About the role
Shape a career to be proud of as part of an award-winning project management team. Nationally recognised for how well we develop our people, weve the perfect opportunity for a talented Project Manager. Weve an incredibly diverse portfolio, too. That means huge exposure to increasingly complex infrastructure projects, masses of expertise at your fingertips, and a supportive culture in which to grow your skills, confidence and career.
The project is a large complex construction scheme for the Defence sector based in the South West of England.
What you'll be doing
As a Project Manager, you will:
- Lead and inspire a multi-skilled team and set the tone for large construction and infrastructure projects
- Take charge of all aspects of project delivery from initiation, planning and design, to delivery, monitoring, commissioning and handover
- Be part of something big by helping us to connect communities and build sustainably
- Benefit from a project management development pathway towards chartership with the Association for Project Management
- Prove yourself and lead bigger and bigger projects in a rapidly growing industry
- Build relationships with clients and other stakeholders
- Be a critical part of a business thats embedding innovation into all we do.
Who we're looking for
To make a real impact as a Project Manager with us, you'll need:
- Project delivery experience to make sure we meet high quality and safety standards
- Experience in construction
- Strong communication skills to manage, mentor and empower your team
- The confidence and credibility to liaise with business leaders
- Commercial acumen to control costs and keep projects in budget
- To understand standard forms of contracts and performance evaluation techniques.
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.
About us
In UK Construction Services England & Wales business, our aim is to be the partner of choice; the go-to in our sector, trusted to deliver for our customers. We work across a huge and exciting range of sectors, including aviation, building, civils, defence and energy.
From ground investigations and flood defence to complex roads and bridges; primary schools to world class universities; ground-breaking hospitals to city centre living; the depth of our experience and quality of our projects is something we are proud of.
At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.
Further information on Disability Confident can be found at: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
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