Project Manager

University of Manchester; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

29 days annual leave

Generous pension scheme

Flexible and hybrid working

Staff benefits programme

Job summary

University of Manchester is seeking a Project Manager in the Minor Works Team to lead a varied portfolio of capital projects from planning through to completion. You will act as the client representative, coordinating consultants, contractors and stakeholders to deliver against scope, programme, budget and quality.

You’ll ensure strong project governance, manage risks, and report progress, while collaborating with colleagues across the University to meet safety, compliance and sustainability

Qualifications

• Degree and/or relevant professional qualification in construction, engineering, surveying, architecture or project management.
• Experience managing capital, infrastructure, refurbishment or construction projects within a complex organisational environment.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects or workstreams, coordinating priorities, dependencies, risks and delivery activity.
• Strong understanding of project management and delivery, including procurement, contracts, budgets, forecasting, risk, governance and reporting.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and work effectively with internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Act as the University’s client representative, leading assigned capital projects from feasibility and planning through to successful completion and handover.
• Manage multiple projects and workstreams, coordinating priorities, dependencies, risks, programme and budget to achieve agreed outcomes.
• Maintain effective project governance and controls, including programmes, budgets, forecasts, risk registers, change control and performance reporting.
• Lead and coordinate consultants and contractors, supporting procurement and appointments and actively managing external team performance throughout delivery.
• Build effective relationships with project sponsors and stakeholders, providing clear advice on delivery options, risks, programme and budget and escalating key issues where required.
• Ensure projects are delivered safely, compliantly and sustainably, meeting relevant legislation, CDM and Building Regulations, University requirements and sustainability objectives.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Budgeting

Procurement

Education

Degree/Professional qualification in construction or related field

Job description

The Role:

As a Project Manager within the Minor Works Team, you will lead the delivery of a varied portfolio of capital projects across the University estate, taking responsibility from initial planning and development through to successful completion.

Acting as the University’s client representative, you will manage multiple projects and workstreams, coordinating consultants, contractors, stakeholders, priorities and risks to ensure delivery against agreed scope, programme, budget and quality requirements.

You will work closely with colleagues and stakeholders across the University, providing effective project leadership, maintaining strong project controls and ensuring emerging risks and issues are managed or escalated appropriately through established governance arrangements.

Your Responsibilities Will Include:

• Act as the University’s client representative, leading assigned capital projects from feasibility and planning through to successful completion and handover.
• Manage multiple projects and workstreams, coordinating priorities, dependencies, risks, programme and budget to achieve agreed outcomes.
• Maintain effective project governance and controls, including programmes, budgets, forecasts, risk registers, change control and performance reporting.
• Lead and coordinate consultants and contractors, supporting procurement and appointments and actively managing external team performance throughout delivery.
• Build effective relationships with project sponsors and stakeholders, providing clear advice on delivery options, risks, programme and budget and escalating key issues where required.
• Ensure projects are delivered safely, compliantly and sustainably, meeting relevant legislation, CDM and Building Regulations, University requirements and sustainability objectives.

About You:

• Degree and/or relevant professional qualification in construction, engineering, surveying, architecture or project management.
• Experience managing capital, infrastructure, refurbishment or construction projects within a complex organisational environment.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects or workstreams, coordinating priorities, dependencies, risks and delivery activity.
• Strong understanding of project management and delivery, including procurement, contracts, budgets, forecasting, risk, governance and reporting.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and work effectively with internal and external stakeholders.

What You’ll Get:

• 29 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and December closure days
• Generous pension scheme
• Flexible and hybrid working
• Access to a wide range of staff benefits, including discounts, wellbeing support, and development programmes

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