Senior Project Manager

Currie & Brown Group Limited; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Currie & Brown Group Limited in Manchester seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead design and construction activities across multi-site projects within a leading international asset management consultancy.

You will liaise with clients, designers and contractors, coordinate design work, manage cost and delivery, and drive outcomes with a proactive team across education and other sectors. A strong background in fit-out projects and risk management is desirable.

Qualifications

• Technical delivery experience in the construction industry.
• Good written and client-facing communication skills.
• Well-organised, diligent, proactive and commercially astute.
• Team player with a can-do attitude and diplomacy.
• Experience in the education sector environment would be advantageous.
• Experience of fit-out projects.
• Risk management qualifications or experience.

Responsibilities

• Support the project lead in managing the design and construction phases of multi-site projects.
• Liaise with stakeholders including client teams, designers, contractors, FM and security consultants.
• Lead the design coordination of customer fit-out against client design guides and constraints.
• Deliver projects, commissions and professional assignments.
• Set objectives and priorities as part of a proactive team.
• Maintain effective communication for successful project completion and financial control.
• Assist with commercial management services.
• Deliver all outputs accurately and on time.
• Provide cost management support to the team leader.
• Represent the company professionally to form strong client relationships.

Skills

Technical delivery

Client communication

Organised

Team player

Education sector experience

Fit-out projects

Risk management

Education

BSc in construction management, architecture, building surveying or equivalent

Job description

Currie & Brown is one of the leading International physical asset management and construction consultancies, dedicated to advising clients worldwide with our expertise and experience in multiple sectors and services. We are differentiated by our people, innovation and reputation with a genuine global office network.

Our people, from the first-day apprentice to senior management make our business what it is today. Everybody in the Currie & Brown family, no matter how experienced they are, plays their own unique part in our success and have fun along the way.

We are now seeking to hire a Senior Project Manager for our Manchester office.

Your core duties will involve:

• Support the project lead inmanagingthe design and construction phases of the design andfit-outof multi-sited projects
• Liaise with multiple stakeholders from the client and customer teams including, property services, designers, contractors, FM and building management and security consultants.
• Lead the coordination of the design of the customerfit-outagainst the client’s design guides and constraints.
• Delivering projects, commissions and professional assignments
• Assuming a leading role in setting objectives and priorities, working as a proactive team player
• Maintaining effective communication to ensure all information is available for the successful completion of projects; liaising with other managers to ensure efficient financial control
• Assisting with commercial management services
• Delivering all work outputs in an accurate and timely manner
• Providing support to the team leader/service leaders in cost management of projects
• Representing the company in a professional and diligent manner; meeting, negotiating and corresponding with clients to form strong working relationships

What skills and attributes are we looking for from you:

• Technical delivery experience gained within the construction industry
• Good technical writing, client-facing and communication skills
• Well-organised, diligent, proactive, assertive, well-disciplined and commercially astute
• A team player with a ‘can-do’ attitude, outgoing, polite, patient, diplomatic, personable, respectful and flexible
• BSc in construction management, architecture, building surveying or equivalent
• Experience in the education sector environment would be advantageous
• Experience of fit-out projects
• Risk management qualifications or experience

About Us

Why choose Currie & Brown?

Unlike some businesses, we prioritise for the long term and honour our commitments. We are compassionate and inclusive in the way we approach our work, and always look to invest in our people’s futures. Be it a desire to work internationally, a drive to progress, or even a curiosity to operate in a new sector, we are there for our people at every stage – providing advice, support and the structure to achieve. That is why so many of us have established and built successful careers here for so long.

We don’t offer just a job we offer a career with clear structured route to progression, and a track record of making international mobility happen with international moves encouraged on a permanent or secondment basis.

We are an international industry leader – Working for us provides the chance to work for a leading brand with a focus on excellence, being digitally-led in our approach, we present the chance to work on some of the world’s most prestigious projects and for some of the world’s top clients.

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work everyday and that is why we firmly believe equality, diversity and inclusion should be fundamental in creating a successful work force.

We offer comprehensive benefits packages in all our global regions which have been specifically tailored to offer additional rewards to our employees from entry level to senior executives.