Project Manager in City

Cardiff Source: WhatJobs

£60,000–£70,000

Title: Project Manager
Location: Cardiff / South Wales
Salary: £60,000 £70,000 + Car Allowance + Overtime + Package
Sector: Principal Contractor Civils / Structures / Rail / Construction
Start Date: ASAP / Flexible

Project Manager The Company

Our client is an established principal contractor delivering multi-disciplinary infrastructure projects across the railway sector, with a particular focus on civil engineering works.

Their projects cover a varied range of infrastructure and civils packages, including structures, station works and associated rail infrastructure. With a strong pipeline of secured work across Wales, they are looking to appoint an experienced Project Manager to join their Cardiff-based team.

This is a permanent opportunity offering varied projects, considerable responsibility and excellent long-term prospects within an established contractor.

Project Manager The Role

As Project Manager, you will take responsibility for the successful delivery of multiple civil engineering projects across Wales, managing projects from mobilisation through to completion and handover.

Initially based from the Cardiff office, you will travel to projects across Wales as required. Early projects will include a Station Gates & Passenger Validation scheme across Wales alongside pump replacement works at a Network Rail depot in Sudbrook.

The role requires a commercially and operationally capable Project Manager who is comfortable managing clients, subcontractors, programmes and contractual requirements.

Key responsibilities will include:

Overall management and delivery of civil engineering projects
Managing projects from mobilisation through to completion
Leading and coordinating site teams and subcontractors
Managing client relationships and key project stakeholders
Subcontractor procurement, management and performance
Working within NEC4 contractual requirements
Developing, monitoring and managing construction programmes
Managing project risk, change and early warnings
Monitoring progress, costs and overall project performance
Coordinating commercial, operational and technical teams
Ensuring works are delivered safely and to required quality standards
Chairing client, subcontractor and project progress meetings
Providing regular project reporting to senior management
Driving successful project completion and handover

Project Manager The Person

The successful candidate will be an experienced Project Manager with a strong civil engineering background and a proven ability to take ownership of construction projects.

Rail experience would be advantageous but is not essential. Candidates could come from a broader civil engineering background including structures, groundworks, infrastructure or other complex civils projects.

You should have:

Minimum five years experience working at Project Manager level
Strong civil engineering project experience
Good working knowledge and experience of NEC4 contracts
Strong client management skills
Proven subcontractor management experience
Excellent programme, planning and organisational ability
Good commercial and contractual awareness
Strong leadership and communication skills
Ability to manage projects independently and solve problems effectively
Relevant construction qualifications and industry certification
APM PMQ, PRINCE2 or similar Project Management qualification would be advantageous but is not essential