Project Manager

Accenture UK; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture UK is seeking a construction and project management specialist to support clients at the strategic level from concept through delivery. The role requires deep knowledge of project lifecycles and governance, with a focus on achieving client objectives across time, cost, quality and performance.

You will lead cross-functional teams, shape procurement and resource strategies, monitor KPIs, manage change and communicate progress through formal reports to clients and consultants alike.

Qualifications

• Professionally qualified in construction, project management, engineering, or architecture.
• Has Chartered status or is on path to achieving this.
• Understanding of total project life cycle from conception to post-project review.
• Excellent knowledge of main project management concepts, tools and techniques.
• Design, management, or construction experience in general construction environments (residential, office, fit-outs, health & education).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Advise at project conception on approaches to meet client objectives.
• Define success criteria including time, cost, technical and performance.
• Plan and manage quality, safety, health and environment issues.
• Establish governance, processes and systems for the project.
• Lead cross‑functional project team and procurement of resources.
• Monitor performance with KPIs and manage change control.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Communication

Client liaison

Problem solving

Education

Construction

Project management

Engineering

Architecture

Job description

• Advising at a strategic level at the project conception stage, including providing advice on the different approaches that can be adopted to successfully achieve the client’s overall objectives;
• Leading the establishment of the overall success criteria for the project, including time, cost, technical and performance parameters;
• Planning for and the ongoing management of quality, safety, health and environment issues;
• Establishing effective project governance, processes and systems to be utilised throughout project;
• Project planning, including ensuring the production of the detailed project plan;
• Advising upon the procurement of resources;
• Leading and facilitating the overall cross-functional project team;
• Monitoring and applying performance management techniques, including the use of KPI’s to improve project performance;
• Managing the change control process;
• Monitoring and advising upon project finances;
• Managing the flow of project information between the team and the client, through regular meetings and written communications;
• Ensuring the production of formal project progress and other reports; and
• Taking a leading role in interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages.

Construction consultancy experience strongly preferred

• Professionally qualified in one of the following fields: construction, project management, engineering, or architecture.
• Has obtained chartered status or on path to achieving this.
• A thorough understanding of the total project life cycle, from project conception stage, through all of the operational stages to completion and post-project review.
• Excellent knowledge and experience of all the main project management concepts, tools, and techniques.
• Design, management, or construction experience gained within the general construction environment. ideally residential, office, fit-outs and health & education.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com

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