At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a £10m education project, ensuring quality and safety standards are met.
- Company: Join one of the UK's fastest-growing main contractors with a strong pipeline.
- Benefits: Earn £70,000 - £80,000 plus car allowance, bonus, pension, and 25 days holiday.
- Other info: Supportive culture with genuine opportunities for career progression.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on high-profile projects while advancing your career.
- Qualifications: Proven experience in project management within main contracting environments.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Project Manager to join one of the UK's fastest-growing main contractors. With a turnover in excess of £500m and a strong pipeline of secured work, the business continues to expand across the Midlands and North West, delivering high-quality projects across the education, healthcare, commercial and public sectors. They are now looking to appoint a Project Manager to lead the delivery of a £10m extension project at a college in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
The Role
- Reporting to the Contracts Manager, you will have overall responsibility for the successful delivery of the scheme, ensuring works are completed safely, on programme, within budget and to the highest quality standards.
- Managing the project from pre-construction through to handover.
- Leading the site team and coordinating subcontractors.
- Maintaining programme and ensuring key milestones are achieved.
- Building strong relationships with the client and consultant team.
- Managing project budgets, variations and commercial performance alongside the commercial team.
- Ensuring health, safety and quality standards are maintained at all times.
- Chairing progress meetings and producing regular reports.
- Driving programme, quality and client satisfaction throughout the build.
About You
- We are looking for an experienced Project Manager with a proven track record of delivering projects within a main contracting environment.
- You will ideally have experience delivering projects valued between £5m and £20m.
- Background in education, healthcare, commercial or public sector schemes.
- Strong leadership and communication skills.
- Excellent client-facing ability.
- Good commercial awareness and programme management experience.
- SMSTS, CSCS and First Aid qualifications.
- A proactive and collaborative approach to project delivery.
What's on Offer?
- Basic salary of £70,000 - £80,000.
- £7,000 car allowance.
- Annual bonus.
- Company pension.
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
- Long-term career progression with a rapidly expanding contractor.
- Opportunity to work on high-profile projects with a secure and growing order book.
- Supportive culture with genuine opportunities to progress into Senior Project Manager and Contracts Manager positions.
This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious Project Manager looking to join a financially strong contractor with an outstanding reputation and exciting growth plans.
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