Senior Project Manager

About the Role

The primary responsibility of the Senior Project Manager is to deliver major capital projects within the Estates Enabling Plan which supports Queen Mary University of London Strategy 2030. 

Working closely with the Assistant Director and the Capital Projects Team you will be responsible for the successful implementation of a portfolio of diverse major projects at the University. Projects will typically be complex in nature and above £5m in value and will include development, construction, refurbishment, engineering and infrastructure projects.

About You

You will be the project lead, delivering first class projects, demonstrating effective and efficient project and stakeholder management from inception to completion. 

You will have the ability to take a strategic view of projects, analyse challenges and options and drive effective solutions to completion. You will have the ability to think commercially and strategically – quickly assess and quantify short and long term impact of changes, deal with ambiguity and uncertainty and be able to evaluate options to meet business expectations and provide maximum value. 

You will be educated to degree level or have equivalent senior-level experience in the property, development, construction or engineering sectors, having delivered capital projects in the range of £10-£50m. Experience of delivering laboratory projects would also be beneficial. 

You will have a thorough knowledge of the design process, construction project management and contract administration, supported by demonstrable experience in the planning and delivery of major construction and/or infrastructure projects in complex organisations. 

About the Directorate

The Directorate is one of the largest departments within Queen Mary and is committed to supporting and promoting student wellbeing and providing the highest standards of estates and facilities across the university, preparing and helping to sustain the University’s working and learning environmental for students, staff, stakeholders, and guests by ensuring safe environments, security and cleanliness.  

Details about the Directorate can be found at http://www.estates.qmul.ac.uk/

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

A temporary market supplement is attached to this post, which is a separate payment in addition to the normal salary. A review of market conditions will be carried out periodically to establish if the market supplement should continue.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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