Project Manager - Property - Prebuild

London, England, United Kingdom

4/10/2025

Job Description

Project Manager

Location: Park Royal

About The Role

You will project manage the development of mixed use developments inception to planning and development before handing it over for delivery. You will be responsible for managing relationships with external consultants and engaging contractors to ensure the projects are completed on time, to budget and to the highest quality.

About Bestway

Bestway Group is a diversified multinational family owned business with annualised turnover in excess of £4.5 billion. Starting off as a chain of retail convenience stores, the Group has grown to become a diversified multinational business with interests across the wholesale, pharmacy, real estate, cement and banking sectors. The Group is also the largest overseas investor in Pakistan.

Owned by the Pervez, Choudrey and Sheikh families, Bestway Group was founded in 1976 by Sir Anwar Pervez OBE H Pk, who remains Chairman. Serving over 12 million customers and employing over 28,000 individuals, the Group supports and serves communities through its operations across the UK, Pakistan and the Middle East

Responsibilities:

• Manage multiple projects - create a brief, develop a pre-construction plan to co-ordinate the activities of the consultant team and contractor you appoint, set project objectives, regularly review progress to ensure they achieve performance requirements and milestones to achieve the target for start on site.
• Deliver identified projects that support delivery, in line with agreed budgets, cost, time and quality targets with superiors.
• Maximise benefits - work closely with internal clients to minimise future management and maintenance costs, ensuring the optimum design of both internal and external factors.
• Ensure the highest standards in probity - adhering to Bestway procurement policies and procedures you will engage and appoint a wide range of contractors and consultants in a fair way that maximises value for money for Bestway. You will monitor and process payments for the scheme project and provide solid project administration, rigorously adhering to internal procedures, funder requirements to ensure all record comply with audit and legislation.
• Provide effective leadership and indirect line management to ensure that members of the team are appropriately supported, trained and motivated to carry-out their responsibilities to the required standards.
• Selecting, appointing and co-ordinating the performance of a range of external professional consultants and contractors to ensure the delivery of Business Plan.
• Deliver projects within the identified capital costs
  
  

The Ideal Candidate

Essential

• Significant experience of project managing new build housing through site acquisition and planning
• Proven ability to deliver projects meeting cost, time and budget targets.
• Proven ability of simultaneously co-ordinating and managing the performance of several multidisciplinary project teams
• Knowledge of construction and Commercial/Residential building issues
• Commitment to customer service and health and safety
• Proven organisational and planning skills
• Experience of developing and managing budgets and forecasting expenditure
• Excellent communication and influencing skills with a strong customer focus
• Administration experience and skills
• Understanding of risk management
• Proactive approach with the ability to manage stakeholder requirements
• Experience of commissioning work and setting standards for suppliers
• Full Driving Licence
  
  

Desirable

• Degree in construction, project management or other development-based qualification
• Experience of development processes in a Registered Provider environment
• Access to a car for business use
  
  

Benefits

• Private Medical cover
• 22 days holiday plus bank holidays
• 3% pension contribution
• Free parking
• Onsite subsidised canteen
  
  

We understand that no applicant ever ticks every box so please do consider applying should some or most of the above apply. Bestway Group is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity and inclusion. We welcome people of different nationalities, backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. We want strong, and diverse teams built from talented individuals with different backgrounds identities and experiences.

If this is of interest to you and you would like to learn more, please do get in touch, we are looking forward to hearing from you.