Major Main Contractor – Senior Project Manager

Overview

In this role you lead delivery on main contractor projects, ensuring budget, programme and contract requirements are met across high-end residential, educational, health and commercial sectors. You will coordinate design information, risk management, and supply chain performance to achieve on-time, on-budget delivery. You’ll manage client and stakeholder relationships, ensure safety and environmental compliance, and drive handovers to customers. This is an opportunity to shape project outcomes within a reputable UK contractor and complex, multi-sector portfolios.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery on complex construction projects within budget and time constraints
• Manage project budgets, forecasting, and P&L considerations
• Oversee contract administration and documentation
• Develop and control detailed programmes and schedules with progress reporting
• Coordinate design information and address inaccuracies or gaps
• Manage supply chain selection and performance
• Maintain relationships with clients, tenants, and stakeholders
• Implement quality, safety, and environmental plans and regulatory compliance
• Coordinate site logistics and site establishment
• Oversee handover processes and customer support during handover
• Establish project communications plan and team accountabilities
• Ensure planning, building regulation approvals, and regulatory compliance

Key requirements

• CSCS
• MCIOB-desirable
• experience leading a team
• knowledge of budgets and costing
• experience with project forecasting and control
• experience with contract documentation
• ability to resource projects
• strong programme management skills
• ability to prioritise and plan effectively
• understands design information and delivery timelines

• leadership
• planning
• communication
• project/programme management
• budget control and cost forecasting
• contract administration

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