Consulting Project Manager - Built Environment

Bovis; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible and hybrid work options

Up to 10% employer pension

Private medical health benefit

Enhanced parental leave

Life assurance

25 days annual leave (+ buy/sell)

Wellbeing leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounted gym membership

Job summary

Bovis Consulting is recruiting Project Managers to deliver built environment projects in the UK. You will plan, lead and manage project teams, coordinate with partners and stakeholders, and ensure delivery within scope, time and budget.

This role emphasizes health, safety, quality and environmental performance across complex projects. Candidates should have a degree in a construction-related field and ideally hold professional accreditation.

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering, architecture or construction field is preferred.
• Experience delivering complex projects in live operational environments.
• Proven ability to plan, lead and manage project teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Determine project management, technical services and external resources for the project.
• Plan, lead and manage a project team to deliver integrated, sustainable solutions.
• Establish strong relationships with stakeholders and secure approvals.
• End-to-end execution planning and clear goal definition with roles and deliverables.
• Integrate design, development, commissioning and process requirements.
• Report project performance using control tools and manage safety.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Risk management

Communication skills

Leadership

Education

Engineering/architectural/construction degree

APM/CIOB/RICS/RIBA/ICE accreditation

Tools

NEC contracts

Job description

For over 20 years Bovis Consulting has partnered with our clients to shape and deliver precisely tailored and innovative project and programme solutions across the UK. Our agile, one-team approach and on-the-ground, diverse specialist skills are uniquely combined with the vast knowledge, insights and technical expertise of our construction business to provide a truly unique offering. Through fresh thinking, new perspectives and intelligent, custom-built solutions that cut through complexity, we minimise risk and enable results that clients value. We are currently recruiting for Project Manager’s to work on projects within the Built Environment.

• Determine project management, technical services and external resources required for the project on an individual and team basis (e.g. additional services).
• Planning, leading and managing a project team to deliver integrated, sustainable, and effective solutions that meet the project brief.
• Establishing strong working relationships with partners and key stakeholders at all levels, ensuring that all requirements are captured with approvals in place.
• End-to-end execution planning and management as you establish clear goals with well-defined roles and deliverables.
• Ensuring a seamless, defined integration of design, development, commissioning delivery and process requirements.
• Reporting of project performance using project control tools, including earned value and quantitative risk analysis.
• Ensuring thorough management of both the deliverables and team safety.
• Collaboratively work with the construction manager/delivery team and/or external resources to ensure the successful delivery of the project in line with all stakeholders’ expectations communicating strategies to the team.
• Manage consultant team and project stakeholders to ensure effective completion of responsibilities including project brief/scope, fees, processing claims, deliverable and/or project variations etc.
• Display strong communication and negotiation skills to support the client/customer focus.
• Ensure the conversion program is maintained and all submissions are completed within the agreed milestone, being proactive with acceleration measures should the program slip.
• Produce design and authorities programme to be integrated with procurement and delivery programme.
• Manage the timely delivery to programme for the concept, schematic, detailed design and design development in accordance with the overall delivery program and agreed on project milestones.
• Assist with the timely sequencing/methodology and production of stating plans.

Credentials

• Degree qualified ideally in an engineering, architectural or construction related degree.
• Work towards or ideally obtained professional accreditation (APM, CIOB, RICS, RIBA, ICE)

Experience & background:

• Experience in complex project delivery within live operational environments.
• Drive focus in all areas of health, safety, quality and environmental matters on projects, challenging where needed.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in project management and/or construction-related discipline, combined with a demonstrable intermediate level of role knowledge.
• Knowledge of Construction and Property industries and an understanding of estimating, scheduling, field supervision, contracts administration, procurement, financial controls and reporting.
• Problem-solving and analytical skills for resolving planning, estimating, contract administration and procurement issues within construction and design activities.
• Good interpersonal skills to prepare reports, negotiate and build relationships with key stakeholders.
• Proven experience in planning, leading, and managing project teams in a highly regulated environment.
• Extensive knowledge of planning and implementation of complex projects, within a live operational environment, with multiple stakeholder interfaces.
• Proven track record of delivering integrated and sustainable solutions to meet project briefs.
• Leading in Project Management Commissions, taking responsibility for end-to-end service delivery.
• A proven background in communicating project deliverables across complex regulated industries.
• Demonstrable experience in leading and influencing across internal and external teams. Owning projects throughout the project lifecycle from concept to handover and closeout.
• Preparing, updating and implementing the project management plan whilst proactively monitoring overall progress, the interdependencies and resolving issues/mitigating risks and initiating corrective action as appropriate.
• Driving the design development, initiating surveys and site visits as necessary in order to write the works information in line with the project business case.
• Undertaking the contract administration responsibilities and have a thorough understanding of the NEC suite of contracts.
• Ensuring projects are delivered to the right quality, in the time allocated and at, or below the approved budget.
• Writing specifications, tender and contract documents to include project risk registers, schedules and others with the assistance of procurement and production colleagues formally assess tenders in readiness for contract award.
• Undertaking regular reviews, inspections and audits.
• Managing contractors to ensure that the execution of projects is undertaken to the full expectations of the client. Contract administration of numerous projects dealing with payments, EWN, CE’s and etc, including raising such EWNs/CEs in a timely manner in accordance with the Contract.
• Undertaking timely third-party liaisons, e.g. planning applications, land/ access, power supply negotiations etc. in line with the project programme.
• Understanding client requirements and have strong stakeholder engagement to deal with complex third-party relations.

What we provide

• Flexible and hybrid work options
• Up to 10% employer pension contribution
• Private medical health benefit
• Enhanced parental leave
• Life assurance
• 25 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell additional days
• 3 days wellbeing leave in addition to annual leave
• Health and wellbeing support and initiatives
• 24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Programme including direct access to Talking Therapies and Coaching services
• Discounted gym membership to over 2,500 gym’s nation wide