Project Manager

Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services; Swanwick CP; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Virtual GP and family benefits

Salary Finance

Five extra days’ holiday

Choices lifestyle platform

MiDeals discounts

Cycle-to-work

Job summary

Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services is seeking an experienced Project Manager to support the National Air Traffic Services (NATS) account, delivering a diverse portfolio of construction, building fabric, mechanical and electrical projects across operational environments.

You will lead projects through full lifecycle, coordinating multidisciplinary teams, contractors and stakeholders to ensure safe, compliant and timely delivery.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering construction, building fabric, refurbishment and M&E projects.
• Experience managing budgets, programmes, commercial performance, risks and resources.
• Knowledge of CDM Regulations 2015 and RAMS.
• Certifications such as PRINCE2, APM or PMP are highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple construction, engineering and estate improvement projects from inception to completion.
• Develop project scopes, review designs, oversee building fabric, refurbishment, HVAC and electrical works.
• Procure and manage contractors, consultants and suppliers ensuring safety and quality compliance.
• Manage budgets, forecasts, expenditure, procurement, valuations and change control.
• Coordinate stakeholders and handover activities including O&M manuals and as-built documentation.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Contractor coordination

Budget & cost control

Risk management

Quality assurance

Education

Degree/HNC/HND in construction or related field

PRINCE2

APM

PMP

NEBOSH/IOSH/SMSTS certification

Tools

MS Project

Job description

Better places, thriving communities.

Location: Swanwick

Hours: 40 Hours a week

Mitie is seeking an experienced Project Manager to support the National Air Traffic Services (NATS) account, delivering a diverse portfolio of construction, building fabric, mechanical and electrical projects across operationally critical environments.

The role will manage projects throughout the full lifecycle, from concept development and scope definition through to procurement, construction, commissioning and handover. Projects scope may include may include a variety of disciplines including workplace refurbishments, building fabric repairs, and Mechanical & Electrical installations.

The successful candidate will have a broad construction project management background combined with a strong understanding of mechanical and electrical building services. They must be capable of managing multidisciplinary projects, coordinating specialist contractors and engaging effectively with clients and stakeholders to achieve safe, compliant and successful project delivery.

Main Duties

• Project Delivery: Lead multiple construction, engineering and estate improvement projects from inception to completion, managing scope, programme, budget, resources, risk and quality requirements.
• Technical & M&E Management: Develop project scopes and specifications, review designs and technical proposals, and oversee building fabric, refurbishment, HVAC, ventilation, electrical, lighting, controls, generators, UPS and resilience projects.
• Contractor, Health & Safety Management: Procure and manage contractors, consultants and suppliers, ensuring effective performance, quality control and full compliance with CDM Regulations 2015, RAMS, permits and health, safety and environmental requirements.
• Commercial & Financial Management: Manage project budgets, forecasts, expenditure, procurement, quotations, valuations, change control and final accounts, ensuring strong cost control, governance and value for money.
• Stakeholder, Quality & Handover Management: Coordinate stakeholders, contractors and operational teams, provide progress reporting, oversee testing and commissioning, and ensure successful project handover including O&M manuals, as-built documentation, certification and lessons learned.

Experience

• Proven experience delivering construction, building fabric, refurbishment and M&E projects, including managing contractors and specialist engineering suppliers.
• Strong technical knowledge of HVAC, electrical distribution, lighting, controls, building services and associated infrastructure, particularly within live or operational environments.
• Excellent project management skills, with experience controlling budgets, programmes, commercial performance, risks, resources and multiple competing projects.
• Strong knowledge of CDM Regulations 2015, construction health and safety and contractor compliance, ideally supported by NEBOSH, IOSH Managing Safely or SMSTS.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and organisational skills, ideally with a Degree/HNC/HND and PRINCE2, APM or PMP, plus experience in critical infrastructure, aviation, defence, utilities or highly regulated environments.

Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Cory Ambler at [e-mail].

Since 1987, Mitie’s 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.

Together our diversity makes us stronger.

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