Ridge and Partners LLP
Project / Senior Project Manager
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About the Role
We are recruiting for a passionate, driven and commercially minded Project Manager / Senior Project Manager to join our busy and dynamic team. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your career with Ridge, working from our Reading office on a varied portfolio of projects across the Thames Valley and beyond, including prestigious historic building commissions, complex cladding remediation schemes and education projects that make a real difference to local communities. You will be joining a collaborative team that combines technical expertise, strong client relationships and a practical approach to delivering high-quality built environment projects.
What you need to do to be effective in this role
- Managing the day-to-day delivery of construction projects from inception through to completion
- Building trusted relationships with clients, consultants, contractors and wider project stakeholders
- Supporting the delivery of historic building, cladding remediation, education and wider public and private sector projects
- Developing clear project documentation, programmes, reports, risk registers and decision records
- Attending, chairing and recording meetings, ensuring actions are captured and progressed
- Producing concise and professional reports to suit the relevant stage of each project.
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In addition to the above you will also be responsible for the following key activities:
- Identifying and developing innovative, practical solutions for clients across complex and live environments
- Assisting with leading and managing multidisciplinary design teams
- Supporting feasibility studies, site surveys, investigations and project option appraisals
- Monitoring and reporting on contractor progress, quality, risk and programme performance on site
- Contributing to projects that protect and enhance existing buildings, improve safety and compliance, and support the delivery of modern learning environments
- Supporting the Reading team in developing new business opportunities and strengthening existing client relationships
- Developing the skills to act as a single point of contact, taking responsibility for project delivery and client liaison.
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The skills and experience you need to have for this role
- Construction project management experience is essential
- Experience of working on building projects, ideally including refurbishment, education, heritage, remediation or occupied-site environments
- Experience using Microsoft Office software and Microsoft Project
- A degree in a construction-related subject is desirable, but not essential. All relevant degree backgrounds will be considered
- Experience of delivering presentations and communicating clearly with clients and senior professionals
- Excellent written communication skills, with experience in report writing, meeting notes and project documentation.
Qualifications
- Diploma, BSc or MSc in project management, construction management, building surveying or another relevant built environment discipline
- You will ideally be working towards, or considering working towards, one of the professional qualifications below:
- MRICS
- MCIOB
- MAPM
- PRINCE2
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