Senior Project Manager - Ipswich

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Our client is a well-established Design Consultancy company based in Ipswich. They are recruiting for a Senior Project Manager to join their growing team. My client specialises in the public sector all across East England, London, the South West and Derbyshire. Your role will be to advise clients on the strategic management of projects and portfolios, providing an efficient and business-like point of contact.

As a Senior Project Manager your role will involve:

  • Organise the preparation of feasibility studies, tender documentation, monthly reports and other analysis.
  • Provide client advice on project timings, risk and procurement.
  • Develop project briefs and objectives, including effective stakeholder engagement to ensure solutions are robust and viable.
  • Create and maintain project documentation, including the formation of project plans to track progress
  • Prepare high-quality tender documentation including quality questions and scoring matrices.
  • Undertake management of clarifications during a tender period as and when required, review tender submissions and negotiate contract sums as necessary.
  • Control all post-contract procedures, prepare payment certificates, produce reports and monitor actual and anticipated expenditure against budgets and fee profiles.
  • Prepare and support the QS team in the evaluation and issuing CAIs and evaluation of claims for extensions of time
  • Project manage various schemes, plan, set objectives, provide direction, programme, monitor, control and advise on related matters including issue progress reports and in post contract reviews

To be considered for the Senior Project Manager role you must have:

  • A minimum of 5 years of experience in project management, construction management or surveying
  • Strong organisational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking
  • Strong Project Co-ordination skills across team disciplines
  • Degree level qualified or equivalent
  • Working towards professional qualification e.g. MRICS, CIOB, RIBA or looking to progress this
  • PRINCE II certification would be an advantage
  • Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including MS Projects
  • Effective communication skills across a range of contact forms, i.e. JCT/NEC and different procurement methods, i.e. traditional, Design and build etc
  • Understanding of the RIBA Plan of Work Stages

Working hours:

As a Senior Project Manager, you’ll be required to work Monday – Friday 37.5 hours a week.

Our client is offering the successful Senior Project Manager:

  • £55,000 basic
  • Generous leave entitlement
  • Flexible working scheme
  • Subsidised travel to include rail travel and cycle to work scheme
  • Summer and Christmas events
  • Free soft drinks, cereal and fruit
  • Company smartphone
  • Pension and medical scheme

​​​​​Due to the high amounts of applications if you have not been contacted within 7 days, please consider your application as unsuccessful.

This job has been posted by GCB Agency Recruitment Ltd who is acting as the Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy, working on behalf of their client who is confidential at this stage

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