About the Company
This organisation is a national multi-disciplinary consultancy offering services such as Cost Management, Building Surveying & Project Management. They cover various sectors across the built environment such as retail, residential, leisure, education & healthcare for private and public sector clients.
Job Description
This client facing consultancy have a Project Manager position available in Manchester. The Project Manager will lead and manage multiple construction projects from inception to completion. This role entails overseeing project planning, execution, budgeting, and scheduling to ensure successful delivery within defined timeframes and budget constraints. The Project Manager oversees the coordination of cross-functional teams, contractors and clients, ensuring compliance with quality standards.
Key Responsibilities:
To supervise and oversee construction projects from inception to completion; ensuring they stay on schedule, within budget and to scope.
To oversee the development of detailed project plans and specifications, ensuring they are aligned to client requirements.
To ensure all project deliverables, key milestones, and timelines are aligned with business goals.
To conduct regular project reviews (including attending site) to assess project progress against the schedule and budget, adjusting as needed. To ensure projects are meeting quality standards.
To identify and manage project risks, dependencies, and constraints.
To work with the Project Manager to identify timely solutions to problems and escalate issues further when necessary.
To produce financial reports.
To ensure comprehensive, up to date project documentation is always maintained on SharePoint, including plans and financial reports.
To ensure all required internal trackers are kept up to date.
To lead project meetings including pre-starts, progress meetings and handover. To ensure all meetings are documented.
To oversee the coordination of cross-functional teams and to always ensure effective communication between contractors and clients.
To build and maintain effective relationships with contractors and clients, always ensuring effective communication and excellent service.
To set-up and manage job folders to ensure International Organisation for Standardisation ISO compliance.
To lead and motivate cross-functional teams, ensuring effective collaboration and communication whilst managing any issues that arise.
To prepare monthly board reports.
To attend regular team meetings.
To attend business conferences and networking events as and when required.
To receive and act on constructive feedback to improve performance and skills.
To engage in training sessions, development activities, and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) initiatives.
To maintain up to date knowledge of industry trends, regulations, and best practices within the field.
To offer guidance and support to junior staff members as and when required.
Carry out staff inductions for new members of the team.
To carry out performance review meetings and 1 to 1’s with any direct reports.
To provide regular feedback, coaching and support to any direct reports including managing any underperformance issues with individuals.
To review workload with any direct reports and highlight any resource issues to the Associate Director (Project Management).
To provide recruitment support as and when required (including conducting interviews and liaising with recruitment consultants etc.).
To comply with and ensure any direct reports comply with internal policies and procedures.
The above provides the general nature of work performed in this role and is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties.
Key Results / Objectives:
To ensure clients always receive excellent service and projects are completed to a high standard and within budget.
To ensure effective communication within the team.
To ensure SharePoint is maintained and relevant documents uploaded to maintain ISO compliance.
Requirements
Experience & Qualifications
Essential Criteria:
Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline or equivalent level of knowledge gained by practical work experience.
Experience of working as a Project Manager or in a similar client facing role.
Experience of working in the construction and property industry.
Proven experience of delivering projects from feasibility to completion.
Line management experience.
Full UK driving license.
Skills & Abilities:
Excellent commercial project management abilities, with experience in overseeing multiple projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope and to budget.
Demonstrated ability to manage the financial aspects of complex projects.
Good technical competence across the full range of building consultancy service lines.
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively across all levels of the organisation and with external stakeholders, ensuring alignment and understanding.
Ability to analyse complex situations, identify issues, and develop effective solutions.
Strong ability to build relationships, work collaboratively with diverse teams, and foster a positive, cooperative work environment.
Good leadership capabilities.
Ability to identify, assess, and mitigate risks.
Strong ability to influence key stakeholders and negotiate effectively.
Ability to identify opportunities for process improvement, champion change initiatives, and implement processes that drive organisational efficiency and innovation.
Good understanding of the administration of building contracts.
Good presentation skills.
Comfortable leading meetings with internal and external stakeholders.
Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
Strong technical attention to detail.
Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office, specifically Word, Excel and Project.
Knowledge & Understanding:
Strong understanding of project management methodologies, tools and best practice.
Good understanding of the construction and property industry (including market knowledge).
Basic knowledge and understanding of building contracts and cost plans.
Basic understanding of the Building Safety Act and the amendments to the Building Regulations.
Basic understanding of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015.