Project Manager - FTC, Bristol Schools

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

1/27/2025

Description And Requirements

Skanska, one of the world’s largest development and construction companies, dates back 135 years and had a 2021 revenue of around £12.5 billion. We have 3,300 experts in the UK alone, could joining us be your next career move? 

 

Our Building Services division provides complete Facilities Management of properties throughout the UK, providing mechanical and electrical engineering support, cleaning, catering and grounds maintenance on a planned and reactive basis, using technological solutions to manage our teams in the most efficient ways. 

 

We are looking for a Project Manager to join the Commercial Property Maintenance team on one of our projects in Bristol. The purpose of the role to manage and deliver life cycle and capital works projects from inception to completion including income generation work to time and budget, achieving the quality required. To collaboratively work with Stakeholders as part of an integrated team including adherence and compliance with both Skanska and the clients’ systems of work.

 

What you’ll do: 

To provide a fully comprehensive project management delivery strategy for both Lifecycle and Capital works programmes undertaken including but not limited to:-

• Manage Life Cycle, Capital Project work including design management, temporary works, estimating, arrange for the ordering of materials and plant, resource planning and implementation of direct labour or contract labour.
• Working with the Contract and Commercial team to ensure all quotations are completed and returned within the Project related KPI and Performance Management System time scales.
• Develop and pre-plan all works with relevant stakeholders and liaison with all relevant parties including but not limited to General Manager, Operations Manager, Clients, Trade contractors, Consultants and other third parties including internal departments, to agree final project arrangements for the works. Ensure planned works do not compromise day to day operations (unless alternative arrangements agreed and in place) and that works are delivered in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
• Responsible for the checking of the built works to ensure defect free and management of any remedial works required. Once all works are satisfactorily completed sign off the works and review and authorise any subcontractor application for payment.
• Provide monthly reports to the Capital Works Manager, General Manager Senior Project Manager, and Commercial Manager relating to Life Cycle, Capital and small works projects. Additional ad hoc reports may also be required.
• Liaise with Projects QS where required to establish tender requirements and assist in the preparation of information and documentation for the successful issue of tender packages and their return and evaluation.
• Ensure that appropriate project information is requested, received, captured, managed and stored to ensure statutory and contractual operations are met. Including H&S files, O&M manuals and Drawings in AutoCAD format. Etc.
  
  

Communication and Working Relationships with Stakeholders including:

• Capital Works Manager
• Senior Project Manager
• General Manager
• Clients
• Operations Team
• Commercial Team
• Authorised Persons and Authorising Engineers
• Contractors / Suppliers
• Technical representatives
  
  

 

What you’ll bring to the role: 

• Technically qualified to minimum of HNC (Building/Mechanical/Electrical) or relevant Degree plus 5 years’ experience in the management of multi-disciplinary projects.
• H&S qualification e.g. IOSH H&S Managing Safely certification or SMSTS certificate.
• CSCS card or equivalent.
• Desirable to hold professional qualification in building related discipline or Project Management.
• Must achieve enhanced DBS as required
• Demonstrable experience working to British Standards and current regulations.
• Minimum 5 years working undertaking multiple projects simultaneously. ?
• Good understanding and working knowledge of several software packages including MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, MS Project, and Visio. Also, to be experienced in use of MIS systems, Asset Data Base systems and AutoCad.
• Responsible for the electronic management / storage of all lifecycle / small works projects documentation, including the upkeep of the tracking systems to ensure works are invoiced in a timely manner and ensure costs are recovered.
• Proven experience of leadership and management of a diverse range of supply chain contractors providing direction and support to ensure successful delivery of projects on time and budget.
• Experienced fostering new relationships with all stakeholders.
• Experienced in change management cultures, behavioural culture changes and fostering new relationships with all stakeholders.
• Excellent communication skills, client facing and internal relationships.
• Proven experienced in delivering multiple complex projects to a value of £2.0M, and high calibre experience of trouble shooting where required.
  
  

Equal opportunities

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

Flexible working

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable adjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using recruitment@skanska.co.uk if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

More Information About The Role

Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us: recruitment@skanska.co.uk

Closing date

The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.

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