Senior Project Manager – London

Company: Chattertons Recruitment
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Location: London
Job Description:

  • Specialist project management and cost consultancy
  • 4x revenue growth in the past 12 months with 100% staff retention
  • B Corp Certified, RICS Regulated, NABERS Accredited
  • Rapidly growing team with direct founder access
  • Promotion is merit-based, not tenure-based. Rapid progression opportunities for high performing candidates
  • One-stop-shop: project management, cost consultancy, decarbonisation advisory, and energy modelling

The Projects

You’d be stepping into a live and varied portfolio from day one:

  • £38m new-build mixed-use scheme with public realm
  • High-end residential and commercial scheme
  • 180-bed student accommodation
  • Grade II* listed retrofit for a high-net-worth private client
  • Grade II listed estate conversion to events/hospitality use

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Leading projects from inception through to completion across feasibility, design, procurement, construction, and handover
  • Managing project briefs, budgets, programmes, and risk (full ownership)
  • Leading procurement strategy including tender processes, contractor appointments, and contract negotiations
  • Managing risk registers, mitigation strategies, and contingency planning across live projects
  • Coordinating statutory approvals and compliance including building control, fire safety, and building regulations
  • Coordinating professional teams including architects, engineers, cost consultants, and energy specialists
  • Administering building contracts (JCT, NEC) including instructions, valuations, and practical completion
  • Chairing client, design, and site meetings
  • Managing and developing client relationships directly

Business development is not a requirement of the role, but there is a genuine opportunity to get involved in winning new clients and building your own pipeline

Who This Is For?

This role is suited to current Project Managers or Senior Project Managers looking to step up and take on more responsibility within a rapidly growing specialist PM business.

What We’re Looking For

  • Minimum 2 years’ project management experience in the built environment
  • Degree in a relevant field – Maths, Civil Engineering, Real Estate, or Built Environment discipline preferred
  • Comfortable managing programmes, budgets, and risk independently
  • Interest in retrofit, decarbonisation, and net-zero construction
  • MRICS, MCIOB, MAPM, or working towards chartership is desirable

Package

  • Competitive pay structure
  • 26 days holiday + bank holidays + charitable causes leave

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Posted: July 7th, 2026