Role: NEC Project Manager (Junior & Senior)
Location: South East – Hybrid
Salary: £55,000 – £85,000 Per Annum DOE – Enhanced Benefits Package
Client:
Our client is a global consultancy and construction advisory firm that helps clients shape, deliver, and optimize complex projects and programs. It blends strategic advice with hands-on delivery expertise across cost management, project and program management, sustainability, and transformation. Known for operating at scale on major infrastructure, real estate, and capital investment initiatives, it focuses on driving value, managing risk, and improving outcomes from early strategy through completion and long-term performance.
The Role:
The purpose is to deliver services in an environmentally sustainable, economically beneficial, and socially responsible manner and create sustainable long-term value for all. To plan and lead the successful delivery of a programme of works being delivered by an ‘Area delivery team’ made up of the client’s partners and contractors in accordance with their corporate values. To be the interface between the area delivery team and the business at a senior level and will be required to manage internal and external stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of the capital programme in line with their business strategy.
Responsibilities:
- You will deliver and manage project plans from project inception/brief, through design development and planning, contractor procurement and construction phase in accordance with the overall delivery program and agreed project milestones.
- You will manage tasks and associated deliverables in support of senior project managers and other leaders, alongside the wider project and client teams, to ensure the timely and accurate delivery of the project.
- Owning projects throughout the project lifecycle from concept to handover and closeout.
- Preparing, updating and implementing the project management plan whilst proactively monitoring overall progress, the interdependencies and resolving issues/mitigating risks and initiating corrective action as appropriate.
- Driving the design development, initiating surveys and site visits as necessary in order to write the works information in line with the project business case.
- Undertaking the contract administration responsibilities and have a thorough understanding of the NEC3/4 suite of contracts.
- Ensuring projects are delivered to the right quality, in the time allocated and at, or below the approved budget. Writing specifications, tender and contract documents to include project risk registers, schedules and others with the assistance of procurement and production colleagues formally assess tenders in readiness for contract award.
- Ensuring compliance with the requirements of project environmental, CDM 2015, health and safety, quality and environmental standards, WIMES, and statutory legislation.
- Undertaking regular reviews, inspections and audits.
- Managing contractors to ensure that the execution of projects is undertaken to the satisfaction of our client.
- Contract administration of numerous projects dealing with payments, EWN, CE’s and etc.
- Undertaking timely third-party liaisons, e.g. planning applications, land/ access, power supply negotiations etc. in line with the project programme.
- Understanding client requirements and have strong stakeholder engagement to deal with complex third-party relations.
- You will manage project budgets and highlight any risks, challenges and mitigations.
- You will support the long term development of your function or Business Unit (BU), creating a sustainable business future.
- You will commit to making a positive impact for our people, our clients, and our planet, and take ownership for holding others to account who do not uphold the values.
- You will manage design and wider consultant teams in a collaborative manner to ensure effective completion of responsibilities.
- You will manage the project team and relevant stakeholders to achieve strategic project key performance indicators (KPIs).
Experience & Qualifications Required:
- A degree in engineering, construction and/or project management discipline and a member of a relevant institute such as ICE, IMechE, IET, IChemE or RICS.
- You have completed and passed the APM project management qualification (PMQ) course.
- Project Management experience within large scale infrastructure projects.
- Must have experience and understanding of NEC3/4 suite of contracts
- Digitally savvy and have familiarity in using a project, programme and financial management tools such as Oracle and Primavera P6.
- You can build lasting client relationships and lead strong, motivated teams.
- To be experienced in managing large or multiple infrastructure/capital projects in a consultancy background.
- A Full UK Driving Licence essential.
- Membership of RICS, CIOB, APM, ICE or equivalent demonstrable professional or personal development.
- Property or infrastructure project management expertise.
- Commercial and financial acumen.
- Experience of working on projects within large, diverse teams.
- Experience of developing and forming relationships with other stakeholders within projects.
- Knowledge of how carbon and sustainability considerations will shape the outlook of the projects you are working on.
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