Associate Project Manager

CBRE Group, Inc.; Chester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE Group, Inc. is recruiting an Associate Project Manager for the Chester area in England. The role involves delivering turnkey projects across customer sites, with full on-site responsibility, health and safety oversight, and daily management of contractors.

You will communicate progress, risks and deliverables to senior stakeholders. Responsibilities include building project pipelines, developing capex plans, tendering, and ensuring adherence to CDM processes.

Qualifications

• Proven project management experience in M&E, FM, construction or critical environments.
• Experience developing new project opportunities and managing bids/tenders.

Responsibilities

• Identify and develop a short term pipeline of project opportunities from customer portfolios.
• Build long term capex plans for customers and liaise with stakeholders to define scope.
• Manage, run and draw up tenders on behalf of the customer and carry out tender analyses.
• Ensure compliance with CDM processes and health and safety policies on site.
• Provide timely reports to Head of Projects / Senior Project Manager.
• Manage day-to-day operational aspects end-to-end including budgeting and on-site management.

Skills

Project management

P&L management

Team leadership

Bid/tender management

Education

Technical qualification in Construction/Mechanical/Electrical

Degree in Project Management

Job description

Chester - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Job Title: Associate Project Manager

CBRE Global Workplace Solutions, leading global provider of integrated facilities and corporate real estate management, are recruiting a Associate Project Manager to join the team located in Broughton.

Purpose Of The Job

Responsibility for generating and delivery of projects across customer sites, providing a full turnkey end to end solution including full site responsibility/ownership, health and safety, day to day management on site of all contractors and on time delivery.

Communicate to Head of Projects/Senior Project Manager/Project Manager and customers the deliverables, dependencies and risks as each project progresses.

Key Responsibilities

• 1.Identify and develop a short term pipeline of Project opportunities from the portfolio of customers within the Business Unit.
• 2.Build long term capex plans for customers.
• 3.Leverage opportunities through visibility and presence on customer sites.
• 4.Liaise with colleagues managers to determine and identify project opportunities. Use case studies to promote business and host key decision makers on show site tours.
• 5.Liaise with key stakeholders on their requirements and explain feasibility of their schemes to become a trusted advisor.
• 6.Work with developers, designers and sub-contractors to define and document scope(s) of work(s).Develop and understand the full scope of works in line with the desired project business case and in turn outcome. This is to be within agreed budget requirements and required profit margins.
• 7.Manage, run and draw up tenders on behalf of the customer as required. Carry out full tender analysis of all sub-contractor returns.
• 8.Work within the current CDM process. In the main taking on the role of principle contractor.
• 9.Identify, reduce and manage all statutory and commercial risks associated with the project they are leading.
• 10.Ensure CBRE QHSE practices and processes are fully embedded in each project.
• 11.Ensure full compliance with project management policies and procedures.
• 12.Manage the day-to-day operational aspects of the project(s) “end to end”. Activities to include but not be limited to estimating, business development, quantity surveying, sub contractor management and site manager duties.
• 13.Work closely with relevant stake holders to ensure effective and efficient implementation of the project(s).
• 14.Ensure customer acceptance is adhered to, in writing and in line with the project plans.
• 15.Mutually agree payment schedules and applications for payment to the benefit of the project and the business.
• 16.Ensures project documents are complete, current and appropriately stored.
• 17.Provide timely monthly reports to the Head of Projects/Business Unit Director in an agreed format.
• 18.Manage commercial terms to eliminate risk

Accountabilities

• Accountability to the Senior Project Manager.
• Generate project opportunities by building strong effective working relationships with our customers and site teams.
• Full P & L responsibility
• Have full accountability and responsibility for the safe management and delivery of project works in line with business processes and procedures working alongside contract teams and client to generate pipeline sales and opportunities.

Person Specification

Education

• Recognised technical qualification in Construction, Mechanical or Electrical or similar (desirable)
• Degree level qualification in Project Management (desirable)

Training

• Business standard of written and verbal literacy and numeracy
• CSCS black card holder
• ILM2 – Principles of Team Leading (desirable)

Experience

• Proven project management experience in either an M&E, FM, construction or critical environment
• Experience of developing new project opportunities
• Proven experience of running a P&L
• Demonstrable evidence of having managed a team
• Experience of creating, presenting and managing on bids, tenders and proposals.