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Senior Project Manager (Higher Education,Healthcare,Defence Construction)
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As a Senior Project Manager based from our Cambridge or Norwich office, you will need to have proven experience gained within a consultancy or client organisation and with a focus on one or more of the following key construction markets: Higher Education, Healthcare, Life Sciences or Defence.
As a Senior Project Manager, you will lead medium to large projects with minimal support, provide line management, and deliver significant components of complex projects as part of an integrated team under the direction of a Director.
The role would cover the whole project lifecycle from initial inception and business case development, through the design process, procurement process, site delivery, commissioning phase and defects management.
Here’s what you’ll do:
- Lead Project Management commissions, taking responsibility for their successful delivery
- To provide effective support, supervision and motivation of Project Managers, Assistant/Graduate and Apprentice Project Managers
- Ensure all staff members reporting to you have current and relevant training
- Lead the management of the delivery of project management team outputs, in accordance with agreed timescales and quality standards
- Lead internal AECOM Project Team Meetings for the purposes of coordinating the AECOM Project Team.
- Co-ordinate, review and ensure that there has been a sign off of all management information produced by project management teams prior to issue
- Lead the development of strong relationships with clients and members of the cross-functional team
- Lead the delivery of Project Management commissions ensuring their successful delivery.
- Be the main interface with AECOM clients (New and Existing)
- Lead the management of design
- Lead the management of tender documents, appraisals and negotiations
- Lead the formulation and management of construction contracts
- Progress business development opportunities with existing and new clients, including cross-selling opportunities.
- To support ‘winning’ clients, being responsible for the quality of work outputs, effective communication and demonstration of professional behaviours
- Provide leadership within project management business and provide leadership and mentoring to the team
- Manage project finances, resourcing, audits, and reviews, to a portfolio of projects being led within the cost centre
- Formulate fee proposals
- Support Project Managers through Professional Chartership
- Active involvement in recruitment and retention activities
- Ensure you complete all relevant training
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