Devlopment Project Manager - Client Side - Residential

Development Project Manager - Residential Client Side

An exciting opportunity to work with a leading developer of luxury apartments, hotels and student accommodation. The client is looking for a history of Project Management experience from a client side perspective with either a developer or consultancy, to be a pivotal part of the development team.

Job Role:

Lead the project team to ensure the delivery of developments from acquisition through to handover to the operations team in accordance with the agreed budget and programme.

Key Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Senior Development Manager, your key duties will be to:

• Liaise with acquisitions team as required to provide technical input into site appraisal;
• Assemble the project team; identify and appoint suitable consultants as required to develop the design in accordance with the company's aspirations;
• Appoint CDMC and ensure that client CDM responsibilities are identified;
• Develop and submit planning application where required;
• Commission surveys and reports as necessary to suit requirements of planning application;
• Establish clear set of project goals; sequence activities to meet delivery dates;
• Identify project stakeholders and determine needs and expectations; liaise as necessary to ensure programme constraints are maintained;
• Identify requirements for Section agreements; liaise with local authorities and other stakeholders as necessary and consider strategic risks associated with same;
• Identify works required to discharge planning conditions; monitor progress and coordinate submission of information to discharge conditions;
• Monitor development of cost plan; highlight opportunities for value engineering;
• Identify suitable contractors; assess competence with CDMC;
• Develop the procurement strategy to suit site constraints, programme, etc.;
• Define quality expectations and targets;
• Identify techniques for quality control and develop quality plan;
• Map risks, identify contingency actions and develop risk plan;
• Develop communication strategy with stakeholders and establish communication plan;
• Implement project plans to build deliverables;
• Monitor and control project deliverables; manage timelines;
• Manage costs and report as necessary;
• Suggest and implement modifications to project scope, deliverables, timelines and resources;
• Prepare and present project status reports to stakeholders;
• Manage Internal Design Team workloads and objectives as necessary, in accordance with project and business requirements;
• Manage the internal Project Review Process to inform and update the Senior Management Team on the progression of each project in a staged manner.

Qualifications:

• Ideally University Degree or equivalent qualification in construction management, surveying or project management.
• Membership of RICS or CIOB preferable

Experience:

• Experience delivering projects in excess of £25M construction value;
• Experience of residential / student / hotel development preferable;
• At least 10 years' experience delivering projects;
• Experience gained working for a developer would be preferable;
• Experience delivering projects under JCT Design & Build contracts and the contract administration of same.

Key Competencies:

• Critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Planning and organizing
• Decision-making
• Communication skills
• Influencing and leading
• Delegation
• Team work
• Negotiation