Senior Project Manager- Private Sector

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Sector Project and Program Management

Role Senior Executive

Contract Type Permanent

Hours Full Time

At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities, and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture and priorities, visit our strategy site.

Within our consult business, we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery consultancy to unlock the potential in every project.

The Project: Due to exceptional growth in our retail team, we require a senior project manager, based in the UK, who will be responsible for the delivery of multiple fast-paced property investments programmes for a major food retail client.

This role sits in our consultancy business, specifically the commercial private sector. You will join our team of UK-wide Project Managers, delivering several different investment types including new store fit outs, extensions, refurbishments, planned asset renewals, and initiative roll outs. As Senior Project Manager, you will have sole responsibility for the delivery of several projects, reporting into the Mace Account lead. The successful candidate will manage projects within a geographic area, ideally centred to your home location; however, some UK-wide travel should be expected.

Our Values: Safety First - Going Home Safe and Well:

• You will promote Mace's value of safety first, exhibiting visible safety behaviours, sharing lessons learned, and using safety moments and Mace's HSW framework to support the safety and wellbeing of all Mace staff.
• You will possess technical expertise in local health and safety rules and regulations relevant to the project portfolio.
• You will promote a diverse and inclusive working environment and understand the importance of the wellbeing of the people in your team.

Client Focus - Deliver on Our Promise:

• You will ensure robust quality systems are in place and suitably managed in line with service excellence.
• You will manage delivery from project inception/brief, through design development and planning, contractor procurement, and construction phase in accordance with the overall delivery program and agreed project milestones.
• You will manage tasks and associated deliverables in support of the associate director and other senior leaders, alongside the wider project and client teams, to ensure the timely and accurate delivery of the project.
• Clear experience of successful delivery of multiple fit-out projects, to a high standard, on schedule and within budget.
• Very strong communication skills with the ability to build and develop relationships with both clients and external stakeholders.
• Able to quickly develop an understanding of a client's process and procedures to ensure your projects fit their governance requirements.
• Develop your own project plans for clients who do not possess their own construction processes or standards.
• Can demonstrate experience of their performance in striving for quality, safety, cost, and schedule improvements at every opportunity with all delivery partners, challenging and seeking to improve the project deliverables.
• Have a commercial awareness of the projects being managed, including an understanding of the cost implications of scope change and other economic factors.
• Act as a liaison between contractual 3rd parties such as the centre of engineering, legal, and operational teams.
• Have flexibility to the requirements of your projects and be comfortable with regular travel, which will include periods of staying away from home.

Integrity - Always Do the Right Thing:

• You will manage project budgets and highlight any risks, challenges, and mitigations.
• You will support the long-term development of your function or Business Unit (BU), creating a sustainable business future.
• You will commit to making a positive impact for our people, our clients, and our planet, and take ownership for holding others to account who do not uphold the Mace values.

Create Opportunity - For Our People to Excel:

• You will manage design and wider consultant teams in a collaborative manner to ensure effective completion of responsibilities.
• You will lead and manage the project team and relevant stakeholders to achieve strategic project key performance indicators (KPIs).
• You will actively network, innovate, and seek understanding of best practices, utilising the full depth of knowledge of Mace group, the centres of excellence, Mace way control centre, and knowledge hub.

You'll Need to Have:

• Experience of working in a similar role within the food retail and distribution sector is desirable.
• Ability to demonstrate flexibility and commercial awareness.
• Knowledge/appreciation of H&S and CDM standards and regulations.
• Good commercial awareness and ability.
• Strong interpersonal skills, communication skills, and a good team player.
• Proactive approach, capable of effective project planning and making decisions.
• Experienced in the use of Microsoft Office.

You'll Also Have:

• Membership of RICS, CIOB, APM, ICE or equivalent demonstrable professional or personal development.
• Commercial and financial acumen.
• Experience of leading parts of projects within large, diverse teams.
• Experience of developing and forming relationships with senior stakeholders.
• Knowledge of how carbon and sustainability considerations will shape the outlook of the projects you are working on.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all of the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.

We are also open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.

Company If you can bring a different perspective to help us shape the cities of tomorrow, take a look at the opportunities we have to join us.

Fortune Favours the Brave - And So Do We At Mace, we empower our people to be collaborative, curious and embrace their entrepreneurial spirits. We aim to attract the best and brightest people, whatever their background, to bring new perspectives to some of the most challenging and inspiring projects around the world.

You might be part of our healthcare team delivering critical hospital care units, or our education team creating schools to inspire our future leaders. You could be a graduate working on the world's tallest building or be managing the construction of world-leading cultural landmarks. Whatever your passion, we have an opportunity that will bring out the best in you.

At Mace, we want you to feel comfortable from day 1, so for any questions about a career at Mace, including application advice, please contact for a confidential chat. Our Clients Say That It's Our People That Make the Difference Our people think harder, do better and go further. Every day at Mace is an opportunity to think and do things differently.

Reward and Recognition We invest in our people and provide a strong benefits package, which in the UK includes:

• 22 days of holiday, plus two 'Mace Days' to support work-life balance, bank holidays and December holiday shut down
• Contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Highly competitive maternity and paternity package
• Reimbursement of professional subscriptions and membership fees
• Season ticket loan
• Annual health screening
• Private medical insurance
• Sponsorship of education schemes (on approval)
• Continuous on-the-job training and development
• Cycle to work scheme

We know that many parents can face challenges when balancing the demands of work and their home lives. At Mace, we fully support our people when they choose to balance their career with family life. We offer enhanced family leave, as well as options for flexible working and alternative working patterns to support and improve the work-life balance of our employees.

Our performance management and appraisal approach is based on ability and talent. Top performers are recognised for both their contribution to projects and their broader contribution to the business.

At Mace, we appreciate the differences that everyone brings to work and we recognise the importance of people being free to be themselves.

Regardless of age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, or affiliation to any political party, we embrace diversity and believe in creating an inclusive environment where every Mace person is treated equally, fairly and with respect.

Support for Disabled Employees Our recruitment and HR Teams have undertaken disability awareness training and are eager to provide an inclusive and accessible experience to job applicants and new colleagues.

Enabled at Mace - employee network aims to support its members and to raise awareness and remove barriers around disability, neurodiversity, and other impairments to support their aim to create an inclusive and diverse workplace for everyone.

Disability Confident - We are using the requirements of the government scheme to create an inclusive environment for disabled job applicants and existing colleagues.
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