Project Manager
Willmott Dixon is searching for a Construction Project Manager in Gateshead to successfully lead prestigious projects (£20m/£60m) in the North East and find a new home within our award-winning company.
Responsibilities
As a Tier 1 building contractor, Project Managers are our project leaders - from early engagement with customers and taking them through their whole journey with us. Preconstruction, developing a workable programme, leading delivery, and successful handover. You make the big decisions on our biggest projects. You build and lead amazing teams. You own it.
Ultimately, we build our reputation on how we deliver brilliant projects for our customers. As a Project Manager, you lead all aspects of delivery; quality, cost, time and making sure everyone gets home to their families safely every day.
We have an exciting pipeline of work in the North East having secured our turnover for 2025, this is a great opportunity for someone to join us and help shape the built environment throughout the Northeast in a sustainable way.
We expect you'll have a great track record of successful project delivery (we know you will have faced and overcome many challenges), work collaboratively with your customers and respect supply chain partners.
Sound like you? If so, come and join our team, and become a great ambassador of our business.
Essential and Desirable Criteria
Essential Criteria
A successful track record of leading and delivery of complex projects.
Controlling costs, timing and quality in line with targets.
Reading and accurately interpreting contract documents, programmes, drawings and technical specifications.
Managing teams including the supply chain, direct employees and consultants.
Minimum relevant level 4 qualification (HNC / NVQ4 etc).
Appropriate CSCS card.
First Aid at Work certificate.
Valid driving licence.
SMSTS certificate.Desirable Criteria
Construction related degree.
Working towards MCIOB.
Use of planning softwareAdditional Information
In return, we reward our people generously with a competitive salary and a market-leading benefits package that gives you flexible benefits to fit your lifestyle and priorities. This includes but is not limited to, an enhanced pension scheme, full private medical, life assurance, incentive bonus and a car scheme which will make us a market leader in sustainable company travel. Applicable roles will benefit from a motoring expenditure allowance (MEA) and everyone can access a new generation of low carbon and electric cars via the Willmott Dixon run car leasing scheme
At Willmott Dixon we provide an inclusive and flexible working environment for people to thrive in.
We are a proud member of the Disability Confident Scheme.
About Us
With over 170 years of rich history, Willmott Dixon's purpose is beyond profit; delivering brilliant buildings, transforming lives, strengthening communities and enhancing the environment so our world is fit for future generations.Ensuring that we add lasting value to the neighbourhoods we work in; our values, people, innovation, partnerships and focus on sustainability has allowed us to build a successful and solid privately owned business where our people can thrive.
Willmott Dixon was recognised by The Sunday Times as one of the Top 10 "Big" Companies to Work For in 2025, named among the Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality in 2024, and ranked in the Top Five of Europe's 1,000 best workplaces by the Financial Times in 2025. Willmott Dixon is also the first major contractor and developer to win a King's Award for Enterprise in the category of sustainable development