Senior Project Manager
4 days ago
Gosport
Job Title: Senior Project Manager (Construction & Estates) Location: Gosport, Hampshire Salary: Competitive Salary + Benefits Full-Time (37 hrs/week) Key Skills: Project Manager, Engineering, Construction, Estates, Bids, RIBA, NEC, JCT, CDM, Budgets, Forecasting, Contract Management Are you an experienced Senior Project Manager with a strong background in construction, estates, and complex stakeholder environments? We’re supporting a leading UK defence and technology organisation in the search for a Senior Project Manager to deliver high-value, strategically important estate projects within a secure and technically advanced environment. This is an opportunity to work on projects that genuinely matter — ranging from large-scale refurbishments to technically complex new-build construction — supporting critical maritime and land capabilities. The Role You’ll take full responsibility for delivering a portfolio of estates and construction projects (c. £5m+ per annum), ensuring commitments to internal and external stakeholders are met across a diverse and complex delivery landscape. Projects range from general building refurbishments through to highly technical infrastructure and new-build developments within a regulated environment. Key Responsibilities as a Senior Project Manager: • Lead delivery of high-value and complex construction/refurbishment projects, • Manage stakeholder relationships across multiple customers, partners, and suppliers, • Define and control project budgets, forecasts, and cost plans, • Maintain accurate reporting and project documentation (bids, proposals, third-party documentation), • Apply robust risk management and quality control processes, • Ensure safe, secure, and compliant project execution Essential Experience as a Senior Project Manager: • Delivery of projects for multiple customers (up to 3 concurrently), • Construction/refurbishment delivery aligned to RIBA stages, • Strong knowledge of Building Regulations, JSP standards, environmental & ecological legislation, • Working knowledge of NEC and JCT contracts, • Extensive experience operating under CDM Regulations, acting as Client or similar duty holder, • Broad understanding of civil engineering, infrastructure, and building works methodologies Essential Qualifications: • Recognised Project Management qualification (APM PPQ or PRINCE2), • Demonstrable capability equivalent to IPMA Level B What’s On Offer • Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package, • Opportunity to work on nationally significant, technically challenging projects, • Exposure to complex stakeholder environments within a secure, high-impact sector, • Career progression within a large, innovative organisation If you’re a confident Senior Project Manager with strong construction and estates expertise and you’re looking for your next high-impact challenge, I’d love to hear from you. Security Clearance (SC) or eligibility to gain is required to be considered for this vacancy