Scheme Project Manager

Uniting People; Cheadle; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading project management consulting firm is seeking a skilled Scheme Project Manager to support a Public Sector client remotely. This role involves leading multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring regulatory compliance, and managing project budgets. Ideal candidates will have a degree, chartered status, and experience in Construction Design Management. A strong ability to engage stakeholders and manage contracts is essential, offering an opportunity to make a significant impact in the public sector.

Qualifications

• Degree-level education in a relevant field or equivalent professional experience.
• Membership of a professional body, with chartered status achieved or in progress.
• Strong understanding of CDM regulations.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for delivery of works projects in a safe manner.
• Lead, inspire, and direct specialist teams.
• Manage and implement CDM requirements.

Skills

Degree-level education or equivalent experience

Chartered status in Project Management

Understanding of CDM regulations

Strong stakeholder engagement and communication

Experience in contract management

Knowledge of project budgets

Ability to assess situations

Experience managing safety aspects

Job description

Overview

New Contract opportunity: Scheme Project Manager. We're looking for a skilled Scheme Project Manager to support a Public Sector client remotely and working Inside IR35.

Essential Skills

• Degree-level education in a relevant field or equivalent professional experience.
• Membership of the Association for Project Management (or a similar professional body), with chartered status achieved or in progress.
• Proven experience and strong understanding of Construction Design and Management (CDM) regulations and their practical application.
• Clear evidence of strong stakeholder engagement and communication abilities.
• Demonstrated experience in contract management and successful project delivery.
• Comprehensive knowledge and hands-on experience in managing project budgets.
• Proven ability to assess situations and make well-informed decisions.
• Prior successful experience managing safety aspects within project delivery.

Role details

1. Accountable for delivery of Works Delivery projects in a safe & environmentally responsible manner to time, cost and quality, in accordance applicable company standards, current legislation and procedures including HMRI guidance where appropriate.
2. Work closely with Project Managers to lead, inspire, direct and develop specialist teams to deliver successful projects to meet route objectives for internal and external stakeholders.
3. Manage and implement Construction Design Management (CDM) requirements associated with projects to deliver compliance to regulations.
4. Direct multi-disciplinary teams including commercial, programme controls, engineering, and others to identify solutions to client requirements and establish a robust baseline plan to manage and maintain the plans to project completion.
5. Identify and Implement the management of resource planning for current and projected work banks, including identification and management of critical resource requirements.
6. Support the Project Manager in preparing and maintaining definitions of the project requirements across the project lifecycle, as well as updating business cases that justify projects in terms of benefits, costs and risks in collaboration with clients.
7. Manage stakeholders, taking account of their levels of influence and particular interests.
8. Manage project reviews at appropriate points throughout project lifecycle which inform governance decisions of projects by identifying, monitoring and providing evaluations of progress, performance, risk (threats and opportunities) contingency, and continuing relevance. Plan and implement mitigations to them, responding to other issues that affect the projects and associated programmes.
9. Manage change control in collaboration with clients and contractors by establishing, and implementing where necessary, protocols to change the scope of projects and update configuration documents as required, in accordance with processes.
10. Support accident investigations when remitted to by the relevant designated competent person