Senior Project Manager

Fortem; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Motor Expenditure Allowance

Salary sacrifice car lease

Discretionary bonus up to 10%

Birthday off

Job summary

Fortem is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager based in Sheffield to lead retrofit and capital works social housing refurbishment programmes across the Yorkshire region. You will oversee multiple projects, manage site teams and ensure delivery to contract specifications.

The role sits within our Northern Projects division, in partnership with Sanctuary Yorkshire housing, and requires strong leadership, risk management and client liaison skills.

Qualifications

• Construction project management experience, ideally retrofit/capital works programmes.
• Ability to read programmes, drawings, schedules and specifications.
• Commercial awareness and ability to work with the commercial team.

Responsibilities

• Manage and monitor safe delivery of capital works and retrofit programmes.
• Lead and motivate Site Managers, Assistant Site Managers and CLOs.
• Plan and review works schedules, resources, materials and supply chain requirements.
• Ensure health, safety and environmental policies are followed.

Skills

Project management

Staff leadership

Budget management

Health & safety

Client communication

Education

NVQ4 / HNC

Job description

Due to our continued success here at Fortem, we are delighted to confirm that we are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to join our team. Based in Sheffield this role involves working with a large social housing provider on retrofit projects in the Yorkshire region.

The overall objective of the Senior Project Manager will be to organise and manage the delivery of multiple projects in-line with the contract requirement.

This will be working Retrofit / Capital Works social housing refurbishment programmes across the Yorkshire region.

The Project

This will be working within our Northern Projects division in partnership with Sanctuary Yorkshire housing.

Duties and Responsibilities

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Manage and monitorthe safe and effective delivery of Capital Works and Retrofit social housing refurbishment prgrammes.
• Lead and motivate an operational team (Site Managers, Assistant Site Managers and CLO's).
• Organise and review works schedules, including resources, materials and supply chain requirements
• Comply with Health, Safety and Environmental policies and procedures
• Establish standards of quality on site and ensure delivery of a build in accordance with the specification and project requirements
• Follow procedures to mitigate risks of complaints when working in or around occupied premises.
• Communicate effectively with clients, project team and contractors.
• Engage and develop excellent relationships with supply chain, client representatives and consultants.
• Plan cost effective use of resources and forecast resource requirements in line with budget and projected works
• Ensure resources are adequate and competency of the team for the works involved
• Securing strong relationships with the client to ensure the potential for follow on works
• Monitor work to agreed preliminaries budget.
• Identify risk and put in place appropriate contingency planning

What You Will Need

• Demonstrable Construction Project Management ideally SHF/energy efficient works and Retrofit/Capital Works programmes.
• Ability to read interpret and understand programmes, drawings, schedules and specifications
• Proven ability to work to and develop operating procedures.
• Comfortable producing progress updates for the client in preparation for client meetings & internal reviews.
• To be commercially aware, comfortable working alongside the commercial team, confident in challenging others and ensuring programme deadlines are achieved.
• Full working knowledge of H&S and Environmental legislation including but not restricted to the CDM regulations
• Minimum level 4 qualification (NVQ4 or HNC)
• First Aid at work certificate
• Experience of working on Retrofit projects
• Experience of working for a social housing clients a Tier 1 contractor
• Experience of overseeing multiple projects with a number of Site, assistant site managers, CLO's reporting to you.
• Competitive salary based on experience
• Motor Expenditure Allowance (£4,000) or company car.
• Option to opt into a salary sacrifice car lease
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + your birthday off (34 days total)
• Discretionary bonus of up to 10%
• 26 weeks full pay maternity leave
• 8 weeks full pay paternity leave
• Discounted gym memberships at national and local gyms
• Vast directory of training on bespoke in-house Learning Management System
• Private healthcare and dental care
• Cycle to work scheme
• Retail and mobile phone provider discounts

Who We Are

We are part of the Willmott Dixon group, established in 2002 Fortem provides specialist property solutions tailored to keep homes and buildings running smoothly. Our highly trained teams deliver a range of works including Retrofit, Capital Works and Repairs and Maintenance programmes.

Alongside our core functions, we have extensive experience in decarbonisation, specialising in making homes more energy-efficient and helping clients on their journey to become zero carbon.

Our experience, commitment to best practice and exemplary quality, together with a genuine partnered approach, ensures we achieve excellent outcomes for our partners, clients and customers. We have an established track record of improving communities and creating better places for people to work and live.

We are Investors in People - Gold, we believe in equality, diversity and respect for all and encourage applications from all sectors of the community.