Project Manager

Salary: £300 – £360 per day

Crest Nicholson are a FTSE 250 new homes Developer with a passion for not just building homes, but creating vibrant sustainable communities.

Based at our Ziggurat development in St Albans, Herefordshire, This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Project Manager with strong leadership qualities and problem solving skills, ready for a new challenge.

Core elements of the role include:

* Direct the team to deliver units according to the Build programme and sequencing

* Build relationships and maintain strong communication between Commercial, Technical, Build and all other departments necessary

* Lead the preparation of contract document and negotiation and letting of contracts to target dates

* Manage and promote strong working relationships with subcontractors and Contractors involved at all stages of the project

* Performance manage your site based team, contractors and suppliers, identifying and anticipating problems and striving to resolve issues in a constructive manner

* Benchmarking costs and reviewing budget control with the commercial team

* Influence the Executive and Board position on the longer-term needs of the business to enable them to direct and influence key stakeholders such as planning for the long term interests of the construction industry

* Lead best practice for Health and Safety assurance; inspections, site set up and storage facilities

* Show to be an strong promoter of Crest’s Quality Manual, Build Manual, CCS, HSE standards and NHBC guidelines

* Manage your reports and weekly progress by maximising use of the right technology and tools

* Lead and promote the importance of quality in all aspects of Production, particularly when dealing with tight deadlines.

We are looking for the following skills and attributes against the job criteria:

* Proven Project Management experience with a new homes builder/ residential main contractor

* Experience in working for a new homes developer or residential construction related

* Experience leading projects for low to medium rise apartment developments as RC frame build

* Passion for delivering high quality builds

* Excellent ability to keep on track and resolve issues related to the build programme

* Able to resolve cost or time delivery issues in a methodical and productive manner

* Confident making decisions and amending plans throughout the design to build stages

* Proven experience in lead Site Management and Blue Collar teams with strong people management skills

* Naturally a problem solver who strives to actively improve processes

* IT literate and able to adapt to new technologies

* Full and clean driving license

* Minimum HNC qualification with a membership to an industry-recognised board, e.g. CIOB.

* CSCS card

We have a great benefits, lifestyle and reward package to include:

– Competitive salary

– Flexible working options

– 28 days annual leave

– Saving scheme with shares in the company

– Private Aviva Healthcare

– Private pension up to 12.5%

– Healthshield Cash Plan

– Cycle to work

– Life assurance and personal accident cover

– Free Counselling advice

– Cashback and retail discounts

– Many more!

We seek to be an ethical and progressive employer which encourages a culture of openness, creativity and continuous professional development and which rewards the effectiveness and loyalty of our employees as an equal opportunities employer. If you are applying to work at Crest Nicholson, we will ask you to supply us with sufficient personal information to help us process your application. To learn more about what personal information we will need to process and why, please refer to our recruitment privacy notice which can be found on the Crest Nicholson website under ‘Recruitment Privacy Policy’.