Job Description
Job Title: Senior Project Manager (Construction & Estates)
Location: Amesbury, Salisbury
Salary: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Full-Time (37 hrs/week)
Key Skills: Project Manager, Engineering, Construction, Estates, Bids, RIBA, NEC, JCT, CDM, Budgets, Forecasting, Contract Management
Are you an experienced Senior Project Manager with a strong background in construction, estates, and complex stakeholder environments? We’re supporting a leading UK defence and technology organisation in the search for a Senior Project Manager to deliver high-value, strategically important estate projects within a secure and technically advanced environment.
This is an opportunity to work on projects that genuinely matter ranging from large-scale refurbishments to technically complex new-build construction.
The Role
You’ll take full responsibility for delivering a portfolio of estates and construction projects (c. £5m+ per annum), ensuring commitments to internal and external stakeholders are met across a diverse and complex delivery landscape.
Projects range from general building refurbishments through to highly technical infrastructure and new-build developments within a regulated environment.
Key Responsibilities as a Senior Project Manager:
* Lead delivery of high-value and complex construction/refurbishment projects
* Manage stakeholder relationships across multiple customers, partners, and suppliers
* Define and control project budgets, forecasts, and cost plans
* Maintain accurate reporting and project documentation (bids, proposals, third-party documentation)
* Apply robust risk management and quality control processes
* Ensure safe, secure, and compliant project execution
Essential Experience as a Senior Project Manager:
* Delivery of projects for multiple customers
* Construction/refurbishment delivery aligned to RIBA stages
* Strong knowledge of Building Regulations, JSP standards, environmental & ecological legislation
* Working knowledge of NEC and JCT contracts
* Extensive experience operating under CDM Regulations, acting as Client or similar duty holder
* Broad understanding of civil engineering, infrastructure, and building works methodologies
Essential Qualifications:
* Recognised Project Management qualification (APM PPQ or PRINCE2)
* Demonstrable capability equivalent to IPMA Level B
What’s On Offer
* Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package
* Opportunity to work on nationally significant, technically challenging projects
* Exposure to complex stakeholder environments within a secure, high-impact sector
* Career progression within a large, innovative organisation
If you’re a confident Senior Project Manager with strong construction and estates expertise and you’re looking for your next high-impact challenge, I’d love to hear from you.
***PLEASE NOTE***
Security Clearance (SC) or eligibility to gain is required to be considered for this vacancy