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Crest Nicholson has been building new homes for over 60 years and is firmly established as a leading developer with a passion for not just building homes, but creating vibrant sustainable communities. Crest Nicholson has been building new homes for over 60 years and is firmly established as a leading developer with a passion for not just building homes but creating vibrant sustainable communities. Crest Nicholson are recruiting for a Project Manager to join the Eastern Legacy team. Great care is always taken to ensure the end product is one of quality, sustainability and innovative design. A career with Crest is both challenging and rewarding, and with large investments currently being made to drive learning and development, as well as fantastic national growth plans, now is a great time to join us. As a Project Manager you will provide expertise, experience and leadership to ensure the site consistently builds to Crest Nicholson’s Health, Safety & Environmental standards and in line with the agreed programme and budget, while complying with all Group procedures and external regulations, in particular those relating to the HSE, and upholding the Group’s reputation with customers, suppliers and the community at large. Accountable for: • Ensuring the legacy projects are executed in line with Crest Nicholson Health, Safety & Environmental standards as well as cooperating with, and acting upon advice given by the HSE or our Health & Safety Inspector (currently Premier)., • Leading the legacy team to professionally deliver and execute the resolution of multiple workstreams satisfying an array of different stake holders to reduce our legacy project portfolio., • Our legacy portfolio consists generally of adoption works, all fire remedial work and any other associated works from our completed developments that remain outstanding., • Creating project execution plans for the execution and delivery of the works., • Overseeing the engagement and management of sub-contractors to ensure the performance they deliver is in line with their contractual obligations., • Ensuring that weekly progress is completed on time and accurately., • Ensuring all other site management information and data is recorded fully, accurately and in a timely fashion., • Ensuring standards of site presentation meet our Customer Service Guidelines., • Coordinating project review meetings to ensure quality discussion and liaison between production functions., • Monitoring and controlling prelim spend to ensure it is kept within budget (whilst not compromising HSE or quality)., • Ensuring the site team perform to the required standard through effective leadership, coaching and performance management., • Regular legacy project updates to wider teams within the business unit., • Updates and presentation’s to the Eastern board., • CVR responsibility with all costs known and managed within set budgets and cash flows., • Regular site visits to review quality and delivery of the works., • Liaison and responsibility of residents and stakeholders of the associated works., • Attend regular legacy project team meetings and to chair meetings. Successful candidates will have the following skills: • Proven supervisory experience in multi-phase and mixed-use projects with experience in running large and small teams., • Excellent time management and able to manage multiple subcontractors on site, • Commercially and financially astute and able to report and present CVR’s or equivalent cost performance., • Strong negotiation skills., • Able to build strong working relationships., • Strong team and people management skills., • Motivated and able to engage with all levels of staff; colleagues and third parties, • Excellent communication skills., • Computer Literate & ability to adapt to new technologies., • Health and Safety focused with the ability to naturally promote a safe working environment. The Company Crest Nicholson is a leading developer of quality homes and thriving, sustainable communities. We create great places for our customers to live, selecting desirable locations for our developments and taking a holistic approach to the design of our homes and their surroundings. Attractive placemaking helps us deliver appealing and well-connected communities where people and nature can thrive. As an employer of choice, we offer an extensive range of benefits, to include: • Competitive Salary, • Company Bonus Scheme, • Car Allowance, • Private pension, • Private healthcare and cash plan options, • 25 days' annual leave, • Cycle to work scheme, • Share save scheme, • Gym membership discounts We are an inclusive employer; the Company will consider flexible working requests for all roles. We seek to be an ethical and progressive employer which encourages a culture of openness, creativity and continuous professional development and which rewards the effectiveness and loyalty of our employees as an equal opportunities employer. If you are applying to work at Crest Nicholson, we will ask you to supply us with sufficient personal information to help us process your application. To learn more about what personal information we will need to process and why, please refer to our recruitment privacy notice which can be found on the Crest Nicholson website under ‘Recruitment Privacy Policy'.