Senior Project Manager

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The Vacancy

Wates are looking for a Senior Project Manager to join our construction team in Northern Home Counties.

If you are a Senior Project Manager with proven technical skills looking for an opportunity to challenge the norm, bring fresh new ideas, and elevate yourself within the industry, then join us and help to create tomorrow together.

This is a great opportunity to progress your career as part of a talented, diverse, and supportive team.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Our Senior Project Managers are a valuable part of our business. The focus of this role will be to provide visible leadership, insight, direction, and foresight in the safe and profitable delivery of schemes, while also providing excellent customer satisfaction and successfully developing a team.

As our Senior Project Manager you will:

• Provide cost-effective solutions, lead commercial strategies, and manage project business and profit plans.
• Develop bid strategies, support pre-contract teams, review construction options, and ensure timely delivery of design information.
• Set clear objectives, develop team capabilities, implement HR policies, and demonstrate leadership and motivational skills.
• Manage supply chain selection, nurture customer relationships, uphold brand values, and address customer concerns.
• Focus on successful project outcomes, manage H.S.&E performance, develop clear delivery strategies, and ensure efficient project completion.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager who can demonstrate experience working on high-value, complex projects. You will possess strong commercial acumen, with the ability to provide cost-effective solutions, lead commercial strategies, and manage project business and profit plans. Leadership and motivational skills are essential, as you will need to set clear objectives, develop team capabilities, and implement HR policies effectively. Additionally, expertise in managing supply chain selection, nurturing customer relationships, upholding brand values, and addressing customer concerns is required. You will also focus on achieving successful project outcomes, managing Health, Safety, and Environmental (H.S.&E) performance, developing clear delivery strategies, and ensuring efficient project completion.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Competitive salary & profit share scheme
• Flexible working
• Car Allowance / Company Car (subject to Role/Grade)
• Travel covered to any of our sites (subject to HMRC advisory rates)
• Extensive corporate benefits including, Private Medical, Pension 8% employers' contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 26 days holidays + bank holidays and much more
• Excellent range of learning and development activity to support your career progression
• Industry leading family leave benefits to include 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 12 weeks fully paid paternity.

Company

We employ almost 4,000 people, working with a range of clients and partners from across the public and private sectors. At Wates, we are driven by our purpose of working together to inspire better ways of creating the places, communities, and businesses of tomorrow. We need the right people from whatever background to help us make this happen and we are always looking for talented people from all walks of life to reflect the diverse communities where we work.