Senior Project Manager

The Role:

• Take full responsibility for successful project delivery, working collaboratively with the Project Leadership Team to ensure alignment with client objectives, contractual obligations, regulatory requirements and business goals.
• Lead and promote a strong safety-first culture, ensuring compliance with CDM Regulations, industry standards, statutory requirements and company SHEQ policies across all site activities.
• Own and drive the project programme, managing critical path activities, engineering interfaces, site operations, resources and commissioning requirements to achieve key milestones and delivery targets.
• Work closely with the Commercial Manager to control project costs, manage forecasts, risks, variations and change control, while identifying opportunities for value engineering and improved commercial performance.
• Act as the key interface with the client, site operations and external stakeholders, while overseeing subcontractor and supplier performance to ensure safe, efficient and compliant delivery.
• Proactively identify and mitigate project risks, resolve delivery challenges, maintain robust project controls and reporting, and drive KPI performance, accountability and continuous improvement.

Required Experience:

• Extensive experience managing large-scale EPC projects, ideally within UK high-pressure infrastructure, heavy engineering, piping or process-led projects in regulated, safety-critical environments.
• Demonstrable success delivering high-value engineering and construction projects from inception through to completion, preferably within a Tier-1 main contractor environment.
• Strong understanding of project cost control, contract management, programme delivery and commercial performance, including experience with NEC or similar forms of contract.
• Proven experience managing site health and safety within complex EPC environments, with a strong understanding of statutory requirements and industry best practices. SMSTS, IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent preferred.
• Experience working with major industrial process operators with an understanding of their operational and technical requirements.
• Relevant academic or professional qualifications, a commitment to continuous professional development, strong communication and IT skills, and willingness to work on-site when required.