Estates Project Manager
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
Apply before 11:55 pm on Wednesday 30th July 2025
📍 Location: Swansea
💷 Salary: £34,233 - A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
🕒 Contract Type: Fixed Term, Loan, Secondment - Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time
As our Estates Project Manager, you will be responsible for the monitoring and management of Estates Projects. You will ensure the management of Lifecycle Replacement (LCR), and capital expenditure works on time and in budget. Reviewing service provider performance against key milestones and LCR project plans which include Building Fabric, Mechanical and Electrical Services.
You will also oversee accommodation planning, liaising with stakeholders and managing a quality service, ensuring service provider standards are achieving, and be able to challenge if this is not being met, and working with the supplier to build strategies for improvements. You will also be responsible for ensuring forecasting, budgeting, and timely profiling and adjustments.
This is a fantastic opportunity as the role is of a fast-paced nature, sure to keep you engaged in your work, and ensuring no two days are the same. The role also offers exposure to a wide range of stakeholders enabling you to build relationships across DVLA as well as external customers. You will also have line management duties and the opportunity to oversee the team's work.
Top Responsibilities
* Compiling Project Briefs and Specifications to advise and inform commercial procurement of services/project delivery via the Contract and other available Commercial Frameworks.
* Providing effective management on building related projects including Mechanical & Electrical, across all of the Agency’s sites. Reporting against plan, risks changes, costs against budget, dependencies, and mitigating actions. Acting as a liaison point for the contract provider and Professional advisor on new projects when raising commissions/feasibility studies.
* Providing effective management relating to real estate’s matters affecting the efficient running of the estate. Responsible for reporting of regular and timely information to Estates Project, Property and Security Stream Lead, Services Stream Lead and/or Head of Estates.
* High-level project management on new builds, reporting against plan, risks changes, costs against budget, dependencies, and mitigating actions. Act as a liaison point for the contractor provider and Professional advisors on new projects.
Benefits
* Best in class learning and development tailored to your role
* An environment with flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance
* Generous employer contribution of 28.97%, depending on chosen pension scheme
* 25 days holiday, increasing by one day each year up to 30 days pro rata
* Access to the staff discount portal
* 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme providing free confidential help and advice for staff
About you
The successful candidate will have experience of working in a facilities management, mechanical, electrical, or building based role.
We are looking for someone who is a natural communicator with excellent verbal and written skills and can express themselves confidently and concisely. You can build rapport quickly with both internal and external stakeholders which enables you to create solid working relationships. Through this you will be able to capture, assess, and meet the needs of your stakeholders.
A self-starter, you will bring excellent organisational skills and your ability to prioritise a busy workload. You take great pride in your work and your attention to detail is second to none. You get a real sense of achievement seeing your work through to completion. Being flexible, confidently responding to changing priorities.
You will be resilient in the face of challenge and thrive managing a diverse workload, welcoming autonomy to your role.
You will have good IT skills and will be a proficient user in Microsoft Office packages, such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Due to the evolving nature of the business, vacancies can become available at any time. Therefore, this campaign may create a reserve list to fulfil demand if it arises which will be held for a period of 12 months.
How to Apply
👉 Read the full job description and apply at the Civil Service Jobs site using the link provided.
This vacancy closes at 23:55 on Wednesday 30th July 2025