Project Manager

TerraQuest Solutions Ltd; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading property solutions provider is seeking a Project Manager to oversee land referencing projects in Birmingham or Belfast. The successful candidate will ensure project quality, manage budgets, and lead a team to achieve project goals. With a Bachelor's degree and at least two years of experience in project management, strong leadership and communication skills are essential. The role comes with a competitive salary and flexible working options.

Benefits

Pension

Life Assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Flexible working options

Training and development opportunities

25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in project management or similar environments.
• Proven leadership and motivational abilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure projects meet defined quality and compliance standards.
• Manage financial success of projects and report to stakeholders.
• Develop and agree on detailed project execution plans.
• Liaise with Project Board to assure overall project direction.
• Direct and motivate project team members.

Skills

Project management

Customer engagement

Leadership

Monitoring and controlling budgets

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

TerraQuest

Role: Project Manager

Location: Birmingham or Belfast in line with our Agile Working Policy. You will need to be able to work from either the Birmingham or Belfast office 2 days per week/office to be attended as often as business needs require.

Salary: Competitive

Who we are…

TerraQuest Solutions Ltd is an award‑winning and market‑leading specialist provider of planning, land, property, and business solutions. We are an established and trusted organisation that is renowned for its expertise in providing innovative and cost‑effective solutions to both public and private sectors. Our team delivers bespoke, flexible, and efficient services through a process‑orientated delivery structure. We pride ourselves on strong customer relationships evidenced by the high proportion of referrals and repeat business.

Why work with us…

We are a Living Wage Foundation accredited employer, committed to supporting the well‑being and development of all our people. With competitive salaries, enhanced Family Friendly policies; a fabulous suite of benefits (including: Pension; Life Assurance; Employee Assistance Programme; option to buy additional annual leave in addition to 25 days plus Bank Holidays); true flexibility with our Agile Working approach, and superb training and development opportunities, we really care about our team!

What we need...

Due to a period of sustained growth, we are looking to recruit a Project Manager to join our Professional Services team delivering specialist land and property services and land referencing projects to high profile clients undertaking major business process, infrastructure and regeneration development projects.

The Project Manager will have direct responsibility for delivery of projects utilising best practice project management procedures, monitoring and controlling project progress and performance, and reporting timely, accurate management information to the Operational Management Team and other stakeholders.

The Project Manager must direct and motivate project teams to ensure all projects tasks are completed to the highest standards and compliance.

What you will be doing…

• To ensure that all projects are operated to the highest levels of quality & compliance in line with defined standards, procedures and TerraQuest’s Business Management System, and meet customer quality expectations.
• To manage, monitor, report on and accurately forecast the financial success of the project with responsibility taken for its contribution to the company’s business goals.
• To take primary responsibility for developing and agreeing detailed project execution plans with the Programme Manager, producing all project documentation at project inception, Project Plan, Project Specification/Project Initiation Document as required.
• To liaise with and regularly report to the Project Board to assure the overall direction and integrity of the project.
• To direct and motivate Team Leaders/Managers and the project team ensuring all members are suitably equipped and trained to perform allocated tasks.
• To manage allocation of resources to projects ensuring members of the project team(s) are suitably skilled and equipped to perform required tasks, and to monitor progress, performance and quality.
• To manage technical quality of service deliverables and progress against plan, reporting/escalating any potential future deviations to the Project Board and/or Programme Manager in line with agreed project governance.
• Managing client relationships through the project life cycle ensuring expectations are managed whilst protecting and enhancing the company’s reputation.

What we are looking for…

Qualities and Skills Required

Essential

The ideal candidate should possess a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant to the business and have a minimum of 2 years of experience in project management or customer engagement within a similar environment. They must be adept at influencing and empowering project team members to meet objectives collaboratively and have strong skills in monitoring and controlling project budgets. The candidate should be capable of handling a large and diverse project workload, demonstrate proven leadership and motivational abilities, and exhibit excellent verbal and written communication skills. They should be confident in managing customers to achieve positive outcomes, detail‑oriented, and able to work under strict deadlines within a team.

A focus on accuracy, productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness is essential.

Desirable

It is highly desirable for you to have a formal project management qualification and experience of land referencing, land ownership, or property subject area.

TerraQuest Solutions Ltd is committed to promoting equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment and to creating an inclusive working environment in which individuals are treated with dignity and respect.
We ensure that no job applicant, employee, or worker receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, political opinion, sex, or sexual orientation.
TerraQuest Solutions Ltd operates in compliance with the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998. We monitor the composition of our workforce in accordance with the Fair Employment (Monitoring) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999, and where applicable, submit annual monitoring returns to the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland (ECNI). All monitoring information is held securely and processed under the legal basis of compliance with a statutory obligation, in accordance with the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. We do not rely on employee consent and ensure all personal data is treated with the utmost confidentiality and integrity.
TerraQuest aims to use this data to help identify and address any patterns of underrepresentation and to inform positive action measures where appropriate, fostering a workplace culture that embraces diversity and fair participation.