Project Manager

BGEN Ltd; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Pension Scheme

Death in Service Benefit

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

My Rewards discounts

Employee assistance programme

Private health care

Job summary

BGEN Ltd in Cambridge is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead a multidisciplinary E/I and Mechanical contract. You will direct site teams, manage scheduling, and coordinate activities to deliver high-quality installations while upholding safety and client satisfaction.

You will plan resources, supervise teams, and liaise with contractors to maintain productivity and compliance with project requirements. A strong focus on risk management and documentation is essential.

Qualifications

• Mechanical or electrical degree or equivalent HND/HNC required.
• 5+ years experience in a similar field and familiar with construction trades.
• Professional registration desirable (Chartered or Member).
• IOSH/NEBOSH desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead site teams and manage scheduling, workface planning, coordinating and supervising.
• Assist in cost control and ensure safety, productivity on site installations and cabling.
• Maintain relationships with other contractors, company and client.
• Plan and schedule work activities, ensure resource availability.
• Oversee project administration: reporting progress, material requisitions, records.

Skills

Professional Registration

CILM Training

CSCS Managers & Professionals

IOSH NEBOSH

5+ years experience

Education

Mechanical / Electrical Degree / HND / HNC

Job description

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career; with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.
Where you’ll be working?
BGEN is one of the UK's largest multidisciplinary design and build contractors with over 100 years of industry experience. We support clients in the Water, Power & Energy, Pharmaceutical, Nuclear and Food and Beverage industries to deliver next generation, value-added engineering solutions.
What you'll be doing?
BGEN are looking for an enthusiastic Project Manager with a can-do attitude to support their project in Cambridge. The project is a multidisciplinary contract E& I & Mechanical scopes.
The Project Manager reporting directly to the Project Director provides leadership to the site teams and is responsible for, scheduling, workface planning, coordinating, supervising, assisting in cost control and ensuring the safety, productivity of the teams at the workface including site installations and associated cabling installs. As a key participant in the relationships with other contractors, company and client.
The Project Manager is responsible for the safe, efficient, and high-quality delivery of project work. This includes ensuring compliance with health and safety legislation, company policies, and site procedures, while promoting a strong safety culture through training, hazard assessments, toolbox talks, and incident investigations. They provide leadership and supervision by organising resources, assigning work, assessing team capability, mentoring employees and apprentices, resolving workplace issues, and supporting disciplinary processes when required.
The role also involves planning and scheduling work activities to achieve project objectives, ensuring labour, materials, tools, and work packages are available and coordinated. The Project Manager works closely with other trades and stakeholders to avoid conflicts and maintain productivity. Quality control is achieved by ensuring work complies with specifications, drawings, and inspection requirements. Additionally, the Project Manager oversees project administration, including reporting progress, maintaining records, approving material requisitions, and recommending personnel actions to support successful project outcomes.
You will bring:

• Mechanical / Electrical Degree / HND / HNC or relevant experience
• Professional Registration desirable (Chartered or Member)
• Has completed CILM Training
• CSCS Managers & Professionals
• Has 5 or more years’ experience in a similar field, and who is familiar with all construction trades
• IOSH / NEBOSH Desirable
  

What’s in it for you?
We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;

• Company Pension Scheme
• Death in Service Benefit
• Opportunity to purchase additional holidays per year (up to 5 days for full time employees)
• My Rewards - offering discounts on high street and online shopping
• Employee assistance programme
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Car Allowance/ Salary Sacrifice scheme
  

In addition, this role offers;

• Private health care for you
• Recommend a friend - get rewarded for introducing people to us!
• Car Allowance or Car Sacrafice
  

About Us
We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.
Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.
We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life
Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.
It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.
Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date.
For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.
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