Project Manager

Wates Group; Market Harborough; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Wates Group, one of the UK's leading family-owned property and construction firms, is seeking a Project Manager for their Market Harborough team. This full-time role focuses on providing leadership and oversight for project delivery, ensuring customer satisfaction and team development, while also engaging in innovative challenges within the industry.

Benefits

Car Allowance / Company Car

Private Medical Insurance

Pension with 8% employer contribution

26 days holiday plus bank holidays

Health and Wellness programme

Qualifications

• Proven technical skills in project management with experience in construction.
• Strong ability to manage project budgets and resources effectively.
• Experience in quality management and customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage project budgets, ensuring profitability.
• Secure and manage resources for effective project delivery.
• Implement and manage quality plans and ensure smooth project handover.

Skills

Leadership

Project Management

Financial Management

Education

Degree in Project Management or related field

Job description

This is a Full Time/Flexible Working , Permanent vacancy that will close in 13 days at 23:59 BST .

The Vacancy

Wates are looking for a Project Manager to join our MOJConstruction team in Market Harborough.

If you are Project Manager with proven technical skills looking for an opportunity to challenge the norm, bring fresh new ideas and elevate yourself within the industry then join us and help to create tomorrow together.

This is a great opportunity to progress your career as part of a talented, diverse, and supportive team.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Our Project Managers are a valuable part of our business, the focus of this role will be to provide visible leadership, insight, direction and foresight in the safe and profitable delivery of schemes, while also providing excellent customer satisfaction and successfully develop a team.

As our Project Manager you will:

• Develop, control, and ensure delivery against the project budgets including profit, preliminaries and procurements. Implement detailed programmes and schedules which allow accurate monitoring and reporting of progress
• Secure and manage the appropriate resources to deliver the project / scheme effectively and efficiently in a professional manner to ensure successful delivery within project constraints.
• Implement and manage the development of the Project Quality Plan, Trade Quality Plans, and Defect rectification procedures
• Ensure there is a successful and smooth handover of the project, including support to customer/ end user throughout the handover process.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Competitive salary & profit share scheme
• Car Allowance / Company Car (subject to Role/Grade)
• Travel covered to any of our sites (subject to HMRC advisory rates)
• Extensive corporate benefits including, Private Medical, Pension 8% employers’ contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 26 days holidays + bank holidays and much more…
• Excellent range of learning and development activity to support your career progression
• Industry leading family leave benefits to included 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 12weeks fully paid paternity.

We are always looking for a variety of new talent to join our teams, to help us grow and innovate as a business. Although you may not have all of the skills listed, many of them may be transferable to other roles within the WATES Group.

If you would like clarity on any of our vacancies, discuss career opportunities in strict confidence or need anything to make our recruitment process easier, please contact our In-House Recruitment Team directly or [e-mail] and one of us will get in touch as soon as possible.

As a responsible and inclusive employer, we are committed to equality and are proud to have been recognised for this through a range of accolades including gold accreditation with Investors in People, we are also a Disability Confident employer. Being a family owned, business means we understand and value long term relationships.

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in, and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.

Awards

BEST PROJECT

BEST PROJECT

Inside Housing Development Awards

WINNER

WINNER

2022 Construction News Awards Winner

GOLD AWARD

GOLD AWARD

Investors in People 2022

GOLD AWARD

GOLD AWARD

Considerate Constructors Schemes (CCS) National Site Awards

TOP 50 EMPLOYERS

TOP 50 EMPLOYERS

2022 Top 50 Employers for Women

WINNER