Senior Project Manager

Laing O'Rourke group; Dartford; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering and construction firm is seeking a Senior Project Manager based in Dartford. The role involves overseeing large-scale construction projects, managing budgets and schedules, and ensuring safety standards. Ideal candidates will have a degree in Civil Engineering or Construction Management, along with 10-15 years of experience in reinforced concrete structures. Strong client interaction and leadership skills are essential. Join a company with over 150 years of delivering high-quality projects.

Benefits

Access support for candidates with disabilities

Flexible interview process

Qualifications

• 10-15+ years' experience in project management.
• Experience delivering large-scale infrastructure projects as lead manager.
• Bidding experience is beneficial but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Achieve safety targets and manage unsafe practices.
• Deliver projects on budget and schedule.
• Work with planning on detailed programs.
• Client and tenant communication.
• Lead section meetings to review progress.

Skills

Reinforced concrete structures experience

Project management

Client liaison

Leadership

Budget management

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering or Construction Management

Masters (desirable)

Job description

Expanded Structures are currently recruiting for a Senior Project Manager to join our work winning function.

This role will be based in our Dartford office and then move out to the delivery of a project following successful bid.

Scope of work

Reinforced Concrete Structures

Expanded Structures | Expanded Ltd

The Expanded Group provides total capability in the early construction phases of major projects, providing an end-to-end solution or a bespoke choice of services. Backed by a central technical design and engineering resource, we can deliver the full range of piling, precast concrete, post-tensioning and structures techniques.

Role & responsibilities

• Contribute to the achievement of safety targets and zero tolerance of unsafe working practices and occurrences
• To deliver the sub project to the client within budget, Quality Assurance standards, on programme and to stringent safety parameters
• To work with the planning team to develop detailed and accurate short term programmes of work
• To assess the staff capability and performance
• To manage the budget and delivery of the section of the project
• To provide accurate and timely reporting of progress against the plan
• To ensure adoption of innovative ideas from within the business and from the workforce
• To plan the programming of day to day resource requirement and communicate these to the construction team
• To interface with other construction managers and section managers to share best practice and ensure effective resource utilisation
• To monitor external changes to work plans and report the effect of change
• To lead section meetings to review Safety, Quality, Progress and Design. Achievement of commercial requirements
• To ensure effective implementation Laing O Rourke project management systems and procedures
• Contribute to the contract review process
• Client and tenant liaison
• Assist with design development
• To act as person responsible for permit to work procedures

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in Civil Engineering or Construction Management (or equivalent)
• Extensive reinforced concrete structures experience
• Masters – desirable
• Experience delivering large-scale projects as a number 1
• Bidding experience is beneficial but not essential
• 10-15+ years' experience

About Us

Laing O'Rourke are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know if you would like to opt in to this scheme and let us know if you require any adjustments for the interview process.

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