Graduate Project Manager (2026) Bristol, UK

TSA Riley; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading project management firm in Bristol is seeking a Graduate Project Manager to join their team. This role offers hybrid working, hands-on experience, and mentorship as you work towards becoming a Chartered Project Manager. Ideal candidates are recent graduates from accredited programs with strong communication and organizational skills.

Benefits

Benefits package

Mentorship program

Career progression support

Qualifications

• Recent graduates or graduating by September 2026.
• Confidence to embrace responsibility.
• Passion for Project Management.

Responsibilities

• Support project tasks with increasing autonomy.
• Manage stakeholder relationships.
• Prepare financial and progress reports.

Skills

Excellent literacy and numeracy skills

Strong communication skills

Team collaboration

Ability to follow processes

Organizational skills

Education

RICS, CIOB or APM accredited Degree or Masters

Job description

Hybrid Working | Full-Time

Salary - £28,000 p/a + Benefits Package

About The Role

Join TSA Riley's largest ever Early Careers intake and start your journey towards becoming a Chartered Project Manager in our Bristol office. As a Graduate Project Manager in our Bristol office, you'll gain hands‑on experience across a variety of exciting projects in the Southwest region. These will include healthcare, retail, leisure, and industrial developments where you will work to support our reputable client base.

From day one, you'll work alongside experienced professionals who will mentor and support your growth as you build your technical knowledge and confidence in the consulting project management role. We'll challenge you to take on increasing responsibility as your skills develop, ensuring you gain the practical experience needed to thrive.

Once you're ready, our industry-leading APC programme will be available to you, providing guidance and support for you as you progress towards RICS chartership. You won't be alone either – we have a cohort of 50+ staff currently working towards chartership within the business. Therefore, you'll benefit from a strong network of peers and mentors to help you succeed.

We welcome applications from students graduating (or recently graduated) from RICS, CIOB or APM accredited Degree or Masters programmes, ready to start in September 2026.

Launch your career with TSA Riley and let's grow together.

About Your Responsibilities

As a Graduate Project Manager with TSA Riley, you will learn and develop your skills across the full spectrum of pre and post contract duties within a consultancy Project Manager role. Firstly, in a supporting role, but quickly being given the autonomy to fulfil core tasks and responsibilities independently as you develop your knowledge and understanding of the role.

Some Duties Will Include, But Are Not Limited To:

• Stakeholder management
• Value engineering
• Tender management
• Procurement
• Contract Administration
• Attending meetings and recording minutes
• Preparing financial and progress reports
• Strategic decision making and problem solving
• Programme management

About You

We're Looking For Candidates Who Are...

• Graduates of RICS, CIOB or APM accredited Degree or Masters courses and seeking permanent employment from September 2026.
• Have excellent literacy and numeracy skills.
• Confident and willing to embrace responsibility and thrive.
• Excellent communicators.
• Enjoy working in a collaborative team environment.
• Share our values.
• Can follow process driven systems and procedures and work well under pressure.
• Have a passion to pursue a career in Project Management within the built environment.
• Organised, punctual and generally well prepared to work in a full‑time office environment.

Applications

If you feel as strongly as we do, that TSA Riley can offer you the best start to your career in construction, then we would love to receive your application for this role. The closing date for applications is: Friday 28th November 2025.

We encourage applicants to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. We reserve the right to close any job advertisements early where appropriate.

About Us

TSA Riley has a 130‑year heritage dating back to 1890 when Henry Riley Esq first established a quantity surveying practice in London. In Asia Pacific we trace our roots back to the 1980s through the merging of several respected, small project management and advisory firms. Now, in the 21st century, we're defining and pioneering a new way of helping our clients drive greater value and impact from their built assets. Plan. Procure. Deliver. Optimise. Decarbonise. We call this project consulting.

We provide expert strategic, commercial and operations advice; project and cost management; carbon advice; and dispute resolution. This uniquely broad range of services – across the project lifecycle – means we understand the interdependencies at every stage. We combine this with hands‑on experience and personalised service to drive greater value, impact and certainty for our clients' projects.

Our Shared Values

• We win together: Collaborate openly, learn from each other and succeed as one global team.
• We own it, always: Act with integrity and take responsibility to deliver with purpose.
• We focus on what matters: Striving for high standards to create meaningful, lasting and sustainable impact.
• We are curious: Embrace agility and change, explore ideas and turn our curiosity into progress.

TSA Riley is an Equal Opportunity Employer:

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout our application and recruitment process.

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