Senior Project Manager

-; Oxford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An international construction company is seeking a Senior Project Manager for a flagship project in Oxford. The successful candidate will deliver a reinforced concrete structure while ensuring safety and budget compliance. Responsibilities include managing project delivery, developing work schedules, and leading teams towards achieving project milestones. Candidates should have 10-15+ years of experience, ideally as a lead on large projects, and possess a degree in Civil Engineering or Construction Management.

Qualifications

• 10-15+ years' experience in project management.
• Experience as a lead on large-scale projects.
• Degree in a relevant field.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the sub-project within budget and safety parameters.
• Develop detailed short-term work programmes.
• Manage staff performance and project budget.
• Provide reporting on progress against the plan.
• Interface with other managers for resource utilization.

Skills

Reinforced concrete structures experience

Project management

Safety compliance

Budget management

Resource planning

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering or Construction Management

Masters (desirable)

Job description

Expanded are currently recruiting for a Senior Project Manager to work on one of our flagship projects, in Oxford.

Scope of work

Reinforced Concrete Structures

Expanded Structures | Expanded Ltd

The Expanded Group provides total capability in the early construction phases of major projects, providing an end-to-end solution or a bespoke choice of services. Backed by a central technical design and engineering resource, we can deliver the full range of piling, precast concrete, post-tensioning and structures techniques.

Role & responsibilities

• Contribute to the achievement of safety targets and zero tolerance of unsafe working practices and occurrences
• To deliver the sub project to the client within budget, Quality Assurance standards, on programme and to stringent safety parameters
• To work with the planning team to develop detailed and accurate short term programmes of work
• To assess the staff capability and performance
• To manage the budget and delivery of the section of the project
• To provide accurate and timely reporting of progress against the plan
• To ensure adoption of innovative ideas from within the business and from the workforce
• To plan the programming of day to day resource requirement and communicate these to the construction team
• To interface with other construction managers and section managers to share best practise and ensure effective resource utilisation
• To monitor external changes to work plans and report the effect of change
• To lead section meetings to review Safety, Quality, Progress and Design. Achievement of commercial requirements
• To ensure effective implementation Laing O Rourke project management systems and procedures
• Contribute to the contract review process
• Client and tenant liaison
• Assist with design development
• To act as person responsible for permit to work procedures

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in Civil Engineering or Construction Management (or equivalent)
• Extensive reinforced concrete structures experience
• Masters - desirable
• Experience delivering large-scale projects as a number 1
• 10-15+ years' experience

About us

Laing O'Rourke are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality - this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

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