Project Manager

CBRE; Rugby; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE, Inc. is seeking a Project Manager to identify, develop, and deliver commercial real estate projects for a global industrial and logistics client.

You will lead projects end-to-end across client sites, ensuring safety, on-time delivery, budget control, quality, and target margins. The role involves international travel (3–5 days per month) to South Africa, the Middle East, and Europe, with most work-based from home and regular visits to Rugby and Kettering.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years in project management in M&E, facilities, construction, or critical environments.
• Proven experience managing project profit and loss.
• Experience leading a team.
• Full driving licence.
• IOSH Managing Safely and/or SMSTS certification.
• Technical qualification in construction/ME or related discipline.
• Strong written and verbal communication and numeracy.
• Recognised project management qualification.
• NEBOSH desirable.

Responsibilities

• Identify and develop project opportunities within an assigned portfolio of maintenance contracts.
• Liaise with key stakeholders to understand requirements and feasibility.
• Define and document project scopes of work with designers and subcontractors.
• Ensure alignment with business case, budget, outcomes and margins.
• Prepare tenders and analyse subcontractor returns.
• Comply with CDM regulations and act as principal contractor when required.
• Identify and manage risks across projects.
• Embed CBRE QHSE practices throughout projects.
• Ensure project governance and documentation are up to date.
• Provide monthly project reports to Head of Projects/Business Unit Director.

Skills

Project management

Budget management

Stakeholder liaison

Team leadership

Risk management

Education

M&E/Construction qualification

Project management qualification

IOSH Managing Safely or SMSTS

NEBOSH qualification (desirable)

Job description

The Project Manager will be responsible for identifying, developing, and delivering commercial real estate projects across the portfolio of a global industrial and logistics client. The role will provide end-to-end project leadership across the client’s sites, taking full accountability for the safe, timely, cost-effective, and commercially successful delivery of projects from initial opportunity through to completion. This will include ensuring that each project meets the client’s operational requirements, agreed business case, budget, programme, quality standards, and target profit margins.

The role will involve international travel for approximately 3 to 5 days per month, including travel to South Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. Outside of these international assignments, the role will be primarily home based, with regular travel to local client sites in Rugby and Kettering.

Key Responsibilities

Project Management

• Identify and develop project opportunities within an assigned portfolio of maintenance contracts.
• Liaise with key stakeholders to understand their requirements, assess the feasibility of proposed schemes, and act as a trusted adviser.
• Work with developers, designers, and subcontractors to define and document project scopes of work.
• Develop a comprehensive understanding of each project’s scope, ensuring it aligns with the agreed business case, budget, required outcomes, and profit margins.
• Manage and prepare tenders on behalf of customers, including the full analysis of subcontractor returns.
• Work in accordance with current CDM regulations and, where required, assume the role of principal contractor.
• Identify, mitigate, and manage all statutory, operational, and commercial risks associated with each project.
• Ensure CBRE QHSE practices and processes are fully embedded throughout every project.
• Comply with all relevant project management policies, procedures, and governance requirements.
• Manage the day-to-day operational delivery of projects from end to end. This may include estimating, business development, quantity surveying, subcontractor management, and site management responsibilities.
• Work closely with relevant stakeholders to ensure projects are implemented effectively and efficiently.
• Obtain formal written customer acceptance in accordance with the agreed project plans.
• Agree payment schedules and applications for payment that support the successful delivery of the project and the interests of the business.
• Ensure all project documentation is complete, up to date, and stored appropriately.
• Provide timely monthly project reports to the Head of Projects or Business Unit Director in the agreed format.

Business Development

• Build and manage a short-, medium-, and long-term pipeline of project opportunities across the Business Unit’s customer portfolio.
• Identify and leverage opportunities through regular visibility and engagement at customer sites.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues to identify and develop new project opportunities.
• Use relevant case studies to promote CBRE’s capabilities and host key decision-makers on show-site tours.

Relationship Management

• Build and maintain strong, effective relationships with customers, site teams, and other key stakeholders.
• Develop a pipeline of appropriately approved supply partners in collaboration with the central procurement team.

Commercial Management

• Maintain full accountability for the profit and loss of each project.
• Ensure all agreed financial objectives are achieved.
• Analyse financial variances and implement corrective actions where required.
• Value subcontractor accounts and prepare applications for payment.
• Ensure projects remain commercially viable and comply with the commercial terms of the relevant contract.
• Manage all commercial activities in accordance with CBRE policies, procedures, and governance requirements.

Experience

• A minimum of 4 years’ proven project management experience in an M&E, facilities management, construction, or critical-environment setting.
• Proven experience managing project profit and loss.
• Demonstrable experience of managing a team.
• Previous experience operating at a senior level is desirable.
• Full driving licence

Qualifications

• IOSH Managing Safely and/or SMSTS certification.
• A recognised technical qualification in construction, M&E, or a related discipline.
• Business-standard written and verbal communication skills, together with strong numeracy.
• A recognised project management qualification.
• NEBOSH qualification is desirable.