Project Manager - Fit out / Refurbishment

Our Client a leading provider of facilities maintenance and project support services in the built environment has an immediate requirement for a Project Manager to work on fit-out and refurbishment building projects. The role is based in Birmingham and the workload is throughout the Midlands

You will be expected to be involved with generating work from exiting blue-chip commercial clients and public sector organisations. This may include bid preparation, tenders and delivering presentations to clients. You will also be expected to put procedures in place, arranged sub-contractor packages and manage construction works from gradle to grave. The work-load will be refurbishment, fit-out and some new-build construction projects.

The ideal candidate will be either from another Service Provider or Fit-out construction firm with excellent front-end client skills. Candidates must have several years Project Management experience of dealing with complex and multi sector construction projects

The suitable candidate will develop project opportunities, ensuring projects are secured and then delivered by the project team to meet time and budget requirements and to exceed client expectations.

Key Responsibilities

·Provide leadership in identifying and specifying project opportunities and in delivering contractual commitments on secured projects.

·Ensure that opportunities for the strategic development of projects are exploited to deliver increased turnover and profitability.

·To deliver projects to completion on time and on budget and to the satisfaction of all parties, expectations to be exceeded wherever possible.

·To identify, reduce and manage all risks (technical, statutory, health and safety, commercial or otherwise) associated with each and every project.

·Ensure compliance with project management policies and procedures.

·Ensure the provision of healthy and safe working conditions and that both clients and Company health and safety policy and process is effectively implemented across both internal and subcontractors activities, and are regularly review on each and every project.This will include the timely delivery of a Health and Safety file for the works and full compliance with CDM regulations.

·To build strong relationships with sub-contractors, in particular preferred suppliers, to ensure cost effective solutions which meets our quality expectations can be delivered to our clients whilst managing the risk and ensuring back to back terms and conditions.

·Working with other Operational managers to ensure the collaborative development of the projects business with effective team working and support of colleagues.

·Development of project financial plans for revenue and profit delivery.

·Ensure positive cash flow through the up front agreement of a relevant payment schedule and the submission of timely invoices/applications for payment.Ensuring all debt is controlled below 60 days.

·Manage the delivery of projects within agreed budget requirements with the target to maximise profit through cost reductions and better buying of sub-contractor services.

·Ensure appropriate control systems to ensure statutory, policy and contractual commitments are met.

·Ensuring a customer focus within all areas of operational activities, and that effective relationships are maintained with key client contacts and the site teams/managers to identify and win project opportunities.

·Promoting and maintaining the core Values of the business.

·Delivering effective business communication through advice, review, leadership and direct contribution to management team meetings, briefings, consultation forums, correspondence, publicity, monthly and ad-hoc reporting and other publications, as appropriate.

·Supporting the sales process through solutions development, participation in presentations and consultation meetings.