Project Manager - Estate Capital Works Lead
15 days ago
Cwmbran
Estate Capital Works Lead - £43,000-£47,000/year DOE Your new company You’ll be joining a public sector organisation within the Estates and Facilities service, responsible for delivering a diverse portfolio of capital works projects across a multi-site operational estate. The team supports a range of specialised buildings including operational facilities, offices and infrastructure assets, ensuring projects are delivered in line with organisational strategy, compliance and performance standards. This is a highly collaborative environment focused on modernising estate assets, improving functionality and supporting frontline service delivery. Your new role You will lead the delivery of high-value capital works projects, managing schemes from initial concept through to completion. Projects will include new build and refurbishment works, with values ranging from smaller schemes to multi-million pound programmes. You will act as the client-side lead, managing consultants, contractors and stakeholders to deliver projects safely, efficiently and in line with programme, cost and quality expectations. Key responsibilities include: • Leading the end-to-end delivery of capital works projects across the estate, • Developing project briefs aligned to estate strategy and business needs, • Managing consultants and contractors in line with procurement and contractual frameworks, • Delivering projects to agreed cost, programme and quality targets, • Acting within CDM regulations and overseeing compliance across all projects, • Managing NEC/JCT contracts and overseeing commercial delivery, • Reporting on project progress, risks and costs to senior stakeholders, • Coordinating project teams and leading stakeholder engagement, • Supporting business case development and project planning, • Contributing to the long-term estate strategy and capital investment planning What you'll need to succeed • Degree in construction, estates, engineering or equivalent experience, • Strong experience delivering capital works / construction projects, • Knowledge of procurement, contract management (NEC/JCT) and project delivery, • Experience managing consultants, contractors and multi-disciplinary teams, • Understanding of CDM, building regulations and health & safety compliance, • Experience managing budgets, programmes and commercial risk, • Strong stakeholder management and reporting skills, • Professional membership (e.g. RICS, CIOB) or Prince2 desirable What you'll get in return • Salary circa £43,000 - £47,000, • Hybrid and flexible working, • Local government pension and strong benefits package, • Opportunity to deliver major capital schemes, • Career progression within a growing estates function What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. # 4796689