Project Manager

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Project Manager

Location: Norwich, Norfolk

An opportunity has arisen for a Project Manager to join Lintott, a Galliford Try business. Reporting into the wider delivery team, you will lead the successful planning and delivery of a varied portfolio of projects, ensuring contractual, commercial and regulatory requirements are met.

Working primarily under the NEC3 contract (or approved variants), you will act as the main point of contact for stakeholders, supporting safe, efficient and high-quality project delivery.

What you'll be doing:

• Lead assigned projects from initiation to completion, ensuring time, cost, quality and safety objectives are achieved.
• Implement and manage Project Charters to meet customer, company, contractual and legislative requirements.
• Define project scope, standards, performance measures and success criteria.
• Produce and manage project programmes, budgets, cost forecasts and reports.
• Plan and sequence activities, including quality, risk and time planning (using tools such as MS Project).
• Communicate effectively with clients, delivery partners and internal teams to resource, plan and meet commitments.
• Manage project milestones and associated payment criteria, ensuring appropriate documentation is in place.
• Promote continuous improvement by identifying and removing non-value-adding activities.
• Ensure full compliance with Business Assurance standards, reporting and record-keeping requirements.
• Attend customer sites as required and represent the company’s culture and values.

About you:

We’re interested in your capability and potential. If you meet most of the criteria below, we encourage you to apply.

• Experience in Project Management or Project Engineering
• Engineering background with electrical and/or mechanical knowledge.
• Commercial awareness in a project delivery environment.
• Experience working with the NEC3 suite of contracts (or similar).
• Knowledge of the UK municipal water sector is desirable.
• Project management training or qualifications (e.g. PRINCE2, APM) are an advantage.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects at once.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.

What We Can Offer in Return:

With an impressive order book of over £4.3 billion we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we’re poised for further growth and success, so if you’re committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.

We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our ‘Be Well’ programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.

We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.

Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.

Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.

Our Benefits:

We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.

• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
• A wide range of corporate discounts
• Cycle to Work schemes
• Comprehensive pension plan
• Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
• Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it
• Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role

About us:

Our purpose is to improve people’s lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.

We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long-term value.

For more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our business please contact[email protected]

Additional Information:

Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, reduced hours or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.

We encourage, and would be grateful if, you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.

Don’t meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

As a Disability Confident employer, we have committed to offer an interview to any candidate with a long-term health condition or disability that meet the essential criteria for the advertised position. Please contact the Resourcing Partner listed within the job advert if you believe this applies to you. We will also take the opportunity to discuss any adjustments required for your interview.

A full job description for this role is available upon request.

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