Your new company is a contractor that has been awarded a prestigious project to build a high-rise steel-frame residential building in South London starting in August 2025. The value of the project is £15m and consists of 50 units and is scheduled for a 24-month program.

Your new role is as a Project Manager, acting as the number one on-site, reporting to the board of directors for the organisation. You will have a management team consisting of a site manager and a Quantity Surveyor. You will be responsible for creating and delivering a program of completion with your specialist subcontractors and direct staff. The contract is self-delivery where you would need to forecast and procure materials directly from suppliers and instruct your subcontractors to adhere to call-off orders and achieve their targets. You will need to interpret drawings, understand technical specifications, be familiar with categories of products that need to be installed and staggered formally in the program and review them in regular site meetings. Construction activities will spread across two floors at any point of time and result in a target output of five practical completions per week, so the successful candidate would lead this success rate.

What you'll need to succeed is substantial experience in the UK as an on-site Project Manager that specialises in high-rise or medium-rise residential buildings. You will have a degree in a construction industry qualification from a UK university and have a solid, reliable work history in main contracting or large development schemes. Your application will be backed up with excellent references. You will have an expert eye for detail and confidence in solving site-based roadblocks in the contract, program changes, technical queries, an elevated level of communication, an eye for detail and fiscal intellect. You will have excellent IT skills in Microsoft Office Suite, project management skills, technical knowledge of products and their procurement, as well as value engineering. Only UK-based candidates living locally need to apply.

What you'll get in return is a permanent appointment with a highly competitive salary of £90,000, 5 weeks' holiday plus bank holidays and a pension plus the opportunity to continue future projects in the South of England. This is a site-based role but could involve visits to an office based in Sussex.

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