Senior Project Manager (Pre Construction) in Workington

Location: Workington

Salary: £80,000 + £5,750 Car Allowance

Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week

Additional Company Benefits: Exceptional Career Development Opportunities, Company Car/Car Allowance (Depending on job grade), Pension matched up to 8%, 25 days annual leave – plus holiday (opportunity to buy/sell leave will be implemented from January 2026), Private medical insurance, Free 24/7 EAP

Overview: First Military Recruitment is proudly working in partnership with a fantastic national construction business who are looking to recruit a Senior Project Manager (Pre Construction) on a permanent basis due to growth based at either their Workington depot.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Be responsible for the overall business results of the project.
• Cooperate in the process of subcontractor and supplier procurement.
• Critically review all subcontracts, orders and the like prior to providing final approval for award in accordance with company procedures.
• Where present, identify additional and future business opportunities and provide information to appropriate internal teams.
• Represent the project to client, external bodies, and others as required.
• Ensure the project change management process is correctly followed in line with contract, subcontract, project and company requirements.
• Maximise commercial opportunities whilst maintaining sustainable business relationships with all parties.
• Support the business in delivering corporate objectives, strategies and initiatives across all areas of the project and business.
• Provide support to business development and work winning as required, including arranging use of project resources.
• Lead the project team in ensuring compliance and striving to ensure best practice in all areas of the project.
• Lead the opportunities and risk process on the project.
• Ensure production, periodic critical review and update of the project programme, in accordance with project requirements.
• In conjunction with appropriate section managers, identify areas of variance from planned outputs and production, develop and implement appropriate improvement plans, and ensure capture of required commercial matters.
• Make all project staff appointments as per project IMS plan.
• Review on a periodic basis and update as required.
• Manage staff requirements on the project, including identification and management of budgets, oversight of recruitment processes and managing the annual review process.
• Challenge resource levels, workloads and training needs to ensure a well-balanced, competent and motivated project team is in place.
• Actively promote high standards of Health, Safety, Environmental, Sustainability and Quality compliance, including active monitoring of performance.
• Act as a role model for exceeding compliance.
• Maintain a high level of personal knowledge of requirements and engage external advisors as required for the project.
• Ensure completion of all required actions following accidents, incidents, near misses and the like.
• Ensure Observation Cards process is implemented and followed on the project, including active review and feedback.
• Critically review and approve the project IMS plan.
• Ensure compliance in all areas through leading and implementing the measures defined in the plan.
• Undertake duties as identified and appointed.
• Undertake other duties as defined and appointed under the Project Specific IMS plan or as defined by the Project Director.
• Provide records of innovation, lessons learned and improvements from all project areas to support business development and improvements.
• Produce or ensure production of all required project reports, forecasts and improvement plans, both internally and externally, including taking ownership of the contents thereof.
• Ensure all required documented outputs and records are correctly uploaded to Themis and other project document control systems.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Detailed knowledge of overall project, including contractual and commercial requirements.
• Good knowledge of client and interested parties’ interests.