Senior Project Manager

Galliford Try; Essex; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday entitlement

Discounts

Cycle to Work

Save as You Earn

Private medical

Professional association membership

Job summary

Galliford Try is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead the delivery of projects within the Building Southern unit, predominantly in the Essex region. The role requires regional travel across multiple sites and a strong track record managing high-value schemes.

You will establish client and supply chain relationships, lead project teams, oversee pre-qualifications and bids, and champion safety and quality standards across the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Currently working in a senior position within construction.
• Experience managing a portfolio of projects with each scheme above £5m in value.
• Experience on diverse construction projects including new build, refurbishment and fit out.
• Proven leadership, commercial awareness and ability to inspire and influence teams.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain regional relationships with clients and supply chain.
• Develop and maintain frameworks from second stage to financial close.
• Lead project teams, ensuring professional client engagement and regular liaison with client representatives.
• Support pre-qualifications and tender/bid processes to secure winning solutions.
• Promote the Delivering Excellence initiative and ensure quality and CBAB behaviours across projects.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Business development

Client relationship management

Team motivation

Job description

Senior Project Manager

An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Project Manager Managerto join the team at Galliford Try.

Ideally, you will based in or around the Essex area and will have the opportunity to travel across multiple sites/projects in the Region.

What you will be doing:

The SPM has a responsibility to manage the development and delivery of projects across the Building Southern business unit.

• Establish and maintain a profile across the region, promoting existing and future client and supply chain relationships.
• Develop and maintain key framework relationships, converting frameworks from second stage through to financial close.
• Develop client relationships by ensuring that project teams represent themselves professionally by maintaining regular contact with client's representatives.
• Participate in Regional Management Meetings and ensure the dissemination of strategy is cascaded to the project teams.
• Provide management and technical input to pre-qualifications and tenders / bids to help ensure a winning solution.
• Actively support the personal development review process and organise the required training for staff to maximise the potential of your people.
• Ensure clients are aware of the full suite of end-to-end solutions that the company can provide.
• Establish a behavioural safety culture with the projects and ensure full engagement of staff, supply chain, consultants and client teams. Fully support, promote and be an ambassador for Challenging Beliefs Affecting Behaviours (CBAB).
• Establish positive and collaborative behaviours across the projects which underpin and support our key business strategy, Delivering Excellence. Be an ambassador of Delivering Excellence and ensure it is fully considered in everything you do.
• Establish a behavioural quality culture with the projects, promoting the Right First Time initiative, which further supports Delivering Excellence.
• Use yourself and promote the use of the BMS by your staff, test and challenge this as appropriate.
• Support the development and implementation of the Functional Lead Strategies.
• Ensure robust Quality Management is established at each key stage of the projects journey from Bid, through Construction and into After-Care.
• Implement and oversee the Regional After-Care Strategy.
• Promote and employ yourself the use of VfP for all information exchange.
• Appraise yourself and support the development of strategy around Industry Regulatory change and policy changes.
• Lead by example in everything you do, be aware of the shadow you cast and the effect your behaviours will have on the business unit as a whole.

About You:

• Currently be working in a senior position within construction.
• Experience of managing a portfolio of projects with each scheme above a minimum value of £5m.
• Extensive construction experience gained whilst working on various types of new build, refurbishment & fit out projects.
• Entrepreneurial, strong service ethos with a resolute, yet personable leadership style, the appointed candidate will be technically capable, commercially aware and possess the ability, gravitas and presence to inspire and influence those around them.
• Demonstrable experience and strong relationships across a public sector client base.
• A strong leader who is able to motivate and challenge their teams.
• Able to establish a working environment that engenders ownership of duties and responsibilities.
• Be industry aware and use this knowledge to identify strengths, weaknesses and opportunities within the business.
• Establish working teams that complement each other and work well together. They must, however, be strong enough to address non-compliance and rectify the problems.

What We Can Offer in Return:
With an impressive order book of over £4.3 billion we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we’re poised for further growth and success, so if you’re committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.

We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our ‘Be Well’ programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.

We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.

Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.

Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.

Our benefits:

We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.

• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
• A wide range of corporate discounts
• Cycle to Work schemes
• Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
• Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it
• Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role

About us: Galliford Try is one of the UK’s leading construction businesses with a vision to continuously be a people-orientated, progressive business, driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in.

Our purpose is to improve people’s lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.

We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing a vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long-term value.

For more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our Building Southern business please contact Jack Allford on [e-mail]

Additional Information:

Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, reduced hours or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.

We encourage, and would be grateful if, you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.

Don’t meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

As a Disability Confident employer, we have committed to offer an interview to any candidate with a long-term health condition or disability that meet the essential criteria for the advertised position. Please contact the Resourcing Partner listed within the job advert if you believe this applies to you. We will also take the opportunity to discuss any adjustments required for your interview.”

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