Rider Levett Bucknall Careers

Description

Department Overview:


Our dedicated Project Management Team at RLB are responsible for seeing a project through from the initial planning stages to completion. Their main task is to break down projects into stages, taking responsibility for monitoring and managing the programme, cost, quality and risk of each stage of the project. We pride ourselves on the quality of our service to our clients and enjoy long term relationships them.

We are a sector focused business actively operating and investing in Commercial, Residential, Education, Sports, Nuclear, Healthcare and Retail clients and projects.

Overview of Role:

We are currently recruiting a Senior/Associate Project Manager to join a client focused team within the Thames Valley office.

This is an exciting opportunity for a high calibre individual to join and strengthen our team. The existing team in the Thames Valley work on a range of interesting, fast paced projects including refurbishments, fit outs, redevelopments and new builds that span an array of sectors including residential, higher education, retail, commercial and healthcare. 

This role presents an excellent opportunity for a proactive individual to take responsibility for providing project management services on a number of interesting projects in the Thames Valley region and play a key role in terms of developing this service line.

Ideally experienced in healthcare, higher education, residential and commercial.

Key Responsibilities:

• To support business objectives of delivering value for money in all circumstances
• To carry out assigned duties efficiently and in accordance with processes and procedures
• Comply with established procurement/commercial/contractual strategies
• Take personal responsibility for complying with Environmental, Health, Safety, Security and Quality Standards

• Management and preparation of key stage reports from feasibility through to completion and post-handover
• Procurement of professional consultants
• Preparation of various programmes
• Management of meetings, taking and preparation of minutes
• Preparation of progress reports and presentation at monthly client meetings
• Running a competitive tender process including managing queries from tendering contractors
• Managing multiple projects on ‘LIVE’ operational sites
• Assistance with the preparation of contract documents
• Management of multi-disciplinary project teams
• Working knowledge of various forms of building contracts
• Experience of Administering building contracts

 Person Specification: 

The ideal candidate will demonstrate a positive proactive approach to the role, and will be committed to delivering customer service excellence, with good commercial results. 

Essential: 

• Construction related qualification with extensive technical delivery experience in a similar role gained within a consultancy or end user client.
• Ability to identify and develop potential opportunities to secure more business for RLB
• Well organised, diligent, proactive, assertive, well-disciplined and commercially astute.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills both written and verbal.
• Excellent customer service, communication and client/external interface skills
• A track record of working with teams and managing projects by prioritising workloads and delivering to deadlines
• A team player with a ‘can do’ attitude, outgoing, polite, patient, diplomatic, personable and flexible.

RLB is committed to creating a diverse workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All job applicants will receive equal treatment without regard to age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, “race” (includes nationality, national / ethnic origins, colour) marriage & civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, gender reassignment, religion and belief.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to support you during any stage of the application or interview process, please contact our recruitment team at: [email protected].


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