Project Handover Manager 12 month FTC

BDL; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday

Car Allowance

Cycle to Work Scheme

Careys Perks Package

Company Pension

Volunteering Days

Job summary

Careys in Milton Keynes seeks an experienced Project Handover Manager for a 12-month fixed-term maternity cover. You will lead handovers across multiple sites, ensure documents like O&M manuals and certificates are accurate and delivered on time, and work with clients, subcontractors and regulators to achieve compliant close-outs.

This role offers a hybrid workplace, the chance to own critical processes, develop templates, and drive improvements across the project portfolio while maintaining

Qualifications

• At least 3 years’ experience in project delivery, quality assurance or compliance.
• Experience delivering handover documentation.
• Knowledge of legislation, ISO standards and CDM.

Responsibilities

• Lead project handovers across sites.
• Ensure O&M manuals, as-built drawings and certificates are complete.
• Coordinate with clients, subcontractors and regulators for compliant handovers.
• Develop handover checklists and procedures.
• Monitor readiness and report compliance across projects.
• Support internal audits and implement corrective actions.
• Improve consistency and efficiency of handover processes.
• Provide training to project teams.
• Ensure alignment with Building Safety Act and CDM regulations.
• Capture lessons learned for future handovers.

Skills

Project handovers

Quality assurance

Compliance management

O&M manuals

Documentation control

Regulatory knowledge

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Tools

Autodesk Construction Cloud

EDMS systems

Job description

Careys is looking for an experienced Project Handover Manager to join our HSSQ team on a 12-month fixed-term contract, providing maternity cover.

You’ll lead the project handover process across multiple sites and disciplines, ensuring that documentation is accurate, compliant and delivered on time. Working closely with project teams, clients, subcontractors and regulatory bodies, you’ll help provide a smooth close-out experience and maintain the high standards our clients expect.

This is an opportunity to take ownership of a business-critical process, improve how we work and make a visible impact across our project portfolio.

Department HSSQ (Health/Safety/Sustainability/Quality/Learning & Development) Employment Type Contract / Temp Location Milton Keynes Workplace type Hybrid

What You Will Be Doing

• Leading and coordinating project handovers across multiple sites and disciplines.
• Ensuring O&M manuals, as-built drawings, test certificates and other compliance documents are complete, accurate and delivered on time.
• Working with project teams, clients, subcontractors and regulatory bodies to achieve smooth, compliant handovers.
• Developing and maintaining handover checklists, templates and procedures that align with company and client requirements.
• Monitoring handover readiness and reporting on compliance across the project portfolio.
• Supporting internal audits and ensuring corrective actions are implemented.
• Improving the consistency and efficiency of handover and compliance processes.
• Providing practical training and guidance to project teams.
• Ensuring alignment with CDM regulations, the Building Safety Act and other relevant legislation.
• Capturing lessons learned and applying them to future handovers.

What You Will Bring

• At least 3 years’ experience in project delivery, quality assurance or compliance within construction, engineering or infrastructure.
• A proven track record of successfully managing project handovers and compliance requirements.
• Expertise in compiling and delivering comprehensive handover documentation.
• Strong knowledge of O&M manuals, asset registers, certification processes and client requirements.
• A sound understanding of relevant legislation, statutory requirements, ISO standards and compliance frameworks.
• Experience using digital document management and project-tracking platforms, such as Autodesk Construction Cloud or other EDMS systems.
• Strong document-control skills, including version control, metadata tagging and verification.
• Experience supporting internal audits and external compliance reviews.
• The ability to identify gaps, implement corrective actions and improve working practices.
• Clear, professional written communication and strong stakeholder-management skills.

You Will Be Someone Who Is

• Detail-focused – meticulous about accuracy, completeness and compliance.
• Organised and methodical – able to manage several handovers at once through structured planning.
• Proactive and accountable – ready to take ownership of deadlines and outcomes.
• Collaborative – confident working across teams and with external stakeholders.
• Resilient and adaptable – comfortable responding to changing requirements and competing priorities.
• Client-focused – committed to providing an excellent experience at project close-out.

Benefits

• 26 days holiday
• Car Allowance
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Careys Perks Package
• Company Pension
• Volunteering Days

About Carey Group

Our story starts in 1969 with three brothers and a van.

John, Tom and Pat Carey moved to London from Ireland and started a groundworks contracting company in London called PJ Carey Plant Hire (Oval) Ltd.

Their aspirations at the time were reflective of the values of the Carey Group today – to care about everything they did, to act with humility in all interactions, to be passionate about their work and be authentic at all times.

The Carey Group remains a family-owned construction business, operating across the UK and Ireland. Their goal at the time was to grow to around 50 operatives and provide quality, safe work so that they and their employees could provide for their families and get safe home every day. Through hard work and sticking to their values and their word, this was certainly achieved… and some.

Throughout the years, we have remained committed to delivering on our promises, respecting our clients, offering innovative solutions and producing the highest-quality work in safe environments. These are the core principles set by our Founders, the ones we have never wavered from and they help us to fulfil our ultimate vision to be the most trusted and socially responsible construction company, that people are proud to work with.

Our strong approach is underpinned by robust financial management, continuous investment in our people, specialist equipment and strategic assets and our long-standing culture of teamwork – we want to create the very best environments for our people.

We care about our people and our partners and how we work with them, ensuring we do our best by them. Ultimately, we care about our impact on the world around us and the communities that we proudly help to shape.