Project Manager | Permanent | Refurbishment | Bromley | Start August 2025
(Starts while the sun still shines and finishes just in time for someone to say let's just push practical completion by two weeks - again)
Construction - beautiful chaos where deadlines are suggestions, drawings are riddles, and you get blamed for things you literally warned everyone about… in writing… three times.
Sound familiar? Good. Because this £10m commercial refurb in Bromley needs someone who knows the drill - ideally without needing to throw it at anyone.
The Setup:
You'll be joining a Refurb & Interiors specialist with financial backing strong enough to make QSs briefly relax. Backed by a parent group that actually pays invoices and doesn't operate out of a WeWork. They work across commercial, retail, education, hospitality, and health - or as we call it, the full circus.
The Project:
·35,000 sq.ft of RC structure - already stripped out and barer than a QS's soul
·Enabling works starting now, assuming no last-minute client-side clarity sessions
·£3m M&E (yes, the ducts will clash with something)
·£1m of bespoke joinery so nice you'll pray no one brings a cordless near it
·Brand new roof, new offices, luxury bogs (finally somewhere to cry privately)
·3 floors to move around like a drunk playing Tetris
·3 lifts to install that'll somehow never align with the floors
·Roof light down the middle to bring in natural light and flood the schedule with risk
·Fully glazed façade so clean and complex it'll cause three months of programme drift just by existing
·And it's all to be done in 45 weeks. Yes, that's 315 days to take chaos, convert it into structure, and convince everyone it was the plan all along.
You (the brave, the battle-hardened):
·Project Manager with solid £5m-£10m project delivery under your high-vis belt
·Can do structural refurb and fit-out without breaking into passive-aggressive muttering
·Able to face clients, consultants, and subcontractors - ideally all in the same day without faking a WiFi dropout
·Genuinely understand buildability, sequencing, and how not to fall into despair by Week 9
·Can handle a laptop and a programme without asking where the save button went
Mandatory Gear:
·SMSTS - your licence to command chaos without anyone calling HR
·CSCS - your golden ticket to stand around looking important in a hard hat
You might be called a Project Manager, Senior PM, Construction Manager, or the poor sod trying to keep this on track. Whatever the title, you're the glue. And sometimes the duct tape.
I know this ad's had a bit of fun, but let's be clear-I'm a serious recruiter working with a serious contractor, and this is a seriously good opportunity. If you've got the experience and the grit to handle projects that matter, I want to hear from you.
Give me (Spencer Wade) a call on (phone number removed) or drop me an email at (url removed)