Launch your project management career with Grosvenor!
Earn while you learn, support building and retrofit projects, and help create more sustainable places across London.
About the role
This role sits within our UK Property Business which is about creating sustainable places where business, communities and nature thrive, whilst working as part of the Grosvenor London Estate’s Service Performance Team (SPT). The SPT are responsible for managing all maintenance provisions across the London Estate, including the delivery of small projects. Time will be shared on rotations between:
- The Major Works Team (MW) – Responsible for the management of the delivery of Grosvenor’s planned preventative maintenance 10-year plan and delivering ad-hoc small and medium development project work
- The Energy Saving Fund Portfolio (ESF) – Responsible for the delivery of small retrofit projects across the estate, to improve building performance and help reduce Grosvenor’s carbon omissions
- The SMDP Team (SMDP) – Responsible for the delivery of small and medium development projects, across Mayfair and Belgravia, generating rental income, development profit on cost, and supporting Grosvenor’s 2030 environmental and sustainability objectives
Responsibilities
- Learn and assist with the preparation of detailed specifications for construction work and contract documents
- Learn the benefits and techniques of assessing tender submissions and undertake tender analysis
- Develop an understanding of how to prepare project accounts and financial management and undertake the preparation of accounts for small and medium projects
- Learn how to undertake basic surveys of properties and understand the benefit of running a 10-year Planned Preventative Maintenance schedule
- Understand and work within health and safety requirements and statutory fire requirements when running projects
- Work with members of project management teams to support and carry out ad hoc surveys, project performance, financial, and project and portfolio reports
- Work with and support the delivery of the Major Works, ESF, and SMDP project portfolios
- Learn how to establish client briefs, appoint and manage consultants and contractors, coordinate design development, obtain planning and/or listed building consent, manage projects successfully through the RIBA Stages, including procurement, and support projects through the Grosvenor Gateway Approval Process
- Learn above the relevant statutory requirements for construction and facilities management projects when they are relevant and how to apply them to projects
- Assist in monitoring onsite fabric, maintenance & electrical projects and liaising with suppliers and tenants
- Learn about risk, programme, and cost management across a range of projects
Desirable skills
- Genuine interest in a career in Project Management with a property company
- Experience of working and collaborating as part of a team
- Experience of problem solving and applying logic
- Strong written and verbal communication
- Good IT skills, with some experience of Excel
Entry requirements
- Level 3 Qualification (Apprenticeship/A Levels/BTEC etc.)
- OR equivalent work experience (typically 2 years in a relevant role)
- 5 x GCSE’s including English & Maths at Grade 4 (C) or above
AND
Working hours
35 hours per week, 9:30am - 5:30pm, Monday to Friday
Benefits
- Pension & Life Assurance
- Career Average Revalued Earnings (CARE) defined benefit pension scheme (capped at £45k)
- Life Assurance 4x annual salary with spousal and dependent pension
- Annual Leave
- Private Medical Insurance
- Subsidised Lunch
- Employee Support
- Serious Condition Support
- Dental Insurance
- Healthcare Cash Plan
- Discount Site
- Wellhub
- Season Ticket Loan
- Grosvenor offers an annual season ticket loan of up to £10,000. Available after successful completion of your probation period.
- Cycle to Work
- Buy / Sell Annual Leave
- Health Screenings
- Mortgage Advice Service
- Workplace ISA
- Electric Car Leasing Scheme
- Worklife Central platform
- Volunteer Days
- Flexible Working
Future prospects
90% of QA apprentices secure permanent employment after completing: this is 20% higher than the national average.
About the Company
Grosvenor is an international organisation whose activities span urban property, food & agtech, rural estate management and support for philanthropic initiatives. We’re united by a common goal to deliver lasting commercial, social and environmental benefit.
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