Project Manager

Novus Property Solutions

  • Birmingham
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 27 days ago
Project ManagerLocation: West Midlands Site based - working Monday to Friday, typically 39 hours per weekAs Project Manager for Novus, you'll get to see the impact and improvements your role delivers to your customers and team every day - taking your job satisfaction to whole new levels. This varied and challenging role offers you the opportunity to work with and manage a skilled and professional team, a secure environment with long-term contracts and the opportunity to grow and learn.Along with utilising your Project Management skills in Education Refurbishments and Minor works, you'll also be looking for ways to add real value to the clients and customers you work with. Supported by your peers, team, and management to solve problems and trusted to make decisions to grow and develop relationships and revenue.With responsibility for the control and management of Site Managers, trade colleagues and sub contractors the Project Manager will ensure a number of projects are completed to programme, with zero defects, within budget and with no risk to Health & Safety of their operation team, the client, or the general public. The successful candidate will be client facing in a live environment and have extensive knowledge of various internal minor works refurbishment projects, ideally within the Education sector and be happy to travel to Site and the local office.Managing contractors, suppliers and clients to deliver, quality, costs, profitability and value to meet the requirements of designated projects.What's in it for you?
  • Attractive salary & benefits to suit you
  • 27 Days Hols & BH - option to buy or sell holidays
  • Company pension scheme - up to 7.5%
  • Company Car or Car Allowance
  • We also offer a; Discounted Healthcare Scheme, High street & lifestyle discounts including Taste card, a day paid volunteering per year, length of service awards, and more….
An outline of your responsibility as a Project Manager
  • Develop the main logic of the works programme and monitor progress of the same weekly.
  • Develop Method Statements and Risk Assessments together with the Safety Plan and observe the requirement of the CDM Regulations in the status of Principal Contractor.
  • Source labour and maintain high quality productivity.
  • Expedite materials and information release from design team.
  • Day to day planning of operations and problem solving.
  • Check and correct time sheets and allocation sheets.
  • Hold, chair and minute sub-contractor meetings.
  • Prepare reports for site meeting with design team and attend same.
  • Report contractual risk situations to the Senior Project Manager
  • Supervise the quality of the works and hand over a snag free building.
  • Agree programmes with sub-contractors.
  • Approve choice of sub-contractors with Manager.
  • Variance of job targets only with approval from Senior PM.
About YouAs an experienced Project Manager you will have the experience of working within Planned refurbishment projects & Minor Works ideally within a University/School and Ideally you will hold SMSTS or associated NVQ, but if this has expired, we will support you to renew, it's the knowledge and skills that goes with the qualification that's essential to us. Our preferred candidate will be experienced , knowledgeable, be a self starter who is focused on delivery and able to communicate well with the team to ensure everyday runs smoothly. Confident IT skills including MS Projects is required also. You will need to hold a Full UK driving licence to travel to Sites regularly. ​A little bit about usNovus Property Solutions is a dynamic, award-winning property maintenance, refurbishment, compliance, and decarbonisation specialist with more than 700 colleagues in 19 locations across Great Britain, providing a combination of local knowledge and national strength. We are a social and environmentally responsible family-owned business with a rich 127-year heritage, delivering a range of bespoke services and solutions to a wide variety of clients. Our vision is to be the leader in building and maintenance solutions, delivered with compassion and care for the communities in which we operateAt Novus Property Solutions we value people, and we are committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace that enables our people to bring their full selves to work. We understand for many reasons that people very rarely meet all the criteria laid out in the job advert, so, we encourage you to apply for the role even if you do not meet all the criteria or hold all the qualifications. You may be just who we are looking for to join our award-winning Property Maintenance company in this, or another role.​

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