Project Manager
About this Role:
Project Manager required to run a £10m new build blue light training project in Weymouth, Dorset.
Work is due to start on site in the summer after a short preconstruction period.
The project has some initial complex groundworks followed by construction of a 2 storey steel framed building and installation of specialist systems to provide a new training facility. There is also the refurbishment of the existing building to be undertaken.
Reporting to the Construction Director and visiting Contracts Manager you will be responsible for managing the project from the final preconstruction stage through to start on site in the summer this year and then run the construction phase over an 18 months period to handover.
You take the lead holding responsibility for input to design development, construction methodology and programme of works, logistics, client liaison, plus specifically the smooth and timely progress of construction on site, health and safety, quality control and any issue resolution.
About the Company:
The client is the busy regional office of a national main contractor, with a turnover in excess of £35m, with secured workload in the healthcare, education, commercial, industrial, blue light and retirement living sectors across the South and West.
Projects range in size from £2m to £20m, secured through a mixture of national and regional frameworks, negotiated schemes with repeat clients, and competitive tenders. There is a good pipeline of future work, with 80% of turnover already secured for 2027.
Requirements :
You will ideally be an experienced Project Manager or No1 Senior Site Manager looking to step up and with a proven track record within a Tier 1 or 2 main contractor, able to deliver a £10m design & build schemes as No1.
Key attributes will include excellent project team management ability, technical, contractual and commercial knowledge, plus focus and drive, and the ability to keep works on track.
High standards, attention to detail and the drive will be very well rewarded with excellent salary, benefits, promotional and development prospects.
For more information on this contract please contact Martin Olney on (phone number removed) or send your CV to
Candidates must be able to prove their eligibility to work in the UK