Senior Project Manager - Habitats

Randstad; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company vehicle

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Volunteer days

Enhanced pension scheme

Life assurance

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Company laptop and mobile

Job summary

Randstad CPE is seeking a regional Project Manager to deliver large-scale landscaping, habitat creation and ecological restoration across the Midlands. You will lead operations, safety, and commercial delivery with strong client liaison and QA oversight.

This permanent, full-time role (40 hours per week) offers home-based flexibility with site-based travel, a base salary of £50,000+ DOE, plus a dedicated company vehicle, 25 days leave, bank holidays, a generous pension, life assurance, EAP, and

Qualifications

• Proven experience in ecological contracting, habitat creation, or land management.
• Experience leading site teams, plant, vehicles, and subcontractors.
• Strong commercial awareness: quoting, tendering, cost control, and tracking.
• Clean UK driving licence; towing experience advantageous; SSSTS/SMSTS or CSCS preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage large landscaping and habitat contracts safely, to program and within budget.
• Coordinate internal teams, plant, and subcontractors for site productivity.
• Lead client liaison, contract administration, progress monitoring, and milestone reporting.
• Enforce safety and quality standards; author RAMS; mentor junior staff.

Skills

Project management

Ecological contracting

Team leadership

Client relationship skills

Commercial acumen

Driving licence (UK)

SSSTS/SMSTS/CSCS cards

Job description

About this Role

This Project Manager position offers an outstanding opportunity to join a leading environmental contractor delivering landmark habitat creation, biodiversity enhancement, and ecological restoration schemes across the Midlands. You will lead the operational, commercial, and safety delivery of large-scale landscaping and habitat management contracts across regional infrastructure projects.

• Manage large-scale landscaping and habitat management contracts, ensuring delivery safely, to program, and within budget.

• Coordinate internal delivery teams, plant, and subcontracted resources to maximize site productivity and efficiency.

• Lead client liaison, contract administration, progress monitoring, and milestone reporting across major schemes.

• Enforce safety and quality standards, authoring site-specific RAMS, managing QA inspections, and mentoring junior delivery staff.

About You

You are an experienced Project Manager or Contracts Manager with a strong operational background in practical land management, ecological contracting, habitat restoration, or commercial landscaping. You possess strong team leadership, client relationship skills, and solid commercial acumen.

• Demonstrate proven experience in ecological contracting, habitat creation, conservation, forestry, or practical land management.

• Show strong capability in managing site teams, plant, vehicles, and subcontractors across live operational environments.

• Possess strong commercial awareness, with experience in quoting, tendering, cost control, and project financial tracking.

• Hold a clean UK driving licence (essential, with towing experience advantageous); SSSTS, SMSTS, or CSCS cards are preferred.

About Us

Our client is an established, values-led environmental specialist forming part of a wider sustainable land-use group. They have a first-class reputation for nature restoration, Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG), and delivering specialist works on Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects.

• Join a values-driven organization dedicated to championing sustainable land use and environmental excellence.

• Benefit from long-term project stability backed by extensive public and private sector infrastructure contracts.

• Access structured professional mentoring, generous training budgets, and clear pathways for career advancement.

• Work within a supportive, family-feel culture that emphasizes work-life balance and employee well-being.

About Your Future

Taking on this regional delivery role positions you at the forefront of the growing Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) and natural capital sectors with clear routes into Senior Operations and Regional Leadership roles.

• Secure a permanent, full-time position (40 hours per week) offering home-based flexibility with site-based travel.

• Receive a competitive base salary of £50,000+ DOE paired with a dedicated company vehicle suitable for active site access.

• Enjoy 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, volunteering days, and an enhanced company pension scheme.

• Benefit from life assurance, an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), and company laptop and mobile.

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

key responsibilities

• Project Manager
• Senior Project Manager
• Habitats
• Habitat Creation
• Ecological Restoration
• Biodiversity Net Gain
• BNG
• Land Management
• Forestry
• Arboriculture
• Landscaping
• Commercial Management
• RAMS
• SSSTS
• SMSTS
• CSCS
• Midlands
• Birmingham
• Coventry
• Warwickshire
• Staffordshire