Lead the projects that shape Bristol's built environment.
As a Senior Project Manager (Construction), you'll be part of Bristol City Council's Portfolios, Programmes and Projects (PPP) Service, helping to deliver major capital construction projects across the organisation.
Our construction portfolio is wide and varied. Current projects being delivered across the team include:
- new schools
- expanding foster carer properties
- refurbishing children's homes
- decarbonising the city's crematoria
- new pontoons for the harbour
- bridge repair projects
Whatever the project, you'll be contributing to better public services, stronger infrastructure and improved outcomes for people and communities across Bristol.
It's an exciting time to join us. Following significant growth in the team, we're strengthening our professional construction function and embedding consistently high standards across our projects.
What you'll do
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of major capital construction projects.
- Develop and actively manage project plans, dependencies, risks and progress.
- Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary project teams.
- Manage budgets, financial risks and project resources.
- Work closely with contractors, consultants, internal teams and other key stakeholders.
- Manage construction procurement, contracts and supplier performance.
- Ensure projects meet relevant legislation, CDM requirements, health and safety responsibilities and council standards.
- Provide clear reporting and assurance throughout project delivery.
- Apply project management best practice to ensure projects are delivered consistently and effectively.
What we're looking for
We're looking for experienced construction project professionals who can combine strong project leadership with technical knowledge and commercial judgement.
You'll bring:
- significant experience of leading large and complex construction projects
- strong project management capability and practical knowledge of recognised project management methodologies
- a detailed understanding of construction legislation, regulations and standards, including CDM 2015
- experience of construction procurement, contract management and supplier management
- the ability to plan and manage complex projects involving multiple organisations and dependencies
- strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- an understanding of site-based construction delivery and effective coordination with contractors, designers and internal teams
- a degree-level qualification or equivalent level of skills and experience
This is a hybrid role offering flexibility to work from home alongside the opportunity to work directly with project teams and visit sites across Bristol.
How to apply
Please send us your CV (maximum 2 A4 pages), along with a supporting statement, with a maximum of 1,000 words, which demonstrates by practical example how you meet the following criteria:
1. Qualified to degree level or equivalent (or has developed in skills and experience to this level) and advanced knowledge and practical, creative application of a range of recognised project methodologies (e.g. PRINCE2/MSP/Agile) and other programme and project management principles, methods, techniques and tools. With the ability to lead, train and coach high performing teams in the application of these approaches.
2. Expert at translating the strategic vision and priorities of senior managers into deliverable programmes and projects that provide confidence in deliverability through demonstrating a clear understanding of how this will give the best likelihood of successful delivery of desired outcomes.
3. Experience of developing very complex business cases effectively, modelling different scenarios to enable informed decision making and undertaking the necessary work to provide confident estimates of cost and realistic benefits mapped to desired outcomes and aligned to agreed objectives.
4. Expert at identifying opportunities and developing practical solutions to complex programme and project issues by using their own considerable experience and by encouraging and valuing the expertise around them.
This must be sent to ppp.careers@bristol.gov.uk