Consulting Project Manager - Retail & Leisure

For over 20 years Bovis Consulting has partnered with our clients to shape and deliver precisely tailored and innovative project and programme solutions across the UK. Our agile, one-team approach and on-the-ground, diverse specialist skills are uniquely combined with the vast knowledge, insights and technical expertise of our construction business to provide a truly unique offering.

We are currently recruiting for Project Managers to work on projects in retail and leisure.

• Determine project management, technical services and external resources required for the project on an individual and team basis.
• Planning, leading and managing a project team to deliver integrated, sustainable, and effective solutions that meet the project brief.
• Establishing strong working relationships with partners and key stakeholders at all levels, ensuring that all requirements are captured with approvals in place.
• End-to-end execution planning and management as you establish clear goals with well-defined roles and deliverables.
• Ensuring a seamless, defined integration of design, development, commissioning delivery and process requirements.
• Reporting of project performance using project control tools, including earned value and quantitative risk analysis.
• Ensuring thorough management of both the deliverables and team safety.
• Collaboratively work with the construction manager/delivery team and/or external resources to ensure the successful delivery of the project in line with all stakeholders’ expectations.
• Manage consultant team and project stakeholders to ensure effective completion of responsibilities including project brief/scope, fees, processing claims, deliverable and/or project variations.
• Display strong communication and negotiation skills to support the client/customer focus.
• Ensure the conversion program is maintained and all submissions are completed within the agreed milestone.
• Produce design and authorities programme to be integrated with procurement and delivery programme.
• Manage the timely delivery to programme for the concept, schematic, detailed design and design development in accordance with the overall delivery program and agreed on project milestones.
• Assist with the timely sequencing/methodology and production of stating plans.

Credentials

• Degree qualified ideally in an engineering, architectural or construction related degree.
• Work towards or ideally obtained professional accreditation (APM, CIOB, RICS, RIBA, ICE).

Experience & background

• Experience in complex project delivery within live operational environments.
• Drive focus in all areas of health, safety, quality and environmental matters on projects, challenging where needed.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in project management and/or construction-related discipline, combined with a demonstrable intermediate level of role knowledge.
• Knowledge of Construction and Property industries and an understanding of estimating, scheduling, field supervision, contracts administration, procurement, financial controls and reporting.
• Problem-solving and analytical skills for resolving planning, estimating, contract administration and procurement issues within construction and design activities.
• Good interpersonal skills to prepare reports, negotiate and build relationships with key stakeholders.
• Proven experience in planning, leading, and managing project teams in a highly regulated environment.
• Extensive knowledge of planning and implementation of complex projects, within a live operational environment, with multiple stakeholder interfaces.
• Proven track record of delivering integrated and sustainable solutions to meet project briefs.
• Leading in Project Management Commissions, taking responsibility for end-to-end service delivery.
• A proven background in communicating project deliverables across complex regulated industries.
• Demonstrable experience in leading and influencing across internal and external teams.
• Owning projects throughout the project lifecycle from concept to handover and closeout.
• Preparing, updating and implementing the project management plan whilst proactively monitoring overall progress, the interdependencies and resolving issues/mitigating risks and initiating corrective action as appropriate.
• Driving the design development, initiating surveys and site visits as necessary in order to write the works information in line with the project business case.
• Undertaking the contract administration responsibilities and have a thorough understanding of the NEC suite of contracts.
• Ensuring projects are delivered to the right quality, in the time allocated and at, or below the approved budget.
• Writing specifications, tender and contract documents to include project risk registers, schedules and others with the assistance of procurement and production colleagues.
• Undertaking regular reviews, inspections and audits.
• Managing contractors to ensure that the execution of projects is undertaken to the full expectations of the client.
• Contract administration of numerous projects dealing with payments, EWN, CE’s and etc.
• Undertaking timely third-party liaisons, e.g. planning applications, land/access, power supply negotiations in line with the project programme.
• Understanding client requirements and have strong stakeholder engagement to deal with complex third-party relations.

What we provide

• Flexible and hybrid work options.
• Up to 10% employer pension contribution.
• Private medical health benefit.
• Enhanced parental leave.
• Life assurance.
• 25 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell additional days.
• 3 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 gyms nationwide.