Project Manager - London or Croydon
Hybrid Working - Competitive Salary + Benefits Package
Full Time, Permanent
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 digital services.
We have an exciting Project Manager vacancy to join us in one of our 2 London offices situated in central London and Croydon.
Within your role, you will be responsible for leading the project management services and providing the highest level of service to our clients and their developments. You will have the opportunity to work on an exciting variety of projects consisting of new build, refurbishment and fit-out projects across all sectors of the built environment.
We are looking for an experienced Project Manager with a proven track record of carrying out a full remit of pre and post contract responsibilities whilst working in a construction related client facing role for a similar construction consultancy.
We can provide structured and dedicated support to candidates working towards their chartership with the RICS, CIOB and APM. We are very proud our industry leading APC Programme which currently has over 50 staff enrolled and has been instrumental in supporting our staff in gaining their chartership status in recent years.
We can also offer suitable candidates hybrid working contracts as standard and you will be given flexibility to manage your time between the office, site and home.
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.
- Membership to a relevant professional body such as the CIOB, RICS or APM would be advantageous but is not essential to carry out this role.
- Prior experience working in a Project Manager role for a similar construction consultancy is essential.
- Proven experience of project managing a combination of new build, refurbishment and/or fit-out projects is desirable.
- Experience of carrying out full pre and post contract duties in a lead Project Management role on complex construction projects.
- Experience of administering contracts under JCT contract, including design and build and traditional forms.
- Previous experience of working on construction projects within the built environment is essential. This could include residential, retail, healthcare, commercial or similar.
About Henry Riley:
Investors in People accredited since 1998, Henry Riley is a privately owned international property and construction consultancy, who, for the last 130 years have been industry leaders in cost management, project management, health & safety, and digital 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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