Project Manager – Construction Consultancy – Retail Sector (Assistant Project Manager to Project Director grade)
Role: full-time, permanent.
Office(s): Opportunities in Leeds & London (hybrid). The role will involve travel to client sites and project locations across the UK as required.
We are currently seeking Project Managers to join our growing Property & Construction team across multiple UK locations. Working within our Retail team, you will support the successful delivery of refurbishment, rollout, refresh, relocation, compliance and new-build programmes for some of the UK’s leading retail and commercial brands. Projects are typically delivered within live trading environments and range from high-volume, low-value works programmes across extensive property portfolios through to complex capital projects and new-build developments with individual project values in excess of £1m.
You will play a key role in helping clients enhance their customer experience, optimise and modernise their estates, improve operational performance and deliver against their wider strategic objectives. The role offers the opportunity to work across a diverse portfolio of projects, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and developing long-term client relationships.
The successful candidate will be responsible for managing projects through the full lifecycle, from initial feasibility, scope development and procurement through to construction delivery, handover and close-out. Working closely with clients, consultants, contractors and internal stakeholders, you will ensure projects are delivered safely, on programme, within budget and to the highest quality standards.
We are seeking project management professionals across a range of levels, from Assistant Project Manager to Associate Director. Successful candidates will join our growing Retail team and play a key role in delivering projects and programmes for leading clients across the UK, with responsibilities aligned to their experience and seniority.
CPC is an independent project and cost management consultancy, providing the best technical expertise in delivering infrastructure, property and transformational change projects that are improving people’s lives both at work and at home. Our people are dedicated to meeting our clients’ needs, unified by a core set of values and behaviours that bring the right knowledge, experience and a fresh approach to unlocking every project’s full potential.
Relevant skills and experience
Essential
- Experience delivering construction projects within a consultancy environment
- Strong stakeholder management and client-facing skills
- Experience managing project programmes, risks and reporting
- Good understanding of procurement routes and project governance
- Experience administering or working under JCT contracts
- Relevant degree/qualifications in either a Construction related discipline or Project Management
Desirable
- Retail sector experience
- APM, RICS or CIOB membership, or working towards
- Experience delivering multi-site rollout programmes
Why CPC?
At CPC, you’ll find the benefits of a growing national consultancy alongside the culture of a people-focused business. Our teams work closely with clients, are empowered to take ownership and are supported to develop their careers.
We’re proud to have been recognised as:
- Construction Consultant/Surveyor of the Year 2023 & 2024 (Building Awards)
- APM SME of the Year 2023
As an employee-owned business, our people are at the heart of what we do. We invest in their development, wellbeing and long-term success.
CPC – Big enough to deliver but small enough to care
What We Offer
- Competitive salary commensurate with experience
- Performance-related bonus
- Annual salary review
- Private healthcare
- Company pension scheme
- Professional membership subscriptions
- Structured training and development programmes
- Chartership support and mentoring
- Employee assistance programme
- 25 days annual leave, raising to 28 days, through length of service + bank holidays
- Opportunities to work on nationally recognised projects
We encourage you to apply even if your experience is not a 100% match for this position. We are looking for someone with relevant skills and experience, not a checklist that exactly matches the job description. We want to help you grow and in return, you help us grow into a stronger, more inclusive organisation. CPC is an equal opportunities employer and as a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from disabled individuals and provide various opportunities for career development in an inclusive environment. We recognise and value the diversity of our people and are committed to developing working practices which will allow every person to contribute to our business and achieve their career aspirations.
Polite notice to recruitment agencies. We are not requiring any assistance at the moment. Please note, we do not accept speculative CV’s and they will not be counted as a valid ‘introduction’.
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