Retail Project Manager

Programme Management national, United Kingdom


Description

Department Overview:

Our Key Accounts and Frameworks team are dedicated to providing professional services to RLB's key clients that have large change programmes to manage in the UK and worldwide. The Key Accounts Programme team operate out of our London office with a nationally based resource team.

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 and Retail clients and projects. Surveyors work in close contact with the client, advising them on legal and financial matters that arise during the project.

Overview of Role:

We are currently recruiting a retail focused Project Manager to join our national team based team. This is an exciting opportunity for a high calibre individual to join and strengthen our team.

This role presents an excellent opportunity for a proactive individual to take responsibility for providing all project management services on a number of interesting projects. The role will be predominately retail sector and specific experience of multi-site retail roll out project experience is required.


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
  • Professional Skills:

    • Management and preparation of key stage reports from feasibility through to completion and post-handover
    • 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
    • Retail sector and specific experience of multi-site retail roll out project experience taking full ownership from project brief to final completion and occupation

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. 

  • Construction Project Management degree or a similar construction related qualification with extensive technical delivery experience in a similar role gained within a consultancy or end user client.
  • Ability to work on own initiative is imperative being part of a UK wide team
  • Strong Property and Retail experience
  • Ideally MRICS / MCIOB or equivalent professional qualification but not essential
  • 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


At RLB, our aim is to create and enhance an inclusive workplace culture where diversity is not only accepted but valued and built into our company culture, creating opportunity for all. In order to support this, we recognise the importance of flexible and agile working and are open to having conversations on how this could work for you and our business from day one.

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].