Construction Project Manager

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• a competitive salary
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• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

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About the role

North Northamptonshire is currently on an exciting journey to transform its buildings and infrastructure and as part of this, we are looking for a Construction Project Manager to join our Capital Projects team.

You will be responsible for the delivery of a suite of capital construction projects or a programme of works that range from £25k to £25M. The role will require the development of project briefs working with a variety of internal/external stakeholders - funders, services and end users which would then be taken through to design, specification, delivery and finally completion..

You will lead construction projects either directly delivering smaller construction projects procuring and managing contractors or managing external consultant design teams and contractor / developer delivery teams for larger projects. These projects will be based across North Northamptonshire and will need you to attend site meetings or meetings in the office on average 2 days a week.

The roles involves working on multiple of projects at one time to deliver construction projects across the council for education, children's services, leisure, assets and communities.

If you would like more information about this role or are interested in applying, please contact Victoria Phillipson, Head of Capital Projects Victoria.phillipson@northnorthants.gov.uk

What will you be doing?

Construction Project Management - either directly delivering projects or manging the delivery of projects from brief through design and through to delivery.

Developing Project Briefs - understand and interpret the councils vision for its strategic estate and in particular in the education, children's services, leisure, communities and service areas to work together with them to develop project briefs/scope

Stakeholder Management - develop effective relationships with stakeholders and partners both internal and external to the council.

Risk & Issue Management - develop, manage and monitor the project risk and issues register ensuring that the risks are costed and mitigated to the lowest possible level that the council can accept.

Finance - cost planning, developing business cases, responsibility and accountability for managing the project budget maximising value for money including value engineering.

Procurement - Identifying, procuring and awarding contracts for the required professional services, surveys, other specialists, design teams and contractors.

Leadership - Motivating and managing project teams and working group to work together to deliver the projects outcome. Developing relationships internally and externally to overcome challenges and progress projects effectively.

About you

The successful candidate will be agile and flexible enough to adapt ensuring the project has flexibility within its parameters to allow for change should the strategy, regulations or outcome require change during the delivery of the project. The post will be remote working, however there is a requirement to attend the project site and Team Meetings in person as needed, it is anticipated this would be on average 2 days a week.

You will be educated to degree level or with equivalent experience and have a relevant project management qualification or equivalent alongside knowledge and experience of manging multiple and complex projects.

Experience of the management of construction related projects of varying financial levels/management is essential alongside experience of successfully managing performance and providing feedback to design teams and principal contractors.

Local authority experience is key particularly to provide a knowledge of elements such as governance, approvals and procurement processes.

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We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

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Attached documents:

• Construction Project Manager Job description and Person specification Nov 2024.pdf - Construction Project Manager Job Description & Person Specification