Project Manager (Commercial Property Construction)

Derby, Derbyshire
Positive Employment

Positive Employment is currently recruiting for a Project Manager for our client a local government organisation in Derby.

The successful candidate will manage delivery of building projects ensuring that all works are carried out in an efficient manner and delivered to budget, timescale and specification.

Brief, appoint and manage consultants for project work as necessary, writing specifications and tendering for work.

Services include but are not limited to new build, adaptation, refurbishment, conversion, alteration and demolition work.

This role is a 3 month initial contract with with a decision to recruit to a full-time position for a further 9 months on a temporary full-time contract. This role is hybrid working.

Duties and Responsibilities but not limited to:

• Effectively project manage the overall project delivery of building construction and maintenance projects, complying with the professional bodies code of conduct.
• Ensure effective project management of the assigned projects, applying approved project management techniques.
• Project manage significant construction and similar projects, including assembling, leading and directing multi-disciplinary teams, both in-house and external, throughout feasibility, design, procurement and construction phases to achieve successful outcomes.
• Contribute towards the programme planning, resource planning, budget planning, quality of service and value for money of the sections projects. Take a lead role in ensuring that fee income targets are successfully forecast, monitored and recovered.
• Prepare, manage and monitor the project budgets. Be responsible for budget management of your allocated projects, reporting regularly on financial position in accordance with Clients requirements and ensuring projects are delivered in the most cost effective, efficient way. Provide high accountability for the effective use of considerable financial resources.
• Contribute towards the preparation of the organisation’s property and construction Frameworks and contracts to ensure compliance with European procurement legislation, contract conformity and management of performance criteria for a range of contracts, acting as the clients agent, overseeing procurement.
• Manage the effective project management processes of assigned projects, applying approved project management techniques.
• Be accountable for overall control and governance of assigned projects, specifically managing a portfolio of projects in accordance with the organisation’s project and budget management procedure and in accordance with procurement procedure rules.
• Responsible for ensuring whole life costing of building projects, taking into account component life failure, health and safety, sustainability, maintainability and flexibility if adaptation and future re-use.
• Participate in the introduction and development of processes and procedures, as required by the Client, including IT based systems to improve the efficiency of asset management, specifically contributing towards updating and maintaining the Councils Asset Management Database using the specified asset management software.
• Capture and transfer accurate project and asset data, warranties etc. at the end of the project into the councils Corporate Asset Management System (CAM) System to allow other PD&M teams and customers to manage their buildings effectively. Ensure services asset registers are regularly reviewed and kept up to date.

Working Hours: 37hrs / 9:00am – 17:00pm / Monday to Friday

Pay: £370.67 per day

Please note this role is within the scope of IR35.