Overview
As a Construction Project Manager you will lead a varied portfolio of large, complex construction projects within the council’s capital programme. You will drive projects from inception to completion, ensuring time, budget, and quality targets are met. You will coordinate scheme development, procurement, consultant appointments, contracts, and stakeholder engagement, delivering schemes across education and corporate facilities. You will work with internal clients, consultants, contractors, and elected members to deliver sustainable, high-quality projects that benefit Warwickshire communities. This role offers a hands-on opportunity to shape the council’s infrastructure landscape within acoll
Pay / Benefits
- agile working
- generous annual leave
- bank holidays and extra day at Christmas
- pension scheme with employer contribution
- Vivup benefits and discounts
Responsibilities
- Lead a portfolio of large, complex construction projects from inception to completion
- Oversee scheme development, feasibility, and procurement activities
- Manage consultants, contractors, and contractual agreements
- Control project budgets and ensure alignment with schedules and quality standards
- Engage stakeholders across the Council and with external partners
- Develop and implement procurement strategies
- Ensure safety, sustainability, and best-practice compliance on projects
- Support cross-functional collaboration to deliver education and corporate facilities
- Provide expert project management guidance across varied build, extension, refurbishment and development schemes
Key requirements
- Substantial experience managing complex construction projects
- Construction-related degree or equivalent qualification
- Membership of a relevant professional institution (or working towards)
- Experience delivering capital projects in the education sector
- Strong knowledge of design principles, procurement methods, and development processes
- Experience managing consultants, contractors, budgets, and contracts
- Excellent commercial awareness balancing quality, cost, and programme
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Excellent organisational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities
- Proactive, self-motivated, flexible
- Full driving licence and ability to travel across Warwickshire
- stakeholder management
- communication
- proactive
- project lifecycle management
- procurement methods
- contract management
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