Consultant Project Manager - Retail Construction

Turner Townsend; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm in Nottingham is seeking an experienced project manager to oversee project management commissions. The role requires proven experience in managing construction or refurbishment projects, ideally within a consultancy environment. Responsibilities include ensuring timely delivery and advising on strategic project management to meet client objectives, alongside effective financial and performance monitoring.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing construction or refurbishment projects.
• Experience in a consultancy environment is essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead project management commissions and ensure service delivery.
• Act as the key client interface and manage project timelines and costs.
• Advise on strategic project conception and management.
• Monitor project performance using KPIs and manage finances.
• Facilitate communication between the project team and clients.

Skills

Project management

Client interfacing

Strategic advising

KPI performance management

Education

Degree in relevant discipline

Job description

Responsibilities

• To lead project management commissions, taking responsibility for end to end service delivery.
• To act as the key, day to day client interface, ensuring that client objectives are met and that projects are delivered to time and cost targets and the appropriate quality standards.
• Project Managers handle commissions of varying scale and value; depending upon the complexity of the project etc., the normal would be up to £40m in value. However, where the service provided is advisory in nature, for example advising on urban re-generation funding, the overall project size may be much larger. Project management, to include:
• Advising at a strategic level at the project conception stage, including providing advice on the different approaches that can be adopted in order to successfully achieve the client's overall objectives
• Leading the establishment of the overall success criteria for the project, including time, cost, technical and performance parameters
• Planning for and the ongoing management of quality, safety, health and environment issues
• Establishing effective project governance, processes and systems to be utilised throughout project
• Project planning, including ensuring the production of the detailed project plan
• Advising upon the procurement of resources
• Leading and facilitating the overall cross-functional project team
• Monitoring and applying performance management techniques, including the use of KPI's to improve project performance
• Managing the change control process
• Monitoring and advising upon project finances
• Managing the flow of project information between the team and the client, through regular meetings and written communications
• Ensuring the production of formal project progress and other reports
• Taking a leading role in interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in relevant discipline (desirable)
• Proven experience managing construction/refurbishment projects, ideally in a consultancy environment (essential)