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Project Manager
March 8, 2022 | Comments Off on Project Manager
Is this your opportunity of a lifetime? Bring your talent & ambition, develop your career, leave a legacy & join Kier Capital Projects as a Project Manager.
Project Manager - Cladding Projects
Location: London, surrounding areas, and South East England
Business Area: Kier Places - Capital Projects
Contract: Permanent, full time, 40 hours a week, Monday to Friday - We may be able to be flexible with hours. Please specify during the application process what hours / days work for you.
Salary: Competitive + benefits package
Kier Places are recruiting for an experienced Project Manager to join our passionate Capital Projects Team. With our diverse portfolio of projects, we are looking for an individual who has a passion for the project at hand, and securing work, whilst also being able to work as part of a closely knit team that has the opportunity to develop and control its own destiny. We understand this approach is essential to ensure we consistently win work and secure repeat business.
You will be working on a portfolio of projects predominantly involving the recladding of high-rise buildings, in which, by their nature, are safety critical works and involve significant fire and general safety risk, with typical project values between £2M and £10M, and of a construction nature. You will be joining a growing team specialising in this new workstream which has good long-term growth opportunity, in which successful applicants will have the opportunity to grow and develop as this new workstream evolves.
Key Responsibilities
As a focused Project Manager, we will look to you to take operational responsibility of projects from the pre-construction stage through to contract award, delivery and to final account stage.
The Project Manager will be responsible for quality management and compliance, customer service, stakeholder management, cash management and commercial performance in line with our Performance Excellence approach. Performance Excellence is all about ensuring we are always working to be better and is at the heart of our business stratergy, underpinned by our values collaborative, trusted and focused.
You'll also be expected to be involved with client site progress meetings with property team and the project interested parties (safety consultants, designers, local authority, or property tenants), as well as conducting weekly labour and production review meetings, reporting to the board, and preparing senior management reports for weekly client SMT updates. You'll manage a team of site managers and work closely alongside the planning and design management functions.
Working collaboratively with the assigned Quantity Surveyors, you'll be monitoring the project lifecycle cost, engaging with the buyer to achieve cost effective materials and sub-contract teams, and ensuring any additional works requested are costed & submitted for approval by the QS before being undertaken onsite.
What do we need from you?
The ideal Project Manager candidate will have a strong background relating to Cladding, Housing Maintenance, Capital Projects/Works, Residential Buildings, Property Construction, or Minor Works.
Who are we?
The Kier Places' Capital Projects Team delivers refurbishment and new build construction projects across the Blue Light, Health, Education, Retail, Commercial & Residential sectors. We combine a national reach with a local focus, combining expert pre-construction, technical and operational skills with regional projects for valued customers.
Find out more here about the great we offer our employees.
Be great in a company built on doing good. Join us today as a Project Manager.
Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with criminal convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's criminal record or the details of any offences disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.
Kier is committed to creating supportive and inclusive opportunities for all our applicants and employees. We appreciate applicants from all backgrounds and we specifically encourage those from underrepresented communities to apply. Take a look here to learn more about our commitments to diversity and inclusion. If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please let us know so we can discuss and arrange these by emailing InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk.
Closing Date: 10th April 2022
Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.