Senior Project Manager

Cumming Group Switzerland AG; Zürich; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Cumming Group Switzerland AG is an international project and cost management consultancy serving clients in construction, real estate and infrastructure. We are committed to collaboration, transparency, and performance excellence across sectors.

The role reports to the Senior PM team and focuses on managing small to mid-sized projects, tender preparation, contract administration and risk management, while promoting knowledge sharing and continuous improvement within the team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in project management within construction
• Strong knowledge of JCT and NEC contracts
• Experience leading PM processes: risk, planning, change control, reporting, and communications
• Formal HS&E training or qualification
• Excellent communication and leadership skills
• Ability to manage multiple complex projects and programmes

Responsibilities

• Manage small to medium projects with minimal supervision
• Prepare tender documents and assist in contractor selection
• Lead risk and value management workshops
• Maintain monthly project reporting and governance
• Mentor staff and support business development
• Ensure health & safety and quality assurance compliance

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Contract administration

Tendering

Risk management

Change control

Planning

Programming

Quality assurance

Education

MAPM / MRICS or equivalent

PRINCE2 Practitioner

MSP / Risk Management

Leadership training

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

CostX

Excel

Job description

Cumming Group is an international project and cost management consultancy delivering innovative solutions in construction, real estate, and infrastructure. With a commitment to collaboration, transparency, and performance excellence, we support some of the world's most respected clients across diverse range of sectors.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Use of the full range of Project Management Process.
• Proactive day to day responsibility for small-medium sized projects and demonstrate the ability to take on tasks with minimal supervision and supporting larger projects and programmes of work.
• Strengthen our service delivery capability and promote knowledge capture, sharing and innovation.
• Prepare and evaluating tenders, contractor/consultant selection and contract documentation.
• Support risk and value management, including facilitation of workshops and project risk registers.
• Contract administration for relevant contract provisions, monthly reporting and chairing project meetings.
• Deliver all work outputs in an accurate and timely manner to a high standard of quality.
• Undertake service delivery in accordance with the policies and procedures of the business, particularly Health & Safety and Quality Assurance.
• Undertake service in compliance with client’s corporate governance procedures where applicable.
• Achieve all objectives as required by the annual performance review process.
• Demonstrate a commitment to continuing professional development and continuous improvement.
• Communicating effectively with all stakeholders to ensure that all parties are kept informed on all relevant matters impacting and influencing projects.
• Support Senior PM team as required.
• Beginning to provide advice on procurement and contracts.
• Responsibility for, and must be committed to promoting, protecting, developing and enabling the business and your colleagues, within the parameter of your job role.
• Support bid and tender preparation and business development.
• Support the implementation of strategic initiatives at service level.
• Starting to provide leadership to the staff, where required.
• Resolve conflicts of priorities and personalities relating to work with the appropriate Director or Associate.
• Starting to mentor and coach team members, ensuring that staff and new starters are developed to support the successful growth of the business and development of their career.
• Developing and managing the Project Programmes and obtaining the buy-in of all stakeholders.

Knowledge & Skills Required

The ability to:

• Deliver results in a client facing role including: Respond confidently to a client request; as well as understanding when to elevate client issues to senior members of the team.
• Provide innovative solutions to improve project delivery.
• Ability to show resilience and resourcefulness in the face of highly complex challenges.
• Commitment to outperforming client expectations.
• Deal diplomatically with a wide range of stakeholders in a flexible environment, subject to change.
• Demonstrate a high degree of integrity.
• Starting to lead a team.
• Negotiate, influence and deliver results in a client facing role.
• Starting to manage conflicting priorities and organise workloads in conjunction with the appropriate Director.
• Demonstrate flexibility in response to changing requirements and routines.
• Show strong leadership skills and demonstrable ability to lead, motivate and manage teams including the supply chain.
• Starting to prioritise and self-manage with ability to work in a high-pressure environment.

Preferred Education and Experience

• Ideally degree qualified (industry or non-industry) MAPM / MRICS other equivalent qualification or experience.
• Supporting Project Management Qualifications such as PRINCE2 Practitioner / Certified Project Manager / MSP / Risk Management.
• Some formal Leadership training.
• 5+ years’ experience (at least 3 years post qualification).
• Strong knowledge of construction industry technical matters.
• Strong experience of industry standard forms of contract, typically JCT and NEC.
• Strong technical project management skills and provide leadership to others on PM Processes: Risk, Opportunities and Issues, Planning/programming, Change control, Reporting, Stakeholder management and Communications, Value Management.
• Good experience of delivering multiple or complex projects and programmes of work through the entire project life cycle.
• Sound understanding of HS&E legislation including some formal training/qualifications.
• Strong oral and written communication and presentation skills.
• Developing interpersonal and team building skills.
• Good interpersonal skills with both client and staff.
• Monitoring developments in project and programme management field - new processes / alternative training/ new areas of work - examples such as BIM, Soft Landings and agile project management.
• Good analytical skills, sound judgement and an aptitude for forward planning.
• An ability to think clearly and make reasoned decisions, explaining the logic employed.
• Some experience of managing people and delivering multiple or complex projects.

Cumming Group is committed to creating a diverse workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All job applicants will receive equal treatment without regard to age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, "race" (includes nationality, national / ethnic origin, colour), marriage & civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, gender assignment, religion and belief.

At Cumming Group, we are passionate about helping our clients execute large-scale, complex projects on-time and within budget. Our project and cost-management services are specifically tailored to each client’s needs and add meaningful value at every step of a project’s development. Drawing on deep expertise in the communities and sectors we serve, we anticipate and solve problems, deliver solutions, and drive results.

Since opening our doors in 1996, Cumming Group has grown to 50+ offices globally and is now home to more than 3,000+ team members – including many of the brightest minds in the industry.

Learn more about what a great organisation we are here.

Cumming Group is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunities through its personnel policies and practices.

It is Cumming Group’s policy to recruit, hire, train and promote Team Members and applicants for employment without regard to age, sex, race (including colour, nationality, ethnicity or national origin), religion or belief, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, disability, being married or in a civil partnership, being pregnant or on maternity leave or any other protected characteristic under UK and European law. All such decisions are based on (1) individual merit, qualifications, and competence as they relate to the particular position, and (2) promotion of the principle of equal employment opportunity.