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Senior Project ManagerCumming Group • Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager

Cumming Group • Manchester, England, United Kingdom
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description
Cumming Group is an international project and cost management consultancy delivering innovative solutions in construction, real estate, and infrastructure. With a commitment to collaboration, transparency, and performance excellence, we support some of the world's most respected clients across diverse range of sectors.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
  • Provide overall leadership to Project Management team including project and service delivery, processes, development etc.
  • Proactive day to day responsibility for large sized projects and demonstrate the ability to take on tasks with minimal supervision.
  • Strengthen our service delivery capability and promote knowledge capture, sharing and innovation.
  • Prepare and evaluating tenders, contractor/consultant selection and contract documentation.
  • Support risk and value management, including facilitation of workshops and project risk registers.
  • Contract administration for relevant contract provisions, monthly reporting and chairing project meetings.
  • Deliver all work outputs in an accurate and timely manner to a high standard of quality.
  • Undertake service delivery in accordance with the policies and procedures of the business, particularly Health & Safety and Quality Assurance.
  • Undertake service in compliance with client's corporate governance procedures where applicable.
  • Achieve all objectives as required by the annual performance review process.
  • Demonstrate a commitment to continuing professional development and continuous improvement.
  • Communicating effectively with all stakeholders to ensure that all parties are kept informed on all relevant matters impacting and influencing projects.
  • Provide advice on procurement and contracts.
  • Responsibility for, and must be committed to promoting, protecting, developing and enabling the business and your colleagues, within the parameter of your job role
  • Contribute towards bid and tender preparation and business development.
  • Support the implementation of strategic initiatives at service level.
  • Provide leadership to the staff, where required. Resolve conflicts of priorities and personalities relating to work with the appropriate Director or Associate.
  • Mentor and coach team members, ensuring that staff and new starters are developed to support the successful growth of the business and development of their career.
  • Developing and managing the Project Programmes and obtaining the buy-in of all stakeholders.
  • Manage the delivery of work through proactive involvement where appropriate and through performance management of personnel to ensure work is completed in a timely manner to a high-quality standard.
  • Communicating effectively with all stakeholders to ensure that all parties are kept informed on all relevant matters impacting and influencing projects.
  • Communicating with team members to ensure that they understand and become engaged with the project strategies, briefs and client requirements.
  • Driving project performance, service delivery and technical and commercial outcomes and undertaking reviews, ensuring client delivery is above expectation.

Knowledge & Skills Required:

  • The ability to:
  • Deliver results in a client facing role including:
  • Respond confidently to a client request; as well as understanding when to escalate client issues to senior members of the team.
  • Provide innovative solutions to improve project delivery.
  • Ability to show resilience and resourcefulness in the face of highly complex challenges.
  • Commitment to outperforming client expectations.
  • Deal diplomatically with a wide range of stakeholders in a flexible environment, subject to change.
  • Demonstrate a high degree of integrity.
  • Lead a team.
  • Negotiate, influence and deliver results in a client facing role.
  • Manage conflicting priorities and organise workloads in conjunction with the appropriate Director.
  • Demonstrate flexibility in response to changing requirements and routines.
  • Show strong leadership skills and demonstrable ability to lead, creating a close-knit team. Motivate and mentor the team to work effectively in a dynamic environment, including the supply chain.
  • Prioritise and self-manage with ability to work in a high-pressure environment.

Preferred Education and Experience:
  • Preferably degree qualified in a relevant field: construction, cost management, engineering or quantity surveying.
  • MAPM / MRICS other equivalent qualification or experience.
  • Supporting Project Management Qualifications such as PRINCE2 Practitioner / Certified Project Manager / MSP / Risk Management.
  • Experience in the Infrastructure sector is essential.
  • Leadership development training.
  • 7+ years' experience (at least 5 years post qualification).
  • Extensive knowledge of construction industry technical matters.
  • Extensive experience of industry standard forms of contract, typically JCT and NEC.
  • Excellent technical project management skills and provide leadership to others on PM Processes: Risk, Opportunities and Issues, Planning/programming, Change control, Reporting, Stakeholder management and Communications, Value Management.
  • Extensive experience of delivering multiple or complex projects and programmes of work through the entire project life cycle.
  • Sound understanding of HS&E legislation including some formal training/qualifications.
  • Strong oral and written communication and presentation skills.
  • Strong interpersonal and team building skills. Strong interpersonal skills with both client and staff.
  • Monitoring developments in project and programme management field - new processes / alternative training/ new areas of work - examples such as BIM, Soft Landings and agile project management.
  • Strong analytical skills, sound judgement and an aptitude for forward planning.
  • Energetic and motivated with natural drive and an innovative flair, resourcefulness and ability to adapt to change.
  • An ability to think clearly and make reasoned decisions, explaining the logic employed.
  • Good experience of managing people and delivering multiple or complex projects.

Cumming Group is committed to creating a diverse workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All job applicants will receive equal treatment without regard to age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, "race" (includes nationality, national / ethnic origin, colour), marriage & civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, gender assignment, religion and belief.

Note for Recruitment Agencies:

We prefer to hire directly, and we will be in touch with our PSL Agencies if this role is eligible for release.
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