Job Details
Role: Project Manager
Location: Leeds – Hybrid working (work from several UK offices)
Salary: Up to £75k plus car/allowance and package
Employment: Permanent
Overview
We are looking for someone with experience working on MOD/Defence projects and a main contracting background to support the long‑term growth of a Production & Manufacturing and Defence sector, delivering large‑scale and complex construction projects across the UK. The role requires nationwide travel in line with project requirements.
Duties & Responsibilities
* Provide proactive leadership as the number one lead on the project, maintaining full control of all elements including design coordination, programme and planning, health & safety, operational delivery, and subcontractor management.
* Deliver projects within production and manufacturing environments, including delivery in safety‑critical, highly regulated and secure environments where safety, programme certainty and minimal operational disruption are critical.
* Work for a blue‑chip contractor and on projects involving heavy civils and infrastructure interfaces.
* Hold a relevant qualification in a construction‑related subject and demonstrate strong capability in managing cost and commercial performance on fast‑track and complex schemes, often with a high degree of change during the contract period.
* Collaborate closely with internal project teams while ensuring accuracy, quality and compliance with client and regulatory standards.
* Hold on‑site commercial responsibility for contract performance, maximising turnover and profitability while maintaining robust commercial processes and effective change management.
Qualifications
* Minimum of 5 years’ hands‑on project delivery experience in a main contracting background.
* Full UK driving licence.
* Strong working knowledge of JCT contracts; NEC experience desirable but not essential.
* Experience delivering major projects within live operational environments.
Personal Attributes
* Confident and credible leader with a calm, methodical approach, capable of managing senior client stakeholders through clear and effective communication.
* Highly organised, excellent time and programme management skills, commercially astute with a proactive approach to risk and change management.
* Flexible and comfortable travelling nationwide and away from home as required; resilient and adaptable to pressured, live project environments.
Benefits
* Competitive salary
* Company car or allowance
* Bonus scheme
* Pension
* Health care
* More benefits
Equal Opportunity
Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.
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