Brampton Recruitment
Heritage Project Manager
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Heritage Project Manager – Permanent
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Heritage Project Manager to join a small business, working on traditional, historic and listed buildings, with a focus on careful repair, refurbishment and conservation-led construction. We are looking for someone who is a practical, organised project manager to take day-to-day responsibility for running small heritage construction projects.
The successful candidate will manage two small works teams, each with its own team leader, and will be responsible for approximately eight people overall. Typical project values are around £40,000, although some jobs may be smaller or larger.
Job Description for the Heritage Project Manager role
As the Heritage Project Manager, you will be responsible for:
- Managing two team leaders and their small works teams
- Planning and sequencing small heritage construction projects
- Turning agreed scopes of work into practical site delivery plans
- Ensuring labour, materials, subcontractors and access arrangements are in place
- Monitoring progress, quality, safety and cost against agreed expectations
- Ensuring work is completed safely, properly and to the required standard
- Maintaining good site records, photographs, task records and progress updates
- Ensuring RAMS, task instructions and site controls are followed
- Identifying problems early and escalating them to the Managing Director where required
- Communicating professionally with clients, consultants and other stakeholders throughout
- Coordinating with suppliers and subcontractors
- Supporting a culture of tidy, disciplined, high-quality heritage work
- Using digital project management tools and ensuring team leaders and operatives follow digital processes
- Capturing site photographs and progress records, ensuring you are keeping task records up to date
- Helping improve the company’s systems as they develop
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Candidate Requirements for the Heritage Project Manager role
- Previous experience working as a Heritage Project Manager, Small Works Project Manager, or Construction Project Manager is essential for the role
- Proven background in traditional, historic, heritage, listed buildings, conservation buildings or similar is essential for the role
- Experience in small works, small specialist projects is essential
- Experience managing construction or refurbishment projects
- Experience supervising trades, team leaders or small site teams
- A practical understanding of site delivery
- Good organisational and communication skills
- Confidence dealing with clients and site operatives
- A sensible approach to health and safety
- Willingness to use and enforce digital systems
- A full UK driving licence is essential
- SMSTS or SSSTS
- CSCS Card
- A degree, HNC or HND in construction or a related subject would be helpful, but practical experience and the right attitude are more important
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This role would suit candidates with the following experience: Heritage Project Manager, Small Works Project Manager, Heritage Works Manager, Project Manager – Heritage & Refurbishment, Construction Project Manager Small Works
This role is commutable from: Stoke on Trent, Newcastle under Lyme, Stone, Stafford, Hixon, Penkridge, Cannock, Burntwood, Lichfield, Norton Canes, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Telford and surrounding areas
- Hours: Monday – Friday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 Per Annum
- Location: Penkridge
Brampton Recruitment are an independent Commercial and Accounts & Finance recruitment agency working in partnership with employers spanning Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Cheshire, and the Greater Manchester region.
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