Based from our Cardiff office, CF23 8RS with travel to client sites as required
About The Role
At Ridge, we help our clients create better places to live, learn, and work. As a leading multi-disciplinary property and construction consultancy, our people are the foundation of our success — and our greatest asset. We don’t just offer jobs; we build long-term, fulfilling careers, backed by continuous support, development, and opportunity.
We have opportunities for Project Managers of all levels, to support us building a brand-new team within our Cardiff office, all part of our ambitious growth strategy. You will work as part of our project management discipline across a wide variety of sectors including Advanced Manufacturing & Motorsport, Defence & Security, Demolition, Education, Healthcare, Heritage Buildings, Public Buildings and Residential including Regeneration.
What You’ll Do
- Project Delivery: Lead and manage diverse projects across sectors and stages.
- Health & Safety: Take ownership of project health and safety arrangements.
- Team Leadership: Manage multidisciplinary teams of internal and external consultants.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Communicate effectively with clients and project teams.
- Client Relationships: Maintain and grow client partnerships.
- Project Briefs: Define client requirements and consultant responsibilities.
- Communication: Establish clear reporting lines within teams and with clients.
- Feasibility & Surveys: Coordinate site studies and evaluations.
- Consultant Appointments: Advise on and manage selection of specialists.
- Statutory Consents: Support clients in securing planning and regulatory approvals.
- Programme Management: Develop and monitor project timelines and milestones.
- Financial Oversight: Manage budgets, forecasts, and client payments.
- Design Leadership: Oversee design process, risk, and value management.
- Contractor Selection: Lead tendering, evaluation, and contractor appointments.
- Site Monitoring: Ensure construction quality and compliance.
- Contract Administration: Manage building contracts and issue instructions/certificates.
- Project Meetings: Chair coordination and progress meetings.
- Reporting: Provide regular updates and manage defect inspections.
- Project Ownership: Act as the single point of contact for all project aspects.
What You’ll Bring
- Degree qualification (or equivalent) in relevant subject, ideally Project Management.
- Ideally be already chartered, working towards, or are considering working towards either MRICS / MCIOB / MAPM or PRINCE2. We can provide support to you to achieve this.
- Significant experience in a construction, design and build project management role
- Significant construction consultancy project management experience or experience of working with construction consultants
- The ability to lead projects and develop long-lasting client relationships, with autonomy
- The ability to set up and drive new projects from inception, including the early stages strategizing and team building, to on-site delivery, completion and handover
- Exceptional communication and reporting, incorporating the use of MS Office, MS Project and/or alternative scheduling software.
- The ability to articulate complicated issues between our clients and our highly skilled project teams.
- You will also need to show ambition and a willingness to work flexibly, both in the office and on-site, whilst demonstrating commercial awareness and exhibiting the ability to lead teams to complete projects successfully.
