Project Manager

VINCI Building UK; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

VINCI Building is seeking a seasoned Project Manager for the Midlands region to deliver medium to large building projects to budget and programme. You will progress from Preconstruction to site, leading a high-performing team with a strong delivery background and a focus on H&S and quality.

You will coordinate with the commercial team, chair client meetings, and report progress to the Contracts Manager, ensuring effective information flow and timely decision making.

Qualifications

• Seasoned Project Manager with strong delivery background and excellent communication skills.
• Able to work effectively within a high performing team and contribute to project success.
• Strong H&S ethos and ability to lead from the front in health, safety and quality on site.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a clear management structure and assign responsibilities.
• Produce monthly CVRs and chair client meetings; report progress to Contracts Manager.
• Ensure materials, plant and subcontractors are procured to meet targets and budgets.
• Review Health & Safety and investigate incidents, providing summaries and recommendations.
• Develop overall project strategy, plans and ensure activities progress to schedule.
• Manage project information and ensure dissemination to relevant parties.

Skills

Delivery management

Communication

Leadership

Collaboration

BIM

Tools

BIM

Job description

VINCI Building are looking to recruit a Project Manager in our Midlands region with a proven track record of delivering medium to large building projects to budget and programme. In this role you’ll work through Preconstruction before moving to site.

Role Overview

We are seeking a seasoned Project Manager with a strong delivery background, excellent communication skills and a collaborative approach. The successful candidate must be able to work effectively within a high performing team, listen to and challenge constructively, and contribute positively to project success. You’ll be ambitious, driven and motivated, and looking to develop into a Senior Project Manager role as your next career step.

You'll be able to show a strong H&S ethos, with the ability to lead from the front in delivering high standards of H&S and quality throughout the project from a background working with a UK main contractor across a wide range of sectors, with ideally a principal focus of healthcare projects.

Taking full ownership of the project finances working closely with the commercial team, you’ll complete and deliver monthly CVRs and chair client meetings whilst reporting project progress to the Contracts Manager.

Managing organisational resources

• Maintain a clear management structure.
• Ensure individuals are aware of what is expected of them and assign individual responsibilities.
• Employ additional resources as required.
• Develop individuals through coaching and training.
• Manage employee conflict.

Management of information

• Management of designers, including providing direction for the design manager.
• Production of information required schedules & subsequent monitoring.
• Ensure dissemination of information to relevant parties.
• Understand what BIM is, understand the implications and value proposition of BIM within the organisation.
• Provide management information to line manager.

Production

• Ensure materials, plant and sub-contractors are procured to meet targets.
• Ensure appropriate quality is achieved on the project.
• Ensure that the works are undertaken in accordance with all HS&E legislation, and the site Health Safety and Environmental Plans.
• Review Health & Safety and investigate incidents, providing summary and recommendations.
• Carryout periodic inspection of construction sites to ensure compliance.
• Maintain strict adherence to the budgetary guidelines, quality and safety standards.
• Identify the elements of project design and construction likely to give rise to disputes and claims.
• Mitigate legal issues and defects liability for the business.
• Communicate effectively with the contractors responsible for completing various phases of the project.
• Decide on solutions to major issues and challenges.

Project Planning

• Maintain & develop overall strategy for the project.
• Develop plans to achieve specific goals.
• Ensure that construction activities move according to predetermined schedule.
• Monitor the progress of the construction activities on a regular basis and hold regular status meetings with all the sub-teams.
• Review project plans with Contracts Manager on Monthly basis.
• Liaison with client and end users
• Manage aspirations of client & end users.
• Resolve queries and complaints.
• Develop relationships for the future winning work.
• Report on progress, problems and information requirements.

Administration

• Ensure project documents are complete.
• Manage site secretary / receptionist.
• Set up project systems and review.
• Procure IT requirements.
• Ensure company procedures are being maintained by internal review

Please Note:

To be eligible for this opportunity, candidates must already possess the right to work in the UK. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position, and applications requiring sponsorship cannot be considered.

We are VINCI Building

Operating from our network of offices throughout England and Wales, VINCI Building delivers new build, refurbishment and associated fitout works, with particular expertise in the education, healthcare, industrial, air, retail, commercial and mixed-use sectors.

We focus on technical excellence and experience to sustainably deliver best value for our clients.

We understand and respond to the challenges of the modern built environment.

Our goal is always to build strong partnerships with our customers and stakeholders to ensure success by unlocking your strategic vision and turning it into a deliverable scheme. We are active in a wide range of sectors and value bands, allowing us to provide a regional service with national resources.

VINCI Building delivers complex projects and programmes, blending our corporate stability with the local knowledge our teams offer.

Sustainability is at the heart of our approach, and we are committed to respecting and protecting the environment in everything that we do. We take the time to understand and make a positive difference to each community that we work in to ensure that our projects leave a lasting legacy.

Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) at VINCI Building is about recognising and celebrating each other’s differences and what they bring to the team. Harnessing this diversity and applying the experiences, abilities and unique qualities of individuals will enhance our business; therefore, we commit to equity of opportunity and fair treatment of all current and potential employees and encourage job applications from all.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments to be made as part of the application process, please contact us directly.

VINCI Building recognises the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements across many of our roles which include working from home to enable employees to balance their working life with other priorities.