Senior Project Manager

Urban Connect; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Urban Connect in London seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead a major civil engineering infrastructure scheme from design through handover. Based in West London, you will build and manage the delivery team, coordinate stakeholders and ensure value for money.

The role requires a proven track record delivering large-scale projects, strong leadership, safety focus and the ability to drive programmes to time and budget.

Qualifications

• Experience in civil infrastructure projects.
• Proven track record delivering large schemes.

Responsibilities

• Full responsibility for the delivery of the project through its life cycle.
• Produce financial forecast, monitoring and controlling project costs and cost reporting, and produce monthly reports to Director of Operations.
• Deliver projects from design phase to completion, including handover documentation.
• Lead progress, budget resources and planning meetings, making final decisions where required.
• Review work packages and ensure defined scope of work.
• Lead weekly site meetings and maintain records of discussion and actions.
• Build and develop relationships with customers, suppliers and design consultants.
• Maintain construction programmes with company staff.
• Create engineering solutions to deliver buildable, cost-effective construction.
• Ensure production of Project Plans, risk assessments, method statements, site waste management plans, and procurement of plant/materials.
• Work closely with the wide company SLT on future projects and incentives.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Stakeholder communication

Civil engineering knowledge

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering

Job description

Senior Project Manager - Civil Engineering

This highly respected UK civil engineering contractor has a long and established history as market leader in their field. Working across a wide variety of the civil engineering arena they boast a wide portfolio of projects and capabilities. With a solid order book for the next 5 years, they are in a very strong position to continue their growth plan.

Having always had a dominant position in London and the Southeast they are looking to expand their senior leadership team. If you are looking to take to lead on a major infrastructure project that has received some incredible press this opportunity might be of interest to you. Our client is looking for leader to take this high-profile scheme forward. You will be able to build your team and shape the direction of the project that make a major footprint on the London infrastructure map.

Position: Senior Project Manager

Location: West London

Package: Negotiable

Duties

• Full responsibility for the delivery of the project through the various stages of its life cycle.
• Produce financial forecast, monitoring and controlling project costs and cost reporting, and produce monthly reports to Director of Operations
• Deliver projects from the design phase to completion, including all handover documentation
• Lead progress, budget resources and planning meetings, making the final decisions where required to.
• Review work packages and ensure the scope of work is clearly defined and understood
• Lead weekly site meetings and ensure the production of accurate records of any discussions and actions
• Build and develop relationships with the customer, framework suppliers and design consultants
• Maintain construction programmes with company staff
• Create engineering solutions so that a buildable, cost-effective construction solution is delivered that fulfils the client's requirements
• Ensure production and implementation of Project Plans, risk assessments, method statements, site waste management plans, and procurement of plant and materials are in line with company procedures
• Work closely with the wide company SLT on future projects and incentives.

Person Specification

• Experienced in civil engineering, infrastructure or related industries.
• Track record in project delivery, ideally in a number one position or equivalent.
• Academically qualified in civil engineering, construction or equivalent.
• Ability to communicate at multiple levels from stakeholders, clients and board level.
• Strong leadership skills to health and safety work practices.
• Ability to lead large teams across a wide variety of civil engineering specialisms