Project Manager

Project Manager

About this opportunity

• A diverse range or projects and clients - an opportunity to broaden your experience & project exposure
• Professional development support - Mentoring, workshops & counselling towards RICS, CIOB, CHPP (APM) plus non-technical training
• Hybrid & flexible working options - to maintain a fair work/life balance
• Progression & development opportunities - a structured and consultative programme with regular reviews, to support your career journey
• A comprehensive benefits offering - including health and wellness, car allowance and flexible benefit options

• Supporting Project Management Directors in delivering business objectives
• Positively engaging with customers and developing, growing and maintaining customer relationships
• Delivering high quality project management services ensuring they meet our Customer’s requirements.
• Managing projects and/or programmes to deliver high quality services in accordance with the business procedures
• Administering contracts as a contract administrator, employer’s agent or project manager.
• Producing and presenting to customers
• Identifying new business development opportunities and driving growth across the business units activities
• Managing service delivery for profit.
• Advising directors promptly of any issues that have arisen, or may arise, on projects; in particular those that might impact on Gleeds professional indemnity (PI) insurance.

As a Gleeds team member, you will have access to:

• Opportunities to develop and grow your career
• A contributory pension scheme
• Industry standard benefits including Healthcare scheme, Cycle2work.
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Our Global Travel Scholarship Programme
• Flexible working arrangements
• Access to the Group Mentoring Programme

Who we’re looking for

Additional, experience, knowledge and key skills we'd like to see:

• Sound project management and/or programme management experience post qualification in the built environment.
• Experience in the Education, Central Government, Industrial/manufacturing, Local Authority sectors beneficial.
• Sound knowledge and practiced experience of project management techniques
• Ability to administer construction contracts as Contract Administrator, Employer’s Agent and/or Project Manager. NEC/JCT experience beneficial.
• Clear understanding of legislation impacting on building contracts.
• Excellent communication skills - both oral and written.
• Ability to lead meetings and manage outputs, tasks.
• Methodical way of thinking and approach to work.
• Ability to absorb complex information and assess requirements readily.
• Excellent problem solving, negotiating, financial and numeracy skills
• Sound ICT skills, with a high proficiency in MS Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Experience in use of planning programme tools (MSP/Asta).
• Ability to manage teams both internal and external.

Qualifications

• RICS, CIOB or APM accredited degree in a relevant subject (real estate, construction, surveying or project management)

Chartership (or working towards) either:

• MRICS (Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors)
• MAPM (Member of the Association of Project Managers)
• MCIOB (Member of the Chartered Institute of Builders)