Job Description

How you'll make a difference:
As a Senior Project Manager, you will take the lead in managing key projects for the property and business support service. Managing teams of construction consultants and contractors, you will be responsible for the successful delivery of major capital projects by providing project management services throughout the relevant RIBA stages.

Working with colleagues from across the authority and external partners and stakeholders, you will ensure the projects are delivered effectively and on schedule, achieve key objectives and provide value for money.
What you will be doing:
It will be your responsibility to manage the successful delivery of specified capital projects, including the procurement and management of contracts for contractors and consultants and ensuring works and services are tendered in accordance with financial regulations and standing orders. Regularly, you will prepare and update programmes, risk management registers and overall project cost reports. This is to ensure cost plans are prepared at appropriate gateways and you will oversee the legal transfer of assets and input to development agreements. You will prepare tender reports and appraisals for director approval and implement a change management strategy to monitor and control time, cost, and quality and also attend project meetings and public engagement meetings. A key part of the role is to develop innovative solutions to technical issues, ensuring appropriate solutions are proposed and successfully implemented and consult on issues with wider implications whilst adhering to service regulations and codes of practice. Providing technical advice, support, and training to colleagues, you will make sure performance objectives are achieved, teamwork is effective, colleagues are supported and that the team is technically capable and technical work is carried out satisfactorily.

What we need from you:
We require you to hold a construction related degree or equivalent qualification and significant relevant experience in project management on large scale capital projects. It is essential that you have proven experience in leading multiple major projects without supervision, delivering contracts, guidance and statues and the ability to develop and deliver design briefs. You must have experience of planning and progressing work activities within general professional guidelines or organisational policy and have an in-depth knowledge of service specific and professional issues. You will have knowledge and experience of working with specific performance management and project improvement tools with the ability to work to strict deadlines, managing a demanding workload and prioritising accordingly. Having excellent strategic awareness, you will have experience of working in political environment and the ability to communicate and influence effectively with clients, consultants, and contractors.

What you need to know:
This is a hybrid role meaning that you can work remotely or in our offices. Interviews will be held on the 25th June 2025

How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different:
As part of our benefits package, you will receive generous annual leave (pro rata), employee

wellbeing support

and you will have access to a range of staff discounts, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities. We recognise that our

diverse team

of skilled and dedicated people make us a

great place to work

. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and

developed

on the basis of their merits and abilities.


Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of. We're planning for the future; building and improving the roads, railways, schools, green spaces, and houses. We're providing essential services across our communities to ensure they are safe and well maintained.


We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.

We're making a difference, be part of it!

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