Project Manager

Salary: £48,000 – £60,000 per year

Our client is looking to appoint a proven projects management professional with a track record of delivering LED upgrades and wider mechanical & electrical installation services to the UK retail sector.

The Position:

With responsibility for contracts with supermarkets and retail multiples across central and Northern England, the appointed Project Manager will assume responsibility for:

* Ensuring that delivery of projects within deadlines and budgets and to the required standards of quality and health & safety

* Delivering M&E installs for retail real estate, with a focus on minimising running costs and energy consumption

* Ensuring that the contract specification is adhered to

* Ongoing technical support, inspection, testing and maintenance services for all portable and fixed appliances

* Working closely with construction and projects teams to facilitate and implement new technology such as digital browsers, digital POS and LED displays

* Managing and monitoring the performance of suppliers and subcontractors

* Checking that requested materials, consumables and equipment from suppliers are within budget

* Tender/bid writing, budget management and business planning

* Key stakeholder engagement and relationship management through regular client meetings

* Identifying and eliminating all unnecessary costs and inefficient activities, ensuring business risk is controlled

* Managing the financial performance of contracts, ensuring the business achieves a sustainable return

* Promoting the development of team members and assistant contracts managers

The Candidate:

Applicants will be expected to demonstrate:

* A minimum of four years’ project management experience within M&E installation, ideally encompassing LED upgrades

* A track record of delivering projects in the UK retail sector

* PRINCE2 project management qualification

* Effective written and verbal communication skills and an interpersonal style appropriate to a wide range of stakeholders, from operatives to senior board level

* A thorough understanding of company and statutory health & safety legislation

* Pragmatic and methodical problem solving skills

* A full UK driving licence

* The ability to deal with time pressures to deliver works to schedule

The Company:

Experts at transforming commercial space for over twenty years, our client is a leading provider of end-to-end construction, fitout & refurbishment, GNFR consolidation, fixtures procurement, mechanical & electrical installation and store closure solutions and services to major supermarkets and high street names across the UK and beyond. The company’s NIC/EIC, ISO 18001 and SafeContractor approved M&E team focuses on the unseen but critical elements of the store environment, from electrical infrastructure, interior/exterior power and lighting through to HVAC systems, data and communications, fire & security systems and signage.