Capital Project Manager

V&A Dundee; Dundee; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Capital Project Manager to oversee a significant project in a cultural setting. This role involves leading multi-disciplinary design teams, managing stakeholder relationships, and ensuring the successful delivery of the project from inception to completion. You will advocate for equity, diversity, and sustainability throughout the project lifecycle while maintaining robust financial management. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a high-profile project that will enhance the cultural landscape and ensure long-term success.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in delivering capital projects, preferably in a museum.
• Experience in appointing consultants and managing stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Lead project management duties through all phases from brief to completion.
• Ensure financial management and compliance with health and safety standards.

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Budget Management

Communication Skills

Procurement

Health & Safety Awareness

RIBA Stages Knowledge

Education

Degree in Project Management or related field

Job description

This role will act as client lead for the multi-disciplinary design teams, funders and stakeholders and will manage the project through the project life cycle through consultation, research, brief development, design team procurement and establishing project teams, steering groups, loans management and all to agreed time, cost, governance, reporting and quality standards.The long-term sustainability of the galleries is a core part of this remit, ensuring that flexible spaces, loan requirements and other considerations ensure the optimal long-term success of the project.

The Capital Project Manager will be responsible for leading managing, communicating, implementing and delivering this capital project through each phase from establishing the initial brief through the construction and fit out phase, managing and planning for operational impact to practical completion and re-opening and forward planning.

You will:

• Lead the project for V&A Dundee and be the client representative with funders, design teams, and stakeholders, advocating for success and helping to secure support and contributions to the project

• Actively promote and embed equity, diversity and inclusion across the project lifecycle: developing and maintaining positive working relationships, ensuring that everyone is treated equitably and with respect

• Embed climate conscious and committed approaches across the project

• Perform all project management duties, ensuring the brief is agreed, contracts are in place and works managed to budget and in line with agreed health, safety and quality standards

• Manage the lifecycle of the project through feasibility, approval, design, construction, completion commissioning, handover and post project review

• Scope, develop, plan and coordinate the successful delivery of the programme of works

• Ensure robust financial management and commercial awareness

• Manage the appointed contracts – ensuring quality of build to cost and time, liaising with H&S team to

ensure H&S compliance

What you will bring:

• Proven track record in delivering a capital project, with evidence to support the successful establishment, communication and implementation of this major project, preferably in a museum or cultural setting

• Experience of appointing consultants and contractors and be confident in stakeholder engagement and management

• Experience of procurement and managing a budget, reporting on progress against budget and programme

• Knowledge and experience of delivering to RIBA stages

• Outstanding communication skills, both verbal and written, able to tailor presentations to a variety of audiences

• Experience of successfully leading multi-disciplinary design teams to ensure qualitative and successful outcomes

• Awareness of health & safety and CDM regulations

• An understanding of the economic environment, constraints and opportunities facing a public museum

• Experience of creating an inclusive and respectful culture within

Please download the recruitment pack for further information.

Salary:£43,742 - £55,542

Contract type:Fixed Term 3 years, 37.5 hours a week however this role will need increasing amounts of time on site as the project develops. We would also welcome applications for secondment from different organisations.

Deadline for applications: no later than23.59, 30 May 2025. Interviews will take place week commencing 09 June 2025. In the event of second interviews these will take place week commencing 23 June 2025.