Senior Project Manager

About the Company

Cumming Group is an international project and cost management consultancy delivering innovative solutions in construction, real estate, and infrastructure. With a commitment to collaboration, transparency, and performance excellence, we support some of the world’s most respected clients across diverse sectors.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Use of the full range of Project Management Process.
• Proactive day‑to‑day responsibility for small‑medium sized projects and demonstrate the ability to take on tasks with minimal supervision and support larger projects and programmes of work.
• Strengthen our service delivery capability and promote knowledge capture, sharing and innovation.
• Prepare and evaluate tenders, contractor/consultant selection and contract documentation.
• Support risk and value management, including facilitation of workshops and project risk registers.
• Contract administration for relevant contract provisions, monthly reporting and chairing project meetings.
• Deliver all work outputs in an accurate and timely manner to a high standard of quality.
• Undertake service delivery in accordance with the policies and procedures of the business, particularly Health & Safety and Quality Assurance.
• Undertake service in compliance with client’s corporate governance procedures where applicable.
• Achieve all objectives as required by the annual performance review process.
• Demonstrate a commitment to continuing professional development and continuous improvement.
• Communicate effectively with all stakeholders to ensure that all parties are kept informed on all relevant matters impacting and influencing projects.
• Support Senior PM team as required.
• Begin to provide advice on procurement and contracts.
• Responsibility for, and must be committed to promoting, protecting, developing and enabling the business and your colleagues, within the parameters of your job role.
• Support bid and tender preparation and business development.
• Support the implementation of strategic initiatives at service level.
• Start providing leadership to staff, where required.
• Resolve conflicts of priorities and personalities relating to work with the appropriate Director or Associate.
• Start mentoring and coaching team members, ensuring that staff and new starters are developed to support the successful growth of the business and development of their career.
• Develop and manage the Project Programmes and obtain buy‑in of all stakeholders.

Knowledge & Skills Required

• Deliver results in a client‑facing role including responding confidently to a client request and understanding when to elevate client issues to senior members of the team.
• Provide innovative solutions to improve project delivery.
• Show resilience and resourcefulness in the face of highly complex challenges.
• Commit to outperforming client expectations.
• Deal diplomatically with a wide range of stakeholders in a flexible environment subject to change.
• Demonstrate a high degree of integrity.
• Start leading a team.
• Negotiate, influence and deliver results in a client‑facing role.
• Start managing conflicting priorities and organizing workloads in conjunction with the appropriate Director.
• Show flexibility in response to changing requirements and routines.
• Display strong leadership skills and a demonstrable ability to lead, motivate and manage teams including the supply chain.
• Start prioritising and self‑managing with the ability to work in a high‑pressure environment.

Preferred Education and Experience

• Ideally degree qualified (industry or non‑industry) MAPM / MRICS or equivalent qualification or experience, supplemented by Project Management qualifications such as PRINCE2 Practitioner, Certified Project Manager, MSP or Risk Management. Some formal leadership training.
• 5+ years’ experience (at least 3 years post‑qualification). Strong knowledge of construction industry technical matters.
• Strong experience with industry standard forms of contract, typically JCT and NEC.
• Strong technical project management skills and the ability to provide leadership to others on PM processes: risk, opportunities and issues, planning/programming, change control, reporting, stakeholder management, communications and value management.
• Good experience delivering multiple or complex projects and programmes of work through the entire project life cycle.
• Sound understanding of HS&E legislation and some formal training/qualifications.
• Strong oral and written communication and presentation skills. Developing interpersonal and team‑building skills, with good interpersonal skills with both client and staff.
• Monitor developments in project and programme management, such as new processes, alternative training, BIM, soft landings and agile project management.
• Good analytical skills, sound judgement and an aptitude for forward planning. The ability to think clearly and make reasoned decisions, explaining the logic employed.
• Some experience managing people and delivering multiple or complex projects.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Cumming 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 origin, colour), marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, gender assignment, religion and belief.

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities through our personnel policies and practices. It is Cumming Group’s policy to recruit, hire, train and promote team members and applicants for employment without regard to age, sex, race (including colour, nationality, ethnicity or national origin), religion or belief, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, disability, being married or in a civil partnership, being pregnant or on maternity leave, or any other protected characteristic under UK and European law. All such decisions are based on individual merit, qualifications and competence as they relate to the particular position, and on the principle of equal employment opportunity.