Project Manager | Project Ontwikkelaar (Medior - Senior)

Solid Recruitment; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Office in Amsterdam

Regular team socials (drinks/dinners)

Job summary

Our Client in Amsterdam is seeking a Senior Project Manager to control the full construction process from feasibility to delivery of large-scale projects. You will lead the project team, manage budgets, and act as the client representative across multiple projects, ensuring on-time, on-budget, quality delivery, with governance and stakeholder management at the core.

You will be embedded on-site full-time in Amsterdam, coordinating with external contractors, suppliers and consultants to drive

Responsibilities

• Set up the strategic programme and ensure it is achieved by foreseeing issues and guiding the team.
• Lead the project team (client, contractors, suppliers) and manage multi-project delivery.
• Guard the project budget and monitor financial performance and governance.
• Establish project organization and contract setup, sometimes with the client's legal team.
• Provide strategic advice to the client and manage tender processes.
• Attend meetings as client representative and capture accurate minutes.
• Identify risks early and maintain the risk register with mitigation plans.
• Inform the client with weekly progress reports and strategic review meetings.

Skills

Persuasive

Decisive

Conflict resolution

Result orientated

Empathy

Team player

Proactive

Time management

Organizational skills

Strong communication

Learning mindset

Job description

Our Client

Would you like to work in a dynamic environment where you can bring complex projects to a successful conclusion? Each day is another opportunity to develop yourself. Ambitiousness is encouraged and you can determinethe pace in which you develop yourself.

Job Description

Our client is looking for a new colleague in the role of a Senior Project Manager. As a Senior Project Manager, youmanage the total construction process, from the feasibility study to the delivery of large scale and complex projects.

You will set up and manage the project team during the different project stages. Together with the team you willunburden the client and deliver the project on time, within budget and within the agreed quality. As a Senior ProjectManager you will work on more than one project simultaneously.

The position includes aspects of programme, efficiency, progress monitoring, information flows, finance, legal, andadministration. You will set up and guard the project strategies. As the Senior Project Manager you are therepresentative of the client. In this role you are required to solve complex issues and understand the governanceand political relationships to help solve or prevent these complex issues. You need to make yourself familiar withthe project scope (employer requirements) but are not required to have a technical background as your main tasksare all focused on processes.

You will work at least with one other colleague on a project and the operational manager will alsobe there as your supervisor and to ensure the services on the project are delivered as standard. Youmay be required to act as the supervisor of a Junior or Medior Project Manager. Externally you will manage theproject team, that consists mostly of our clients, contractors, suppliers and other consultants.

Day to day tasks

• Set up the strategic programme and ensure the programme is achieved by looking ahead and preventingor solving project issues so the construction on site can continue as planned
• Solve complex issues and understand the governance and political relationships to help solve or preventthese complex issues
• (help with) Setting up the project budget and guard the project budget is maintained
• Setting up the project team and lead the project team (client, contractors, suppliers and other consultants)
• Set up the project organization / structure and ensure it is maintained
• Set up legal contracts, sometimes in consultation with client's legal team
• Provide strategic advice to the client when required
• Set up and lead tender processes
• Join al meetings as the client representative and ensure correct minutes are made (possibly by yourself)
• Negotiate with external parties
• Identify risks on time and determine the required mitigation. Set up and manage the risk register.
• Guarding of all project actions and deadlines and motivate the project team to achieve these actions
• You have insight into the various stakeholders in the project and involve them when necessary
• With weekly progress reports and strategic meetings, you inform the client about the project progress
• Financial tasks, such as requesting proposals, providing contract awards, creating change orders, handlinginvoices, etc.

Who are we looking for?

• You are persuasive and decisive
• You know how to deal with conflicts
• You are result orientated
• You have a capacity for empathy
• You are eager to learn
• You are a real team player and can motivate others
• You are proactive and can prioritize easily
• You have strong organizational skills (and enjoy doing so)
• You are flexible, you can switch easily between situations
• You are strong in communication
• You can work under time constraints on a daily basis

As a Project Manager you are the eyes and ears of the client on the project and therefore required full-timeon the construction site. During the pre-construction phase, you will work from our office in Amsterdam. As the team is spread over different locations, we therefore meet regularly in an informal setting for a drink or dinnerto catch up.