Senior Project Manager

Wates Group; Wigan; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction firm in Wigan is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead delivery and ensure customer satisfaction. The role offers an opportunity for career progression within a diverse and supportive team. Responsibilities include overseeing project strategies, managing teams, and ensuring Health and Safety performance. In return, the company provides a competitive salary, flexible working, and extensive benefits including private medical and generous leave. Join us to help create tomorrow together.

Benefits

Competitive salary & profit share scheme

Flexible working

Car Allowance / Company Car

Private Medical

Pension 8% employers’ contribution

Health and Wellness programme

26 days holidays + bank holidays

Family leave benefits

Qualifications

• Proven technical skills in project management.
• Ability to lead teams and develop objectives.
• Experience in managing supply chain selection.

Responsibilities

• Provide visible leadership and insight for project delivery.
• Develop bid strategies and support pre-contract teams.
• Manage supply chain and customer relationships effectively.

Skills

Commercial acumen

Leadership skills

Motivational skills

Customer relationship management

Health, Safety, and Environmental (H.S.&E) management

Job description

The Vacancy

Wates are looking for a Senior Project Manager to join our construction team.

If you have proven technical skills and are looking for an opportunity to challenge the norm, bring fresh new ideas and elevate yourself within the industry then join us and help to create tomorrow together.

This is a great opportunity to progress your career as part of a talented, diverse, and supportive team.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Our Senior Project Managers are a valuable part of our business, the focus of this role will be to provide visible leadership, insight, direction and foresight in the safe and profitable delivery of schemes, while also providing excellent customer satisfaction and successfully develop a team.

As our Senior Project Manager you will :

• Provide cost-effective solutions, lead commercial strategies, and manage project business and profit plans.
• Develop bid strategies, support pre-contract teams, review construction options, and ensure timely delivery of design information.
• Set clear objectives, develop team capabilities, implement HR policies, and demonstrate leadership and motivational skills.
• Manage supply chain selection, nurture customer relationships, uphold brand values, and address customer concerns.
• Focus on successful project outcomes, manage H.S.&E performance, develop clear delivery strategies, and ensure efficient project completion.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR :

You will possess strong commercial acumen, with the ability to provide cost-effective solutions, lead commercial strategies, and manage project business and profit plans. Leadership and motivational skills are essential, as you will need to set clear objectives, develop team capabilities, and implement HR policies effectively. Additionally, expertise in managing supply chain selection, nurturing customer relationships, upholding brand values, and addressing customer concerns is required. You will also focus on achieving successful project outcomes, managing Health, Safety, and Environmental (H.S.&E) performance, developing clear delivery strategies, and ensuring efficient project completion.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Competitive salary & profit share scheme
• Flexible working
• Car Allowance / Company Car (subject to Role / Grade)
• Travel covered to any of our sites (subject to HMRC advisory rates)
• Extensive corporate benefits including Private Medical, Pension 8% employers’ contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 26 days holidays + bank holidays and much more…
• Excellent range of learning and development activity to support your career progression
• Industry leading family leave benefits to included 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 12 weeks fully paid paternity.

We are always looking for a variety of new talent to join our teams, to help us grow and innovate as a business. Although you may not have all of the skills listed, many of them may be transferable to other roles within the WATES Group.

As a responsible and inclusive employer, we are committed to equality and are proud to have been recognised for this through a range of accolades including gold accreditation with Investors in People, we are also a Disability Confident employer. Being a family owned, business means we understand and value long term relationships.

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises :

Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.

Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.

Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in, and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.

Awards

• BEST PROJECT
• Inside Housing Development Awards
• WINNER
• 2022 Construction News Awards Winner
• GOLD AWARD
• Investors in People 2022
• GOLD AWARD
• Considerate Constructors Schemes (CCS) National Site Awards
• TOP 50 EMPLOYERS
• 2022 Top 50 Employers for Women
• WINNER
• 2022 Working Families Best Practice Awards