Project Manager

Role Overview

The role of the Project Manager is to manage and monitor the delivery of the specified contract to time, quality and budget. The Project Manager will manage, motivate and appraise project staff and sub-contractors within their remit. They will liaise with commercial, health and safety, design, finance, procurement and estimating teams to ensure delivery of the project. Founded over 20 years, Lawtech have become a leading principal contractor specialising in cladding remediation. We deliver high-quality, compliant, multi-million-pound cladding repatriations & regeneration contracts throughout London and the wider Southeast.

Role Responsibilities

• Creation, management and monitoring of project plan and associated budget, working closely with Commercial, Design & Quality and Health & Safety departments.
• Line management of block / assistant / site managers.
• Manage specified project and relevant site-based staff, to agreed productivity levels, deadlines and budgets.
• Support, coach and train the staff within your remit.
• Monitor assistant management and staff performance through objectives and action plans, as required.
• Assist the maintenance and building of relationships with all key client staff and stakeholders, funders and other third parties, including regular and adhoc meetings, resident consultation meetings and relevant working groups.
• Take full ownership of all aspects of management of works within your remit.
• Understand the scope and develop to specifics for site management; in order to assist procurement process and manage the resources required to deliver the project to time and budget.
• Assist the production and development of the strategic plan and programme and communicate all requirements to the staff, supporting them in the production of their sections of the programme.
• Co‑ordinate labour and material requirements between site teams to ensure efficient use of stores and resources.
• Liaise with buying department to ensure timely placing of orders and sequence of material deliveries.
• Keep control of the labour and material by constant and accurate monitoring of the site requirements and related documentation.
• Be in possession of all relevant information to produce, maintain and control the delivery of the project, communicating information to the staff as required.
• Maintain agreed quality standards, communicate those standards, all programme and contract requirements to project management teams and sub‑contractors.
• Maintain complete and accurate online and printed records for all aspects of the project, ensuring compliance with legislation, regulation and company policies.
• Work with commercial department / QS to ensure sub‑contractors, LOSC, orders, budgets and costs are managed.
• Work with Health & Safety department to ensure delivery of the construction phase H&S plan, risk assessments, method statements and COSHH assessments and ensure all relevant documentation and notices are available on site.
• Work with ISO and Design & Quality departments to ensure total management of service and product delivery, across the project.
• Take overall ownership for the site QCQA records for the site team.
• Work with resident liaison and customer service personnel to manage and resolve residents’ issues to their satisfaction.
• Ensure all contractor and sub‑contractor issues are raised and dealt with appropriately.
• Schedule and attend site and management meetings weekly, fortnightly, monthly as required.
• Keep up to date with relevant industry regulations, H&S legislation and company processes and procedures.

Skills and Qualifications

• Technical – HNC or equivalent qualification/experience in construction-related discipline.
• CSCS card.
• Site Managers Safety SMSTS.
• Asbestos awareness, scaffold inspection and first aid certificates.
• EWI/cladding experience.
• Programme and project management – manage production of appropriate GANTT charts including critical path analysis, interpretation of requirements, tracking of financial information.
• DBS checked as required for specific projects.
• Advanced user MS Excel.
• Competent user MS Word, MS Project, Microsoft Outlook email and calendars.