zero Carbon / Sustainability services
Job Role
Life Sciences is a key growth area for JLL and particularly the UK & Ireland PDS Science & Technology team. This growth has created a need to recruit additional Project Management resources at a Senior Project Manager grade into the UK & Ireland PDS Science & Technology team (based in our London Warwick Street office). Successful candidates will work as experienced project delivery professionals at a Senior Project Manager level, as an integral part of the specialist team.
You will report into the UK Head of Project Management, Science & Technology, providing leadership and project management service delivery on a specific ‘Big’ Pharma Client account. You will be responsible for managing a seconded JLL team of circa 10 resources providing project management and administration services associated Move, Add, Change (MAC) including requests for work orders to move equipment, implement new service requests and/or office/laboratory internal refurbishment works projects and/or workplace modifications.
Education and Professional Qualifications
* Candidates should have a degree and/or post graduate qualification in a relevant engineering discipline, construction management, building surveying and/or cost management/quantity surveying.
* Chartered or an Incorporated Member of a Professional Body, i.e. RICS, RIBA, CIBSE, IMechE, IChemE and/or CIOB.
Desired Industry Experience and Knowledge
* Extensive experience (5+ years) providing project management services to pharmaceutical and life science clients.
* Successfully managing projects in secure and controlled environments including high containment laboratories, clean rooms, GMP and research and development.
* Knowledge and understanding of MAC client requests and/or requirements in an office and laboratory environment.
* Providing project management service delivery and/or acting as the service delivery lead for project management services within the PDS Science & Technology team.
* Providing project management and MAC consultancy advice and contract administration services under JCT and NEC using various project management software tools.
* Entrepreneurial and business development skills to work with the UK Head of Project Management, Science & Technology to help develop and build our project management service offering to our client base.
* Providing leadership and line management to your direct reports against agreed business aims and objectives.
This role is Cambridge based but also requires regular travel to London, and may also require travel to other UK locations to provide services to our JLL science and technology clients. To be successful in this role, you will need to be heavily client facing on your project work in and around the Cambridge area on your client and/or project sites and have the ability to successfully manage a team of dozens (≈10) resources.
Employment
Initial 6‑month fixed‑term contract, which if successful, could lead to permanent employment.
Seniority level
Associate
Employment type
Contract
Job function
Project Management and Information Technology
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