Cognisant
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Project Lead | Residential Development
Essex / Hertfordshire.
£95,000 + Benefits.
Cognisant Search has been appointed by a privately owned residential developer to recruit a Project Lead for a major multi-phase residential development in Essex.
This is a senior delivery role, reporting directly to the Managing Director, with responsibility for taking overall ownership of the project through its key delivery phases.
The remit
- Take overall responsibility for delivery of a major multi-phase residential development
- Coordinate multiple phases and workstreams running concurrently
- Own programme, budget, quality and delivery performance
- Drive programme recovery where delays or issues arise
- Make commercially informed decisions around sequencing, procurement, logistics and site operations
- Bring together Construction, Technical and Commercial teams around the overall project
- Identify risks early and take ownership of resolving them
- Maintain a high standard of build quality throughout delivery
- Work directly with the Managing Director on key project decisions
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We are interested in those with a strong track record across complex, multi-phase or volume housing developments (Traditional build or Timber Frame).
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You are likely to be operating at Project Director, Project Lead, Senior Project Manager or equivalent level, with experience across the wider development and delivery process.
The successful candidate will be programme-driven, commercially aware, and confident in making considered decisions. Just as importantly, they will be proactive — someone who looks for ways to recover time and solve problems rather than simply report them etc.
Dan Petrie
07487 795148
Director | Cognisant Search
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