Senior Project Manager - Facades

Bovis; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension up to 10%

Private medical health benefit

Life assurance

25 days annual leave (+ buy/sell)

Wellbeing leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Gym membership discounts

Job summary

Bovis Construction (Europe) Limited seeks a Senior Project Manager, Facades, to oversee theming contractors for Universal UK resorts facades and related theming works. The role covers concept through completion across multiple buildings in Bedfordshire, ensuring alignment with the theme park vision and brand.

The successful candidate will lead a team, manage external contractors, and coordinate with client teams and consultants to deliver on time, within budget, and to high quality standards.

Qualifications

• Chartered CIOB or equivalent professional construction qualification.
• Degree in Project Management, Building/Construction Studies or Engineering.
• Proven track record managing large construction projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and develop a delivery team to meet project objectives.
• Create and manage detailed project strategy, plan and schedule.
• Monitor quality, safety, costs and compliance across the project.
• Maintain communication with all stakeholders and manage project records.
• Oversee design teams, procurement, and construction activities to ensure timely delivery.
• Lead in risk management and lessons learnt to improve outcomes.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Facades

Stakeholder management

Contractor oversight

Risk management

Education

Chartered CIOB

BSc/MSc in Project Management or Building/Construction Studies/Engineering

Tools

Bovis standard tools

Job description

Bovis Construction (Europe) Limited seeks a Senior Project Manager, Facades, to oversee theming contractors for Universal United Kingdom resorts facades and internal/external theming works. The Senior Project Manager will play a crucial role in managing theming contractors, ensuring the timely and successful delivery of theming works for an adventure-themed zone across multiple buildings. Working closely with the senior management team as well as the client consultant teams and client own contractors as well as Bovis's, the successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the entire theming process, from concept to completion, and ensuring it aligns with the overall vision and brand of the theme park. Experience with external 3rd party contractors and working as part of a wider team is desirable.

We are looking for an experienced and skilled Senior Project Manager to join our Private Sector to work on a major project in Bedfordshire . The successful candidate will play a vital role in overseeing the construction ensuring timely delivery and exceptional quality. As a key member of our team, you will manage a dedicated group of professionals, guiding them towards the successful completion of this prestigious leisure complex project reporting into a Programme Project Director.

Key Responsibilities -

• Provide leadership in the creation of skills, well-being and develop a supportive work environment for delivery staff.
• Creating a detailed project strategy, plan and schedule and managing the project delivery within that plan ensuring the maximum outcomes for the client and Bovis.
• Ensure quality is at a consistently high level and proactively identify quality issues, setting up and monitoring systems and outputs to ensure right first-time construction.
• Establish and maintain appropriate communication and record keeping with all project stakeholders.
• Review all costs and controls.
• Build and maintain a qualified and experienced team. Managing the performance and development of the project team through coaching, mentoring and building the required skills and experience to ensure Bovis is recognised as a place people want to work and excels in project delivery.
• Processes and Systems, use and promote Bovis standard tools and systems to deliver a successful outcome
• Risk Management, develop a comprehensive understanding of project risk and through communication and collaboration.
• Compliance,
• Accountable for the implementation and compliance with all Bovis safety requirements across staff, contractors and work practices ensuring appropriate records are maintained and required reports are available.
• Recognise and reward safe behaviours and practices.
• Review the EHS plans and regularly review lessons learnt. Review the project sustainability objectives and targets ensuring compliance with Bovis standards and local regulatory requirements.
• Build and maintain external relationships (e.g. clients, contractors/subcontracts) and develop trust and confidence

Credentials

• Have a related Chartership such as CIOB.
• Professional Construction Qualifications relevant to the role (BSc or MSc in Project Management or Building / Construction Studies or Engineering).

Skills

• High emotional intelligence and able to demonstrate key leadership skills.
• Proven track record of delivering successful construction projects.
• Management and mentoring of staff and development of skills.
• Experience of project planning and resource allocation & managing design teams.
• Demonstrate an ability to communicate effectively and lead the construction delivery team and construction workforce.
• Demonstrate an ability to be flexible in recognising where working methods require adapting and changing to suit a change in project needs or new challenges.
• Demonstrate an ability to ensure delivery of work packages and in places betterment of commercial targets.
• Ability to provide leadership in the creation of skills, well-being and develop a supportive work environment for delivery staff.
• Ability to manage the project delivery within a timely manner to ensure the maximum outcomes for the client and Bovis

Knowledge

• An in-depth knowledge of the construction process and construction methods.
• Knowledge of current construction laws, legislations, and regulations, standards and procedures.
• Expert knowledge of the construction industry.
• Understanding of programme duration and sequencing of works of relevant aspects of construction.
• Experience different façade technologies and taking projects from pre construction through to delivery and hand over.

Experience

• Pre-construction and site establishment experience.
• Experience of dealing with clients, contractors and construction activities.
• Design, procurement, construction and delivery experience.
• Experience in the delivery of medium to large scale commercial projects (£80m + in construction value).
• Demonstratable experience of the delivery of major commercial office buildings.

Behaviours

• Flexibility and openness of approach and willingness to work as a team player.
• Must lead in the Incident and Injury Free (IIF) vision, both personal and organisational, to create an existence absent of incident and injury.
• Eager to make an impact on the local community to create legacy.
• Strategic thinking and visionary.
• Develop and maintain relationships with trust and confidence.
• Willingness and drive to create environments where teams thrive.
• Ability to hold teams to account, have difficult conversations where needed and manage performance.

We will provide:

• Up to 10% employer pension contribution
• Private medical health benefit (family cover available)
• Life assurance.
• 25 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell additional days
• 4 days wellbeing leave in addition to annual leave
• Health and wellbeing support and initiatives
• 24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Programme including direct access to Talking Therapies and Coaching services
• Discounted gym membership to over 2,500 gym’s nation wide
• Industry leading parental leave

Belong at Bovis

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