Capital Asset Project Manager

Company: barnsley council
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Location: Barnsley
Job Description:

Overview

As Capital Asset Project Manager you will lead construction and refurbishment projects within Barnsley’s three-year capital programme, focusing on residential children’s homes and education provision for SEND. You will work alongside Property Services, Children’s Services and education partners to deliver safe, compliant, affordable schemes that meet community needs. You’ll drive feasibility, design, procurement, construction and handover, ensuring milestones and budgets are met. This role offers a chance to shape local provision for children and young people while working in a collaborative, public-sector environment. You’ll be supported by flexible working and development opportunities to進

Pay / Benefits

  • flexible working
  • excellent pension scheme
  • health and wellbeing support
  • training and development opportunities
  • employee discounts

Responsibilities

  • Lead multiple construction, refurbishment and property adaptation projects
  • Develop clear project scopes, delivery plans, budgets and programmes
  • Coordinate feasibility studies, surveys, designs, planning applications and approvals
  • Manage contractors, consultants, architects and other professional advisers
  • Lead procurement activity and support the appointment of delivery partners
  • Ensure projects comply with construction health and safety requirements (CDM 2015)
  • Monitor contractor performance, site safety, quality, cost, risks and milestones
  • Identify delays, cost pressures and compliance issues early and take action
  • Maintain project documentation, risk registers, forecasts and progress reports
  • Report to senior managers and governance meetings
  • Collaborate with property, legal, procurement, finance, planning, education and children’s services colleagues
  • Coordinate completion, commissioning, snagging, certification and handover
  • Help establish consistent capital delivery standards across the programme

Key requirements

  • Strong experience in construction project management
  • Health and safety compliance expertise
  • Contractor management experience
  • Experience with capital budgets and programme control
  • Risk management skills
  • Public-sector/Local government/education capital programme experience
  • Ability to deliver complex projects safely and effectively
  • construction project management
  • health and safety compliance
  • contractor management
  • capital budgets
  • programme control
  • risk management

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Posted: October 1st, 2026