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Senior Project Manager

September 4, 2018 | Comments Off on Senior Project Manager

Position - Senior Project Manager / Project Leader

Salary and benefits - Highly competitive salary plus full package, company car or car allowance, up to 7.5% matched pension, healthcare, 2x share options, up to 10% off new Kier homes and numerous retail benefits.

Location - Within 1 hours' commute of Manchester or Liverpool

The opportunity:


Kier Construction Northern is looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager / Project Leader to join the existing team in Manchester / Liverpool. Projects will be varied, from healthcare, hospital schemes to high rise residential projects, student accommodation and hotels valued at circa £25m - £45m. The role requires experience of pre-construction activities and full responsibility for delivery of the projects.

Key responsibilities:

  • Lead the planning and implementation of designated projects
  • Establish a project plan from inception to completion taking into account all relevant statutory and client requirements, establish targets with respect to project delivery; monitor and report on progress against these targets.
  • Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of specific projects including management and delivery of project milestones
  • Effectively manage and maintain appropriate budget costs to achieve targets
  • Manage the decision making process by carrying out all necessary liaison and negotiations with all parties involved ensuring value for money
  • Carry out contract administration including financial management, liaising with external consultants where employed
  • Produce the Contract Programme, short term programmes, as built programmes and monitor / report progress as required.
  • Resolve technical problems ensuring work is carried out to the correct specification and QA standards.
Key Skills and Qualifications:
  • Holder of a Full UK Drivers Licence
  • Relevant qualifications and experience as a Project Manager
  • Full understanding of current Health & Safety Legislation
  • Knowledge and experience of partnering and target cost framework contracts
  • Sound judgement and problem solving skills
  • Commercial and contractual awareness
About Kier:

Kier Group plc. is a leading construction, property, residential and services group which invests in, builds, maintains and renews the places where we work, live and play. We operate globally across a range of sectors including defence, education, health, housing, industrials, power, transport and utilities. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, we are a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

With a network of 88 UK offices Kier offers national coverage across all of its core activities. Employing 22,000 people, Kier has the financial strength and technical expertise to undertake some of the most significant construction, civil engineering and service contracts in the country.

Kier is an equality and diversity employer

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