Senior Project Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the overall planning, execution, monitoring, and successful completion of construction projects.
• Develop and manage project schedules, budgets, procurement plans, and resource requirements.
• Establish project objectives, milestones, deliverables, and key performance indicators.
• Manage and coordinate consultants, main contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, and other project stakeholders.
• Monitor project progress and proactively identify and resolve delays, risks, issues, and constraints.
• Ensure projects are delivered in accordance with approved drawings, specifications, contracts, and applicable regulations.
• Manage project costs, cash flow, variations, claims, and commercial matters.
• Review and approve project programmes, method statements, construction plans, and progress reports.
• Lead regular project meetings and provide clear progress updates to senior management and clients.
• Ensure effective quality assurance and quality control throughout the construction process.
• Promote and enforce high standards of health, safety, environmental, and regulatory compliance.
• Manage project risks and implement appropriate mitigation and contingency strategies.
• Coordinate design development, technical issues, approvals, and changes during construction.
• Oversee testing, commissioning, defects rectification, project close-out, and final handover.
• Maintain accurate project documentation, records, reports, and contractual correspondence.
• Build strong working relationships with clients, authorities, consultants, contractors, and internal teams.
• Mentor and provide leadership to project managers, engineers, site teams, and other project personnel.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Building, Architecture, or a related discipline.
• Typically 10+ years of relevant construction/project management experience, with significant experience managing large or complex projects.
• Proven track record of successfully delivering construction projects from inception through completion.
• Strong knowledge of construction methods, project controls, contracts, procurement, cost management, and scheduling.
• Experience managing contractors, subcontractors, consultants, and multidisciplinary project teams.
• Strong understanding of construction contracts, variations, claims, and commercial management.
• Excellent project planning, organisational, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Strong leadership and people-management capabilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with senior management, clients, consultants, and site teams.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively under tight deadlines.
• Strong understanding of workplace health and safety requirements and construction regulations.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and relevant project management/scheduling software.
• Strong attention to detail with a commercial and results-oriented mindset.