Project Manager in Southampton

We are partnered with an award-winning brand in the Marine Interiors space, looking for Project Managers to bolster their teams across complex international projects. Success in this role depends on effective cross-functional coordination, disciplined planning, and proactive control of cost, schedule, quality, and safety throughout the project lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Assume responsibility for defined scopes of work or full projects following formal internal and external approvals.
• Develop execution strategies aligned with the agreed scope, schedule, and commercial objectives.
• Coordinate procurement of materials, labour, and specialist resources in consultation with senior management and key stakeholders.
• Act as a professional point of contact for the client, ensuring consistent, accurate, and timely communication.
• Chair and manage project meetings, including kick-off, progress, coordination, and close-out sessions, both on-site and remotely.
• Track performance against programme, budget, and technical requirements, identifying risks and implementing corrective actions where necessary.
• Prepare and issue regular project status and cost reports, clearly highlighting deviations and mitigation measures.
• Monitor site labour levels and productivity during delivery phases, recommending adjustments to resourcing as required.
• Oversee compliance with health and safety standards on assigned sites, ensuring correct use of PPE and adherence to statutory requirements.
• Take full accountability for the successful delivery of smaller projects, ensuring outcomes meet contractual, financial, and quality expectations.
• Produce both high-level schedules and detailed task plans covering pre-delivery preparation and on-site installation activities.
• Support logistics and commercial processes, including preparation of shipping documentation and invoicing for materials.
• Undertake additional duties aligned with the role as assigned by senior management.

Required Knowledge

• Marine markets such as cruise, ferry, defence, and large yacht sector.
• Interior outfitting disciplines across multiple trades and systems.

Technical Skills

• Planning and executing outfit works onboard vessels.
• Proficient use of standard office and project management software.
• Strong organisational, scheduling, and prioritisation capability.
• Clear, confident communication with the ability to influence stakeholders.
• Sound numerical reasoning and analytical skills.
• High attention to detail with a delivery-focused mindset.

Personal Capabilities

• Flexible and solutions-oriented approach, with willingness to support wider team activities when required.
• Ability to interpret technical drawings, specifications, and written scopes of work.
• Competence in using measurement and survey tools to quantify materials and work scopes.
• Collaborative working style suited to a small, delivery-focused project team.

Additional Criteria

• Demonstrated ability to apply planning, negotiation, problem-solving, and decision-making skills in a commercial project environment.
• Strong written and spoken English communication skills.
• Willingness to undertake frequent domestic and international travel, sometimes at short notice.
• Minimum of three years’ experience in marine or land-based interior outfitting preferred.
• Subject to company drug, alcohol, and medical compliance policies as a condition of employment.
• Experience and Qualifications: Degree-level qualification in engineering, construction, or project management desirable but not mandatory.
• Proven experience managing site teams and multiple trade disciplines.
• Legal right to live and work in the United Kingdom.
• Availability for extended overseas assignments related to project delivery and surveys.