Cumming Group is an international project and cost management consultancy delivering innovative solutions in construction, real estate, and infrastructure. With a commitment to collaboration, transparency, and performance excellence, we support some of the world’s most respected clients across diverse range of sectors.
The Role:
Cumming Group are looking to recruit a Senior Project Manager to join our team in the London office. As a Senior Project Manager, you will provide expert-level consultancy and project support for construction projects across various stages and sectors – from concept design to construction completion. You will be responsible for delivering procurement advice, and post-contract administration, working independently or managing a team, depending on project size and scope. You will partner with a diverse set of clients and internal teams to deliver exceptional value, acting as a trusted advisor and helping to ensure successful project outcomes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide overall leadership to Project Management team including project and service delivery, processes, development etc.
- Lead the delivery of mission-critical Data Centre projects through all project phases from feasibility, design and procurement through construction, commissioning and handover.
- Proactive day to day responsibility for large sized projects and demonstrate the ability to take on tasks with minimal supervision.
- Strengthen our service delivery capability and promote knowledge capture, sharing and innovation.
- Prepare and evaluating tenders, contractor/consultant selection and contract documentation.
- Support risk and value management, including facilitation of workshops and project risk registers.
- Contract administration for relevant contract provisions, monthly reporting and chairing project meetings.
- Deliver all work outputs in an accurate and timely manner to a high standard of quality.
- Undertake service delivery in accordance with the policies and procedures of the business, particularly Health & Safety and Quality Assurance.
- Undertake service in compliance with client’s corporate governance procedures where applicable.
- Achieve all objectives as required by the annual performance review process.
- Demonstrate a commitment to continuing professional development and continuous improvement.
- Communicating effectively with all stakeholders to ensure that all parties are kept informed on all relevant matters impacting and influencing projects.
- Provide advice on procurement and contracts.
- Responsibility for, and must be committed to promoting, protecting, developing and enabling the business and your colleagues, within the parameter of your job role
- Contribute towards bid and tender preparation and business development.
- Support the implementation of strategic initiatives at service level.
- Provide leadership to the staff, where required. Resolve conflicts of priorities and personalities relating to work with the appropriate Director or Associate.
- Mentor and coach team members, ensuring that staff and new starters are developed to support the successful growth of the business and development of their career.
- Developing and managing the Project Programmes and obtaining the buy-in of all stakeholders.
- Manage the delivery of work through proactive involvement where appropriate and through performance management of personnel to ensure work is completed in a timely manner to a high-quality standard.
- Communicating effectively with all stakeholders to ensure that all parties are kept informed on all relevant matters impacting and influencing projects.
- Communicating with team members to ensure that they understand and become engaged with the project strategies, briefs and client requirements.
- Driving project performance, service delivery and technical and commercial outcomes and undertaking reviews, ensuring client delivery is above expectation.
Knowledge & Skills Required:
The ability to:
- Deliver results in a client facing role including:
- Respond confidently to a client request; as well as understanding when to escape client issues to senior members of the team.
- Provide innovative solutions to improve project delivery.
- Ability to show resilience and resourcefulness in the face of highly complex challenges.
- Commitment to outperforming client expectations.
- Deal diplomatically with a wide range of stakeholders in a flexible environment, subject to change.
- Demonstrate a high degree of integrity.
- Lead a team.
- Negotiate, influence and deliver results in a client facing role.
- Manage conflicting priorities and organise workloads in conjunction with the appropriate Director.
- Demonstrate flexibility in response to changing requirements and routines.
- Show strong leadership skills and demonstrable ability to lead, creating a close-knit team. Motivate and mentor the team to work effectively in a dynamic environment, including the supply chain.
- Prioritise and self-manage with ability to work in a high-pressure environment.
Preferred Education and Experience:
- Preferably degree qualified in a relevant field: construction, cost management, engineering or quantity surveying.
- MAPM / MRICS other equivalent qualification or experience.
- Supporting Project Management Qualifications such as PRINCE2 Practitioner / Certified Project Manager / MSP / Risk Management.
- Proven experience delivering Data Centre, mission-critical or other highly technical construction projects.
- Experience in the Data Centre sector is essential.
- 7+ years’ experience (at least 5 years post qualification).
- Extensive knowledge of construction industry technical matters.
- Extensive experience of industry standard forms of contract, typically JCT and NEC.
- Excellent technical project management skills and provide leadership to others on PM Processes: Risk, Opportunities and Issues, Planning/programming, Change control, Reporting, Stakeholder management and Communications, Value Management.
- Extensive experience of delivering multiple or complex projects and programmes of work through the entire project life cycle.
- Sound understanding of HS&E legislation including some formal training/qualifications.
- Strong interpersonal and team building skills. Strong interpersonal skills with both client and staff.
- Monitoring developments in project and programme management field – new processes / alternative training/ new areas of work – examples such as BIM, Soft Landings and agile project management.
- Strong analytical skills, sound judgement and an aptitude for forward planning.
- Good experience of managing people and delivering multiple or complex projects.
Cumming Group is committed to creating a diverse workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All job applicants will receive equal treatment without regard to age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, “race” (includes nationality, national / ethnic origins, colour) marriage & civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, gender reassignment, religion and belief.
Note for Recruitment Agencies:
We prefer to hire directly, and we will be in touch with our PSL Agencies if this role is eligible for release.
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