Senior Project Manager

Strata Construction Consulting; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction consultancy in Birmingham seeks an experienced project manager to oversee multi-disciplinary projects, ensuring successful delivery within agreed targets. The ideal candidate will have a degree in Project Management or Engineering and at least ten years’ experience in a similar role, managing medium and large design projects. Key responsibilities include preparing bid proposals, managing project objectives, and ensuring effective communication with clients and stakeholders. Competitive salary and hybrid working options offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Hybrid Working

Company Share Ownership scheme

Private healthcare

Wellbeing services

Cycle to Work Scheme

Techscheme

Payment of professional subscription

Company pension

Life Assurance

Qualifications

• Minimum of ten years' experience in a similar role.
• Experience managing medium and large sized design projects.
• Demonstrable experience on design commissions for large land delivery projects.

Responsibilities

• Prepare bid proposal documents for multi-disciplinary projects.
• Manage multi-disciplinary projects technically and financially.
• Coordinate design and review outputs with project stakeholders.
• Set project objectives and define team tasks.
• Facilitate communication and information flow within the project team.
• Prepare and coordinate the project delivery programme.
• Apply quality assurance and document control practises.
• Manage contractual and commercial risks.
• Undertake invoicing and credit control for cash flow.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Project management

Education

Degree in Project Management or Engineering

Job description

What’s on offer:

• Competitive salary


• Hybrid Working


• Option to participate in the Company Share Ownership scheme


• Private healthcare and access to a range of wellbeing services


• Cycle to Work Scheme


• Techscheme


• Payment of professional subscription


• Company pension


• Life Assurance

The role:

• Preparation of bid proposal documents for multi-disciplinary projects to confirm scope, costs and timeframes to the Client.


• The management of multi-disciplinary projects both from a technical and financial perspectives, in accordance with Client requirements, corporate and business policies, directives, guidance and procedures; ensuring successful delivery to agreed targets, e.g. programme, budget and quality.


• Design coordination and review outputs, in line with broader project requirements, involving collaboration and effective communication with the Client, wider project team and other stakeholders.


• Setting project objectives and defining tasks for the project team.


• Facilitating communication, co-ordination and information control and flow with the Client and within the project team, including any subcontractors and partners.


• Preparing and coordinating the project delivery programme and delivery plans; providing project reports on a regular basis to convey cost and delivery information in a timely manner, as required internally or externally.


• Applying quality assurance and document control practises throughout project delivery;


• Identifying, escalating, and managing any matters that could pose a potential contractual / commercial risk to the business.


• Identifying necessary mitigation actions to prevent targets being missed, controlling change and managing effective change control processes.


• Undertaking invoicing and effective credit control for optimal cash flow (with the support of the finance team); comparing revenue with predicted costs and identifying issues and risks – at project set-up and regularly thereafter.

What you need to succeed:

• Degree qualified (or a relevant equivalent qualification) in either Project Management, or one of the Engineering disciplines.


• A minimum of ten years’ experience in a similar role, with demonstrable experience of working on design commissions for large land delivery projects.


• Strong interpersonal, organisational and communication skills both verbal and written.


• Experience of managing medium and large sized design projects to time, cost and quality objectives.