Senior Project Manager

We are an award-winning, multi-disciplinary property and construction consultancy, solving property and construction challenges worldwide.

We have a proven track record of nurturing and developing talent and over the past 40 years we have worked hard to create an environment that is innovative and fun as well as empowering and progressive. We demonstrate our values in the achievement of our goals and we have a vibrant, energetic and caring way in which we do this.

The Opportunity

We’re introducing this exciting role to join our growing Hospitality and Leisure business to work on hospitality renovation projects in London and across the UK. We are keen to meet a proactive and ambitious senior project manager who is innovative and has the talent to consistently identify efficient and effective ways of working. You will be keen to build relationships within our business and with project teams and clients.

Our Values

Having fun working hard, working hard at having fun: Our success comes from the hardworking, fun, sociable and energetic environment we have created.

We care about people: People are our business and we trust and empower them. We promote flexibility and form strong and positive long-term relationships.

We innovate: We encourage creativity, embrace new ideas and investigate opportunities in all that we do.

Be all you can: We develop and support people to achieve their goals and exceed their aspirations.

We are family: We nurture, are approachable and work with a positive team spirit, ensuring every voice counts.

We take pride: Everything we do demonstrates we act with integrity and are professional to our core.

You’ll want this job if…

• You’re a natural leader with organisational and management abilities.
• You’re a confident, clear, and articulate communicator with effective interpersonal skills with clients, contractors, and colleagues in verbal and written format.
• You’re comfortable with working autonomously and managing your own workload effectively.
• You have a natural curiosity for problem solving.
• You relish the challenge of working with external stakeholders.
• You have a passion for developing yourself and others.
• You’re an effective decision maker and an excellent team player.
• You have a natural ability to achieve ‘buy-in’ or ‘win over’ project teams to drive projects forward.
• You want ownership, accountability, and responsibility.
• You want to ‘make a difference’.

What the job involves?

• Leading the project team on day-to-day activities.
• Delivery of projects to agreed financial, quality and programme requirements.
• Logistics planning and buildability oversight.
• Manage design team and Owners and Operators meetings.
• Early identification of risk with robust mitigation strategy.
• Weekly and monthly reporting.
• Mentoring and coaching of team members.
• Close co-ordination with JRP cost management and H&S teams.
• You’ll be aware of and keep up to date with relevant legislation which affects the properties managed by our clients.
• Assisting in promoting sustainable thinking to our clients and have a basic level of understanding as to how to integrate sustainable thinking into projects.

What do I need in order to do this job?

• Project or construction management Degree awarded from a UK university.
• A Chartered Member of the RICS with post qualification experience, or comparable organisation with extensive industry experience.
• Right to work in the UK.
• Willing to travel nationally and potentially internationally.
• Experience with Hospitality industry project delivery.
• Experience of working in professional services.
• Strong Project planning programming skills.
• Strong Technical knowledge.
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Ability to work under own initiative and manage workload efficiently.
• Keen to learn and share knowledge and experience with the team.
• Effective decision maker and excellent team player.
• Sound MS Office package knowledge and experience, including Project, Excel, Word.

What can I expect from John Rowan and Partners?

In return for your commitment and hard work, John Rowan and Partners offers the following:

• Competitive salary.
• Car allowance.
• Generous employer pension contribution.
• Private medical healthcare.
• Annual performance related bonus up to 15% of base salary.
• 25 days holiday entitlement + 1 non-contractual day to be taken in birthday month.
• Long service awards at 5-year increments.
• Life assurance.
• Flexible working.
• Commitment to professional development.
• Online retail discounts.
• Cycle scheme.
• Tech scheme.
• Charity day.

John Rowan and Partners is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. We are committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.

Reporting to: Executive Director within the Hospitality & Leisure team.

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