Senior Project Manager

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Cumming Management Group , a Cost and Project Management Consultancy within the construction industry, provides a wide range of services to clients spanning several different sectors.

Cumming Management Group are seeking to recruit a Senior Project Manager in our London office.

The role of Senior Project Manager includes the following responsibilities:

• Provide overall leadership to Project Management team.
• Promote a culture of sharing knowledge and innovation in order to support and strengthen service delivery and team cohesion.
• Ensure a high standard of service delivery via proactive involvement and effective team performance management.
• Support the implementation of strategic initiatives at service and sector level.
• Resolve conflicts together with the appropriate Director or Associate.
• Mentor, coach and support team members in line with growth aspirations of both business and team member.
• Communicate and engage with team members to convey project strategies, briefs and client requirements.
• Undertake reviews, and strive to exceed client expectations.
• Assume day-to-day delivery responsibility for projects/programmes of work and demonstrate the ability to take on tasks without supervision.
• Drive project performance, service delivery and technical and commercial outcomes.
• Contribute towards the development of the business including preparing and managing responses to Requests for Proposals.
• Promote and develop continued improvement in terms of delivery, processes, templates.
• Ensure service delivery is in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Practice, particularly Health & Safety and Quality Assurance.
• Ensure compliance with client’s corporate governance procedures where applicable.
• Engage fully in the annual performance review process and the achievements of its agreed objectives.
• Demonstrate a commitment to continuing professional development and continuous improvement.
• Communicate effectively with corporate business members in order to –
• Identify key stakeholders and their influence
• Understand their aspirations and concerns
• Navigate and prioritise competing client interests
• Document and advise on the project solution, charter, brief
• Continue to manage via a controlled change process through the project lifecycle

• Cascade information effectively throughout the internal and external project teams and wider stakeholder group.
• Clearly document goals, objectives and workstreams and communicate throughout the project team.
• Agree and assign ownership and accountability, with due dates across the programme or project teams including the Client.
• Communicate the critical path and ensure risk mitigations are managed in line with their priorities and criticalities.
• Provide advice on procurement and contracts in conjunction with the Cost Manager.
• Prepare and evaluate tenders, contractor/consultant selection and contract documentation in conjunction with the Cost Manager.
• Provide risk and value management, including facilitation of workshops.
• Provide contract administration in the capacity of a technical professional and in conjunction with the Cost Manager.
• Produce monthly reporting and chair project meetings.
• Develop and manage the Project Programmes and obtaining the buy-in of all stakeholders.

Key Attributes:

The ability to –

• Lead, manage, collaborate, facilitate, and negotiate to influence and deliver results in a client facing role.
• Provide clear and committed decision making in the best interests of the project.
• Deal diplomatically with a wide range of stakeholders in an agile environment.
• Work calmly in a fast-paced environment.
• Manage conflicting priorities and organise workloads in conjunction with the appropriate Director.
• Navigate change effectively.
• Create a dynamic and diverse team and continually motivate and mentor team members to contribute effectively to the strategic vision.
• Provide strength in leadership,unlock and enhance positive attributes within individuals and the team itself.
• Demonstrate a high degree of integrity.
• Ability to own the project to achieve critical success factors, including but not limited to delivery on budget, within programme and to a high degree of quality.
• Ability to identify and control Change.
• Ability to structure procurement and delivery processes in line with occupied buildings and in tandem with continued business operations.
• Ability to manage third parties and their respective influence on projects – such as Landlords, Regulators, Neighbours, Client Employees.

Qualifications & Skills:

• Ideally degree qualified in real estate, construction, project and/or cost management, engineering or surveying.
• MAPM/MRICS other equivalent qualification or experience.
• Ideally having other recognised Project Management Qualifications such as PRINCE2 Practitioner/Certified Project Manager/MSP/Risk Management/IPMA.
• Ideally have leadership development training, or open to undertaking this.
• Extensive knowledge of the real estate and construction industry technical matters.
• Extensive experience of industry standard forms of contract.
• Excellent technical project management skills including PM Processes such as Risk Management, Opportunities and Issues Planning/Programming, Change control reporting, Stakeholder management and Communications and Value Management.
• Good experience of managing teams and people and strong interpersonal and team building skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills with both client and staff.
• Extensive experience of delivering multiple of complex projects and programmes of work through the entire project life cycle.
• Strong oral and written communication and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical skills, sound judgement and an aptitude for forward planning.
• Energetic and motivated with natural drive and an innovative flair, resourcefulness and ability to adapt to change.
• Sound understanding of HS&E legislation including some formal training/qualifications.
• Continued professional development, ensuring candidate is at the forefront of industry developments, be it emerging technologies, legislation and regulation and other initiatives that impact the real estate and construction industry.

Cumming Management Group is committed to creating a diverse workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All job applicants will receive equal treatment without regard to age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, “race” (includes nationality, national / ethnic origins, colour) marriage & civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, gender reassignment, religion and belief.