Housing Construction Project Manager

The City of Edinburgh Council; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in Edinburgh seeks a confident and technically skilled Construction Project Manager. The role involves overseeing construction projects, ensuring effective communication with designers, contractors, and residents, and applying strong project management skills. The ideal candidate will have previous management experience and a solid understanding of housing and construction services. This position offers a salary range of £39,129 - £46,023.

Qualifications

• Confident communicator with designers, contractors, and residents.
• Experience in managing construction projects.
• Strong ability to manage application of design principles.

Responsibilities

• Oversee construction projects with site presence during delivery.
• Drive forward projects by communicating with all stakeholders.
• Apply programme and project management skills.

Skills

Knowledge of housing, property and construction services

People management

Client management

Contractor management

Programme and project management skills

Ability to apply design principles

Job description

Construction Project Manager

Waverley Court

Salary: £39,129 - £46,023

Hours: 36 per week, 52 weeks

We have an exciting opportunity for a confident, personable and technically strong Construction Project Managers with previous people, client and contractor management experience. Working in either the Area Based Regeneration and Shared Repairs service or the High‑Rise Management and Investment service, you will be involved in overseeing construction projects with a site presence during delivery.

Responsibilities and Expectations

You should be confident in communicating with designers, contractors and residents and all stakeholders to drive forward construction projects. You should be able to apply programme and project management skills as well as a strong ability to manage the application of design principles during the construction phase.

Requirements

• Knowledge, experience and an understanding of housing, property and construction services.
• Previous people, client and contractor management experience.
• Strong programme and project management skills.
• Ability to apply design principles during the construction phase.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we're bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we're changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours - The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range. Happy to talk flexible working.