TSA Riley
Senior Project Manager | Bolton, UK
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Senior Project Manager | Bolton, UK
Senior Project Manager | Bolton, UK
About The Role
Due to continued growth in the Northwest region, TSA Riley is seeking to appoint a Senior Project Manager to strengthen our project management team.
We have 2 offices within the Northwest region, located in:
- Central Manchester
- Bolton
The successful candidate could potentially work from either office to suit their convenience.
This role offers an excellent opportunity to join a successful and expanding project management team, working across a diverse range of clients and built environment projects. You will benefit from:
- Career development within a growing business
- Exposure to various services for clients, including:
- Pre-construction
- Development management
- Delivery stage project management (PM services)
We are looking for experienced project managers who have:
- Successfully led complex construction developments through their entire lifecycle
- Experience across multiple sectors of the built environment
- Backgrounds in either:
- Consultancy
- Client-facing environments
At TSA Riley, we place a strong emphasis on people-focused culture. Team members receive:
- Ongoing training
- Essential resources
- A collaborative environment to support:
- Professional growth
- Career progression
- Building rewarding careers
About Your Responsibilities
As a Senior Project Manager, your key responsibilities include:
Project Leadership
- Lead end-to-end project delivery, ensuring alignment with:
- Agreed scope
- Budget
- Programme targets
- Coordinate inputs across:
- Procurement
- Design
- Delivery planning
- Site activity
- Contractor engagement
Client & Stakeholder Engagement
- Build strong, trusted relationships with:
- Clients
- Consultants
- Stakeholders
- Provide clear and responsive communication
Commercial & Operational Oversight
- Apply sound judgment in:
- Risk identification
- Issue resolution
- Opportunity capture
- Drive commercial performance through:
- Budget control
- Contract administration
- Scope change management
Technical Skills
- Utilise TSA Riley’s digital tools and systems to:
- Track progress
- Monitor risk assessment
- Support quality reporting
- Ensure compliance with:
- Project governance
- Quality frameworks
- Safety standards
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Team Leadership & Development
- Lead and manage internal teams with:
- Clear direction
- Regular feedback
- Focus on high performance
- Develop junior team members through:
- Mentorship
- Skill-building opportunities
Business Development & Growth
- Support client growth by:
- Identifying opportunities
- Contributing to positive project outcomes
- Contribute to business growth by:
- Supporting pipeline development
- Participating in bids and pursuits
- Advancing sector initiatives
About You
Qualifications & Accreditation
- A tertiary qualification in a field relevant to shaping or delivering projects in the built environment
- May hold (or be pursuing) professional accreditation from a relevant body, such as:
- CIOB (Chartered Institute of Building)
- RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors)
Experience
- Proven experience in delivering construction-related projects in either:
- Client-side environments
- Consulting environments
- Note: This role is not suitable for Project Managers transitioning from unrelated industries like IT, marketing, or finance.
- Deep understanding of:
- Project lifecycles
- Commercial controls
- Contract administration (with the ability to fulfil roles such as Contract Administrator or Employer’s Agent as needed)
Specialised Skills
- Strong expertise in pre-construction duties for consulting project management roles, including:
- Design team management
- Deviations for third-party legal agreements
- Ability to manage:
- Scope
- Programme
- Budget across complex projects, ensuring delivery against commercial and client expectations
- Proficiency with digital tools and systems for:
- Planning
- Reporting
- Coordination
- Quality assurance
Soft Skills
- Skilled in navigating stakeholder complexity, resolving conflict, and aligning diverse interests
- Demonstrated ability to lead teams effectively and support the professional growth of others
- Actively builds industry reputation through:
- High-quality project delivery
- Knowledge sharing
- Engagement in industry discussions
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About Us
Heritage & Mission
TSA Riley boasts a 130-year heritage, dating back to 1890 when Henry Riley Esq. first established a quantity surveying practice in London. In the Asia Pacific region, our origins trace back to the 1980s following the merger of small, respected project management and advisory firms.
Today, we’re pioneering a new way of working to help clients:
- Drive greater value
- Achieve impact from their built assets
We embrace a principle of “Project Consulting” with a unique service model:
- Plan. Deliver. Optimise.
Our Services
We offer a comprehensive portfolio, combining strategic, commercial, and operational expertise:
- Strategic and commercial advice
- Project and cost management
- Carbon advice
- Dispute resolution
This broad range of services ensures we understand the interdependencies at every stage of the project lifecycle.
Our Approach
We provide:
- Hands-on experience
- Personalised service to:
- Drive greater value
- Ensure impact and certainty for clients
Values
We operate by six guiding values:
- We win together
- Foster open collaboration
- Learn from each other
- Succeed as a global team
- We own it, always
- Act with integrity
- Take responsibility to deliver with purpose
- We focus on what matters
- Strive for high standards to create:
- Meaningful
- Lasting
- Sustainable impact
- Strive for high standards to create:
- We are curious
- Embrace agility and change
- Explore new ideas
- Turn curiosity into progress
Equal Opportunity Employer
We are committed to diversity and inclusion, welcoming applications from candidates who are:
- Interested in flexible working arrangements
- Seeking opportunities for part-time roles
We offer hybrid working as standard practice.
If you require adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process to perform at your best, please contact us: recruitment@tsariley.uk
Recruitment agencies are not accepted for this vacancy.
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