Senior Construction Project Manager
Summary
On-site Senior Construction Project Manager at BAE Systems' Warton/Samlesbury sites, delivering new builds, major refurbishments, and plant/infrastructure installations through RIBA project stages. Day to day involves procuring and coordinating multi-disciplinary consultants and contractors, controlling cost and quality, and ensuring health & safety and CDM regulatory compliance.
Job Title\: Senior Construction Project Manager
Location\: Warton/Samlesbury - On-site
Salary\: £49,400+ (DOE)
Referral Scheme\: £1000
Grade\: E
You’re expected to have completed 12 months in role prior to applying for an advertised vacancy and you should also discuss the internal opportunity with your line manager to ensure sustained business continuity and to further support your career development.
We know there may be exceptional individual circumstances that impact this, in the first instance please discuss this with your line manager.
If you don’t feel you can talk to your line manager, you can contact your HRBP.
PLEASE NOTE\: Should you be invited for interview; you acknowledge that the Recruitment team will contact you and your line manager regarding your application for this opportunity.
Job Description\:
You’ll support projects through all phases aligned to the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Plan of Work, ensuring delivery meets company and departmental quality standards. You’ll interpret customer requirements, support design development, implement plans, secure specification approvals and contribute to robust financial business cases.
You’ll procure and collaborate with multi-disciplinary consultant teams to deliver new buildings, major refurbishments and large-scale infrastructure upgrades. You’ll coordinate onsite contractor activities safely and take responsibility for installations, ensuring compliance with health and safety legislation, building control requirements and Construction (Design and Management) Regulations.
Essential Skills\:
- You’ll hold a degree or HNC/D in Construction, Building Services, or related built environment disciplines, including surveying, project management, energy, sustainability
- You’ll possess a PM qualification (APM) or relevant experience, handling multi-disciplinary contractor activities while ensuring health, safety, and regulatory compliance
- You’ll have experience with construction, manufacturing plant, and equipment installations, coordinating teams and technical requirements effectively
- You’ll be comfortable coaching contractors in full compliance with Construction (Design & Management) Regulations (CDM), maintaining safety and governance standards
The Investment Projects Team\:
The team delivers facility upgrades, refurbishments, new builds, and plant installations across BAE Systems sites. They manage infrastructure, utilities, and manufacturing capabilities, ensuring projects are completed safely, on time, and to quality standards, providing diverse, impactful work in secure industrial environments.
Why BAE Systems?
Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.
A place where everyone can thrive\:
We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.
*We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and have been in their current role for 12 months or longer.
Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.
Closing Date\: 1st Ocotber 2026