Project Variations

• Act as the dedicated point of contact for project variations, particularly where design coordination, supply chain input, or technical assessment is required.
• Review each variation to identify impact on design, procurement, programme, cost, construction sequencing, access, permits, RAMS, and client operations.
• Coordinate required input from the Design Manager, designers, consultants, supply chain, commercial team, and construction team.
• Ensure variations are properly defined before being issued for pricing or progressed into delivery.
• Ensure variation impacts are captured within the construction look-ahead and communicated to the operational team in advance.
• Maintain a project variation tracker, including status, actions, assumptions, exclusions, required decisions, and approval dates.
• Support the commercial team with technical information required for quotation, cost assessment, change control, and commercial reporting.
• Escalate unresolved variation issues where they may affect programme, cost, procurement, or delivery.

Supply Chain Coordination

• Coordinate supply chain engagement where technical, design, or procurement input is required.
• Ensure subcontractor and supplier design requirements are identified early and aligned with the construction programme.
• Coordinate technical submissions, material approvals, lead-in periods, and supplier information requirements.
• Review supply chain proposals for buildability, compliance, interface risks, and programme impact.
• Work with procurement and commercial teams to ensure procurement decisions reflect design and delivery requirements.
• Identify and escalate supply chain risks that may affect construction readiness or live project delivery.

Framework and Multi-Project Delivery

• Work within a fast-paced framework environment, managing several projects at the same time.
• Prioritise workload across multiple live and pre-construction projects.
• Manage competing deadlines, urgent client requirements, design issues, procurement constraints, and construction queries.
• Maintain a clear and consistent look-ahead across allocated projects to support the operational team and reduce delivery risk.
• Maintain clear communication with the wider project team to ensure actions, risks, and decisions are visible and progressed.
• Support consistent project controls across the framework, including trackers, look-aheads, reporting, and change management processes.

Post Construction

• Support the close-out of design-related defects, outstanding technical queries, and incomplete design information.
• Assist with lessons learned where recurring design, procurement, or variation issues are identified across the framework.
• Support the preparation of information required for final account where design changes, variations, or technical issues have impacted the works.

Essential Qualifications

• Strong experience in project management within construction, pharmaceutical, industrial, infrastructure, or complex live operational environments.
• Good exposure to M&E works, pharmaceutical environments, and GMP requirements.
• Strong understanding of pre-construction, design coordination, procurement, and construction delivery processes.
• Experience supporting Design Managers and coordinating design interfaces without replacing the formal design management function.
• Experience providing construction look-aheads to operational teams across multiple projects.
• Strong commercial awareness, particularly in relation to variations, change control, scope gaps, and protection of contractual position.
• Ability to manage interfaces with designers, consultants, subcontractors, and suppliers through others.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Analytical, methodical, and action-focused.

Essential Skills and Qualifications

• Academic and/or professional qualification in a construction-related subject.
• CSCS for Managers.
• SMSTS.
• CDM awareness.
• Good understanding of construction planning and temporary works interfaces.
• Experience with project reporting, design trackers, variation trackers, and construction look-aheads.

Desirable Skills and Qualifications

• Chartered status or working towards chartered status.
• NEC 4 contract training.
• Design coordination or design management awareness.
• Temporary Works awareness.
• BIM awareness.
• NEBOSH Certificate or equivalent H&S qualification.
• Experience in pharmaceutical, life sciences, industrial, M&E, or GMP-controlled environments.

Benefits

• 26 days annual leave
• Pension and benefits
• Unlimited learning and development opportunities
• Much more

Our People and Recruitment Commitment

At Sisk Group, our people are at the heart of our success. We offer the chance to work with purpose, build a career with no limits, and be part of a great team.

All vacancies are managed directly by our Internal Recruitment Team. Unsolicited contact or speculative CVs from unapproved agencies will not be accepted, and no introductory fees will apply.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, or any other protected characteristic.

Reasonable adjustments are available during the recruitment process.

We know the confidence gap and imposter phenomenon can stop talented candidates applying. You do not need to meet every criterion - your skills and potential matter. Don’t hold back; we want to hear from you.

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