Property Project Manager

Kier Group plc; Northfleet; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction and property management company is seeking a Property Project Manager to join its Property Industrial team in London. This role involves overseeing high-quality industrial development projects from acquisition through completion, managing technical due diligence, and ensuring sustainability goals. The candidate must possess excellent problem-solving and communication skills, with MRICS membership being encouraged but not essential. Hybrid working is available, requiring office presence three days per week.

Benefits

Hybrid working arrangements

Wide variety of benefits tailored to needs

Qualifications

• Excellent problem-solving skills to manage complex processes.
• Strong influencing and collaboration skills for teamwork.
• Outstanding communication skills essential for project management.
• Commercial awareness to navigate project finances.
• Understanding of sustainability and social value requirements.

Responsibilities

• Manage technical due diligence and risk registers during site acquisition.
• Procure and manage consultant teams; create project-specific design briefs.
• Lead preconstruction, construction, and post-construction technical matters.
• Monitor budgets, cashflows, and project progress for timely delivery.
• Drive sustainability, health & safety, and social value targets.

Skills

Problem-solving skills

Influencing skills

Collaboration skills

Outstanding communication skills

Commercial awareness

Understanding of sustainability requirements

Education

MRICS membership (encouraged)

Job description

We're looking for a Property Project Manager to joinour Kier Property Industrial team based in London.

Location: London - hybrid working available, with travel to the office required 3 days per week

Hours: 37.5 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

What will you be responsible for?

As Property Project Manager, you'll be working within the Property Industrial team, supporting them in delivering high-quality industrial development projects from acquisition through to completion.

Your day to day will include:

• Managing technical due diligence and risk registers during site acquisition
• Procuring and managing consultant teams and creating project-specific design briefs
• Leading preconstruction, construction, and post-construction technical matters
• Monitoring budgets, cashflows, and project progress to ensure timely delivery
• Driving sustainability, health & safety, and social value targets across projects

What are we looking for?

This role of Property Project Manager is great for you if:

• You have excellent problem-solving skills and can manage complex processes
• You are highly motivated with strong influencing and collaboration skills
• You have outstanding communication skills and commercial awareness
• You understand sustainability and social value requirements
• MRICS membership is encouraged but not essential

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.