Location:
Hong Kong
Role Overview
The Project Construction Manager will be responsible for managing and delivering industrial, logistics, or large-scale construction projects within the UK, with a strong focus on cost control, design coordination, regulatory compliance, and on-site execution. The role acts as a key interface between design consultants, main contractors, sub-contractors, suppliers, and internal technical and procurement teams to ensure projects are delivered safely, compliantly, on time, and within budget.
Key Responsibilities
Project & Construction Management
- Lead end-to-end project and construction management activities from design development through construction, commissioning and handover.
- Oversee project schedules, budgets, quality, health & safety and environmental performance to ensure successful project delivery.
- Coordinate multiple trade contractors and work packages under parallel or split-contract / two-stage tendering procurement structures.
- Ensure effective coordination of MEP, civil, architectural, and structural works to avoid interface conflicts, programme clashes and construction delays.
Design Coordination & Regulatory Compliance
- Manage and coordinate with UK design consultants to ensure designs comply with HK building regulations, statutory codes, and approval requirements (e.g. HK Fire Safety Order, Building Safety Act, local planning authority standards).
- Review and integrate technical solutions into design packages while ensuring buildability, compliance, and cost efficiency.
- Liaise with building control bodies, fire safety officers and other authorities having jurisdiction to support design approvals, building notices and consents.
- Ensure compliance with the HK Building Regulations and other relevant statutory requirements.
Contractor & Site Management
- Oversee on-site construction activities, ensuring works are executed in accordance with approved designs, specifications, and quality standards.
- Conduct regular site inspections, progress reviews, and coordination meetings with contractors, consultants, and stakeholders.
- Identify and resolve site-related technical, quality, safety, and schedule issues in a timely manner.
Cost Control & Value Optimization
- Monitor project costs and variations, ensuring alignment with approved budgets and cost targets.
- Support the implementation of cost-saving measures, value engineering initiatives, and optimized construction methods without compromising quality, safety or compliance.
- Review contractors’ payment applications, variations, and change orders in coordination with commercial and procurement teams.
Procurement & Supply Chain Coordination
- Support procurement activities including contractor appointment, supplier sourcing, and material/equipment selection based on UK domestic and import supply chain availability.
- Coordinate with suppliers and contractors to ensure timely delivery of long-lead items and critical materials.
- Assist in defining technical scopes, specifications, and contract requirements aligned with standard UK forms of contract (JCT / NEC etc.)
Stakeholder & Cross-Functional Coordination
- Act as a key coordination point between internal technical teams, procurement functions, consultants, contractors, and local stakeholders.
- Facilitate effective communication across multi-disciplinary teams and ensure alignment on project objectives and execution strategies.
Reporting & Continuous Improvement
- Prepare and present regular project status reports covering progress, risks, costs, and key issues.
- Capture lessons learned and site feedback to improve future project delivery and construction practices.
- Proactively identify risks and implement mitigation measures throughout the project lifecycle.
Package Interface & Risk Management
- Identify, manage, and mitigate interface risks arising from split contracts and multiple subcontractors.
- Develop and maintain package interface matrices, responsibility demarcation documents, and sequencing plans to mitigate scope gaps and interface risks.
- Maintain a live interface risk register and ensure responsibilities are clearly assigned and communicated.
- Manage cross-trade coordination meetings and resolve interface-related conflicts between subcontractors to avoid delays and contractual claims.
- Lead coordination workshops with consultants, subcontractors, and internal teams to resolve interface and sequencing challenges.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or a related built environment discipline.
- Minimum 8–12 years of relevant project or construction management experience delivering construction projects within the UK.
- Proven experience delivering industrial facilities, logistics warehouses, or large-scale commercial / infrastructure projects.
- Strong knowledge of UK construction regulations, building control, planning approval processes and industry standards.
- Hands‑on experience managing multiple contractors and complex interface coordination on multi‑package projects.
- Solid understanding of construction cost structures, procurement strategies and site execution challenges.
- Hands‑on experience with project management systems for project tracking, submittals, and site reporting (such as Aconex, Procore, BIM, Primavera, Viewpoint etc.)
Skills & Competencies
- Strong leadership and on‑site management capabilities.
- Excellent coordination, communication, and problem‑solving skills.
- High level of cost awareness and commercial acumen.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast‑paced, regulated built environment.
- Fluency in English is essential.