Senior Project Manager

At Cumming Group, you will work on some of the world’s most exciting construction projects across a variety of sectors, in a fast-paced, collaborative environment where your success is measured by the impact you make.

Due to continued growth across our Scottish business, we are looking to recruit an experienced Senior Project Manager to join our Edinburgh office. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the continued expansion of our Project Management team, delivering high-profile developments across Scotland while helping shape the future growth of the business.

Working alongside a collaborative multidisciplinary team, you will lead the successful delivery of projects across the hospitality, residential, purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) and workplace sectors for a range of national and international clients. You will be responsible for managing projects from inception through to completion, providing strategic advice to clients, leading consultant teams and ensuring successful commercial, programme and quality outcomes.

This role would suit an experienced consultancy Project Manager who enjoys building strong client relationships, leading complex projects and contributing to the growth of a dynamic and ambitious regional business.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Use of the full range of Project Management Process.
• Proactive day to day responsibility for small-medium sized projects and demonstrate the ability to take on tasks with minimal supervision and supporting larger projects and programmes of work.
• Strengthen our service delivery capability and promote knowledge capture, sharing and innovation.
• Prepare and evaluating tenders, contractor/consultant selection and contract documentation.
• Support risk and value management, including facilitation of workshops and project risk registers.
• Contract administration for relevant contract provisions, monthly reporting and chairing project meetings.

Knowledge & Skills Required:

• Deliver results in a client facing role including:
• Respond confidently to a client request; as well as understanding when to escalate client issues to senior members of the team.
• Provide innovative solutions to improve project delivery.
• Ability to show resilience and resourcefulness in the face of highly complex challenges.

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Ideally degree qualified (industry or non-industry)
• MAPM / MRICS other equivalent qualification or experience.
• Supporting Project Management Qualifications such as PRINCE2 Practitioner / Certified Project Manager / MSP / Risk Management.
• 5+ years’ experience (at least 3 years post qualification).
• Strong experience of industry standard forms of contract, typically JCT and NEC
• Strong technical project management skills and provide leadership to others on PM Processes: Risk, Opportunities and Issues, Planning/programming, Change control, Reporting, Stakeholder management and Communications, Value Management.
• Good experience of delivering multiple or complex projects and programmes of work through the entire project life cycle.
• Sound understanding of HS&E legislation including some formal training/qualifications.
• Strong oral and written communication and presentation skills.
• Developing interpersonal and team building skills. Good interpersonal skills with both client and staff.
• Monitoring developments in project and programme management field - new processes / alternative training/ new areas of work - examples such as BIM, Soft Landings and agile project management.
• Some experience of managing people and delivering multiple or complex projects.