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Project Manager
June 5, 2023 | Comments Off on Project Manager
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Contract: Permanent, full time, Monday to Friday
Responsibilities
As a Project Manager, you'll be working within the Regional build team, supporting them in building projects that support and develop the local communities, specifically the Project Manager will work alongside the Project lead on a technically challenging £65M new build Passivhaus School
Your day to day will include:
- Managing the delivery of projects to a high standard by budgeting and programming, meet company objectives post-contract
- Ensuring the project is delivered on time, to budget and to the quality required by the client.
- Managing site delivery team acting as escallation point for any emerging challenges
Who are we looking for?
This role of Project Manager is great for you if:
- YOu can demonstrate delivering large new build projects in a similar role
- Minimum of HNC/HND in a construction / engineering related discipline
- Can demosntrate sound knowledge of delivery under NEC contract conditions
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.
If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk to discuss and arrange these.
Benefits at Kier
We're proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:
- new and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more
- Green Car scheme
- A free healthcare app, giving you access to clinicians and experts on fertility, pregnancy and baby, menopause and men's health
- Matched pension scheme up to 7.5%
- 26 days' annual leave + bank holidays (with the opportunity to buy or sell holiday)
Who is Kier?
We're made up of six business units, Group Functions, Construction, Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, and as a group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK. Take a look at our sustainability objectives: https://www.kier.co.uk/sustainability/
At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.
Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.
Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.
You can see more about our D&I action plan here: https://www.kier.co.uk/media/6668/di-roadmap-2021.pdf
Closing Date: 28 June 2023
Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.
Recruitment agencies - we are unable to accept unsolicited CVs and communications from external recruiters. The recruitment team will engage with agencies who have signed up to our PSL should we require assistance. For further information, visit our