Project Manager - Birmingham
Hybrid Working - Competitive Salary + Benefits Package
Full Time
Henry Riley is an international property and construction consultancy, who, for the last 130 years have been industry leaders in cost management, project management, health & safety, and advisory services.
We are exciting to have an immediate opening for a Project Manager in our Birmingham office.
Our city centre Birmingham office is within a 5-10 minute walk from New Street Station making it an incredibly convenient location to work from. You will work in a busy and diverse office of Quantity Surveyors and Project Managers, and be employed on a hybrid contract giving you flexibility to manage your work from the office, site and home.
As a leading multi disciplinary consultancy you can expect to be involved in an exciting variety of projects which cover a full breadth of sectors within the built environment. This will include projects with the residential, retail, leisure and industrial sectors.
Henry Riley are committed to supporting your professional development and providing career opportunities to progress your career within our business. We have an industry leading, in-house APC programme which will provide you with advice and support to becoming a chartered Project Manager with a relevant professional body such as the RICS or CIOB.
Key tasks and responsibilities of the Project Manager role include:
- Ensure the client achieves their stated objectives through close teamwork, proactive risk and programme controls and the provision of contractual advice.
- Prepare full tender documentation, for consultant or contractor appointments, in line with the Henry Riley requirements and present these to the client for review and comment.
- Administer the tender processes for consultant and contractor appointments.
- Provide /obtain advice on contractors, specialists, procurement routes, cost and programme solutions and present to the client.
- Acting in an Employers Agent role on behalf of our clients.
- Administer / manage cost/variation procedures as applicable under the relevant Appointment or Contract
- Attend and/or chair meetings within line with the appointment provisions.
- Prepare financial and progress reports for the client, ensuring their specific data requirements are included.
- Instigate value engineering and standardisation processes aimed at optimising efficiency for both Henry Riley and the client.
- Propose innovative initiatives on service delivery for Henry Riley management consideration.
- Prepare development and delivery programmes in Microsoft Project, ensuring the key deliverable objectives are understood and reported adequately.
Desired qualifications and experience:
- Degree qualified in a relevant subject such as Construction Project Management or a similar equivalent.
- Prior experience working in a construction Project Manager role for a similar construction consultancy is essential.
- Demonstrable experience of working in a client facing role as a Project Manager where you have formed strong and lasting relationships with the client.
- Proven experience of project managing large scale construction projects within the built environment is essential.
- Experience of carrying out full pre and post contract duties in a Project Management role.
- Experience of administering contracts under JCT contract, including design and build and traditional forms.
About Henry Riley:
Investors in People accredited since 1998, Henry Riley is an international property and construction consultancy, who, for the last 130 years have been industry leaders in cost management, project management, health & safety, and advisory services.
Our success isn’t solely down to our ability to be visionary, innovative, and forward thinking, but our people who strive to be ambitious, creative, progressive and aspire to make a difference.
Our Vision is to become a more diverse and sustainable business, so we are delighted to learn from our 2021 Diversity & Inclusion survey our people reported we are a great place to work, scoring above our competitors in opportunities for growth, development, and leadership. This sets us in the spotlight for supporting our people with their growth and development in their careers, excellent work life balance and new hybrid working.
High on our agenda and key to our diversity and inclusion targets, is supporting our people’s mental health and wellbeing. To help us achieve this, we have partnered with Mates in Mind who will be in raising awareness of mental health within our business and the construction industry.
As a business we are working hard to actively reduce our carbon footprint and endeavour to undertake all activities in an environmentally responsible manner. We are very proud to have achieved CarbonNeutral® company certification, in accordance with The CarbonNeutral Protocol, the leading global framework for carbon neutrality.
Henry Riley is an Equal Opportunity Employer
We welcome applications from candidates who are interested in working with us but are not able to commit to a full-time role and/or would require forms of flexible working. Additionally, we provide hybrid working as standard practice.
We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.
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