Project Manager - Construction

Are you an experienced Project Manager looking for your next challenge in a dynamic global firm? Stantec is seeking a Project Manager to join our team in London. This is an exciting opportunity to lead diverse projects, nurture talent, and contribute to our continued success. Reporting to the Regional Director, you will have the opportunity to drive the project management function within the region, embedding processes and best practice as you go. The role brings real opportunity of advancement for the right person.

As a Project Manager at Stantec, you will be at the heart of our project delivery, working hand-in-hand with our technical teams and commercial leads to ensure outstanding results for our clients. You will be responsible for the successful execution of multiple multi-disciplinary projects, ensuring they meet health, safety, and contractual obligations, while being delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards. This role goes beyond project delivery. You will also play a crucial part in managing people, fostering collaboration across disciplines, mentoring team members, and strategically allocating resources. Your contributions to business development initiatives will be key to building strong client relationships and securing future work.

Responsibilities

• Project Delivery: Lead and manage multi-disciplinary projects from planning to closeout, ensuring profitability, adherence to schedules, and compliance with technical and quality standards. You will be the main client contact where required, manage change control, and champion health and safety best practices.
• Team Management & Development: Coordinate project resources, support financial processes, and play a vital role in mentoring and developing staff, particularly early career professionals, to foster project management best practice.
• Business Development: Cultivate and maintain strong client relationships, playing a key role in coordinating project bids (including cost, scope, and contractual arrangements), and engaging in networking events.
• Professional Growth: Continuously expand your project management expertise, maintain chartered status, and contribute to internal initiatives that shape organisational best practices.

About You

You will have a degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field and chartered status (or working towards) from a professional body (e.g., Engineering or Project Management Institution). Ideally, you will have:

• A strong understanding of project work programmes and a proven commitment to delivering agreed plans to high standards and deadlines.
• A customer-focused approach with a clear understanding of client expectations and the ability to respond appropriately.
• Excellent knowledge of project change control procedures and the ability to effectively manage significant changes.
• The ability to work independently, manage workloads with minimal supervision, and consistently maintain high standards.
• Demonstrated experience in making positive contributions to team direction and supporting team success.
• Punctual, attentive, and competent in adhering to client policies, procedures, and working practices.
• Strong decision-making skills, with the ability to identify, assess, evaluate, and solve problems effectively.
• A commitment to continuous professional development, particularly in project management skills.

Desirable: An appropriate project management qualification, such as APMP.

At Stantec, we’re passionate about what we do. We believe in creativity, collaboration, and making a difference in the world. You’ll be part of a supportive team that values your expertise and encourages your professional growth. We offer a competitive salary, a comprehensive benefits package, and opportunities for career advancement within a global company.

The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities. Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights.

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibits discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment.

If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply. At Stantec we want you to perform your best at every stage of the recruitment process and are committed to ensuring it is accessible to all. If you need any support or require adjustments to be made then please contact [email protected] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.