FM Conway is recruiting for an experienced Project Manager to join our dynamic Structures division and take a lead role in a major structural refurbishment project in South London. As part of our Major Frameworks team, you'll play a hands-on role in supporting the pre-contracts team with PQQs and tenders, offering valuable insights into buildability, health and safety, and tender programme development. You’ll also manage the coordination of briefing documents to drive design feasibility and deliver high-quality outline designs that meet client expectations. This is a permanent, full-time position based on site in South London.
The duties of the Project Manager role will include:
- Collating, distributing and coordinating the handover of pre/tender information to the construction team
- Providing up to date budget and programming information at all project key stages
- Managing, coordinating, reviewing and ensuring buildability of designs
- Ensuring that the project is set up correctly with the appropriate resources allocated for the works i.e. plant, labour, materials and subcontractors, and ensuring works are maintained in accordance with the Structures Works package
- Managing and coordinating with the project team ensuring all relevant road space applications, permits and approvals are in place and maintained throughout the works duration
- Reviewing and ensuring compliance with subcontractor pre-start meetings, minutes and documentation prior to commencement on site
- Drafting, coordinating and reviewing subcontract contract documents with the project Quantity Surveyor and internal commercial/contract team
What skills and experience do you need?
We are seeking a driven and skilled Project Manager with proven expertise in structural engineering, bridge refurbishments and highways projects. You’ll bring exceptional skills in resource planning, cost and value management, stakeholder engagement, and design management. In this role, you’ll thrive in a client-facing environment, utilizing your strong background in NEC/JCT contracts to lead successful projects. To excel in this role, you'll need to hold a degree-level qualification or equivalent, such as NVQ Level 6, HNC, or HND in a construction-related field. As travel between FM Conway locations will be required, a full UK driving licence is essential.
What benefits will you receive?
As our Project Manager, we will offer you a range of fantastic benefits including career and professional development, 23 days holiday plus bank holidays, life assurance, healthcare, a car allowance, a company bonus, opportunities for internal and external training and access to a wide range of shopping discounts through our Rewarding Great People platform. We will also offer you a range of health and well-being benefits including 24-hour advice lines, and support from our in-house mental health first aiders.
A brief introduction to FM Conway and our Structures Division
FM Conway is a family run business with over 60 years’ experience of creating sustainable and innovative transportation solutions. We pride ourselves on our core values, creating a culture around Care, Innovation, Integrity and Excellence. As a family business the heart of FM Conway has, and always will be, its great people and we are always searching for talented individuals to join our family.
FM Conway works across the full spectrum of London and the South East’s highways structures and broader infrastructure needs. We have a strong track record of delivering refurbishments and improvements, heritage maintenance and structural repairs. We have worked on a range of iconic and impressive projects including Hammersmith Bridge, Waterloo Bridge, Rochester Bridge, Southwark Bridge, Greenford Flyover and the Marble Arch Still Water Illumination project. FM Conway provide our clients and stakeholders with a full range of structural engineering services, utilising innovative and sustainable solutions to maximise value and ensure the successful delivery of projects to the highest quality design.
So if you would like to Join our Family as our Project Manager then please click ‘apply’ today.
Closing Date: 11/11/2024
FM Conway is an award-winning equal opportunities employer. We recognise that our workforce should reflect our diverse communities and we are proudly committed to creating an inclusive culture in which we celebrate and value individuals from all walks of life. EDI-Strategy
At our heart we are a family that recognises and embraces individuality, so if you are excited about this role but you are unsure if you meet all of the criteria, we encourage you to apply anyway as you may still be the right candidate for this or another role we are recruiting for.
We look forward to receiving your application!
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