Project Manager – Building and Construction in County Antrim

Job Description

Our client has an opportunity for a Building and Construction Project Manager to join them on a contract for 12 months with possible extension.

This role is ideal for someone who brings strong client-side construction project management experience, thrives in a fast paced setting, and enjoys leading projects from initial concept through to successful handover.

Role: Building and Construction Project Manager

Location: Belfast – fully onsite

Hours: 36 per week

Clearance: BPSS required before starting

Hourly Rate: £40.44 per hour via Umbrella, inside IR35

What you’ll be doing

• Accountable for the delivery of identified capital projects, focusing on budget, schedule, and quality output in line with Airbus business needs.
• Managing budgets, controlling expenditure, and ensuring resources are used efficiently.
• Drive the management of project design development across the complete delivery lifecycle, including Design & Build stage to meet demanding deadlines.
• Manage directly and liaise with others in the management of stakeholders to ensure project timescales are met in line with internal governance and procedures.
• Providing clear leadership and direction to ensure all stakeholders/multi-functional project teams (internal and external) are aligned and informed throughout the project lifecycle.
• Building positive working relationships across internal and external teams.
• Procure, manage and direct a diverse range of consultant expertise across a multidisciplinary set of skills including, Architecture, Engineering (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Structural), Environmental, Archaeological and Fire.
• Develop and maintain project delivery plans, CAPEX business cases, risk/opportunity registers, cash flow projections.
• Identifying and managing risks, escalating issues where necessary, and implementing mitigation strategies.
• Accountable for management of project control, including resourcing and service delivery requirements, ensuring consultant supervision where relevant and approving all payment certificates to external consultants and suppliers.
• Responsible for the day-to-day management of construction service providers for capital projects, including conformance and compliance and proficient at escalating and managing any internal matters & change to the correct internal stakeholder.
• Ensuring all project documentation is accurate, compliant, and up?to?date.
• Maintaining strong health & safety standards throughout all project activities.
• Accountable for supervision of the project close-out activities, including commissioning and handover.

Essential Requirements

• Possess a relevant third-level credential in engineering, design, or construction project management, or a or significant practical experience in construction/building services project management.
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in managing large or multiple infrastructure/capital construction projects.
• Strong knowledge and experience of project management, contract management (i.e. through use of major contract forms, in particular NEC), strategic planning, methodologies and construction delivery best practice.
• Strong understanding of the full construction lifecycle and processes.
• Knowledge and experience of mobilising and managing the supply chain, including design services and construction works.
• Foundation-level knowledge of mechanical and electrical building systems.
• Excellent knowledge of Health & Safety practices.
• Experience in preparing and presenting comprehensive project reporting

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