Manage delivery of allocated projects across the Southern region, ensuring safe, on-time, on-budget installations. Plan installations/dismantles, control costs, manage contractors, identify and mitigate risks, maintain project documentation and stakeholder reporting, and ensure compliance with health, safety and CDM regulations.
Are you looking to join a successful and growing organisation who are committed to creating a great safe place to work where all employees have the opportunity to contribute, grow and develop? We are looking for a Project Manager to join our successful Commercial team in the Bordon, covering the Southern region including central London.
As a Project Manager you will manage the delivery of allocated projects, ensuring programmes are planned and delivered safely, costs are controlled and customer expectations are met in line with company project delivery processes.
Role Details:
• Annual Salary up to £42,000. Plus Potential annual-on-target bonus of up to 5% subject to business performance
• Role based: Portakabin Site Accommodation, Bordon, GU35 0JB (this role will be split between the Bordon office and travel across the Southern region including Central London.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Company Car
• Annual leave of 25 days per annum plus bank holidays and opportunity to buy an additional 5 days each year.
As a Project Manager you will manage the delivery of allocated projects, ensuring programmes are planned and delivered safely, costs are controlled and customer expectations are met in line with company project delivery processes.
Role Details:
• Annual Salary up to £42,000. Plus Potential annual-on-target bonus of up to 5% subject to business performance
• Role based: Portakabin Site Accommodation, Bordon, GU35 0JB (this role will be split between the Bordon office and travel across the Southern region including Central London.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Company Car
• Annual leave of 25 days per annum plus bank holidays and opportunity to buy an additional 5 days each year.
In this role as Project Manager, you will be required to:
• Manage the successful delivery of allocated projects in line with company project delivery processes, ensuring compliance with Health and Safety and Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (where applicable).
• Plan and oversee project installations and dismantles, ensuring completion within agreed timescales, budgets and quality standards, while mitigating risks.
• Work with commercial colleagues to support Project Launch and Design Freeze processes and manage variations during delivery.
• Undertake site visits to scope and assess project requirements, ensuring accurate planning, costing and risk identification.
• Allocate tasks within project teams and monitor progress against deadlines.
• Ensure all work meets required quality standards and customer expectations, taking action to address problems promptly.
• Prepare and maintain accurate project documentation and reports, providing stakeholders with clear updates on progress, risks and opportunities.
• Promote a strong culture of health, safety and wellbeing, taking responsibility for safe working practices and ensuring compliance across all project activities.
• Plan and oversee project installations and dismantles, ensuring completion within agreed timescales, budgets and quality standards, while mitigating risks.
• Work with commercial colleagues to support Project Launch and Design Freeze processes and manage variations during delivery.
• Undertake site visits to scope and assess project requirements, ensuring accurate planning, costing and risk identification.
• Allocate tasks within project teams and monitor progress against deadlines.
• Ensure all work meets required quality standards and customer expectations, taking action to address problems promptly.
• Prepare and maintain accurate project documentation and reports, providing stakeholders with clear updates on progress, risks and opportunities.
• Promote a strong culture of health, safety and wellbeing, taking responsibility for safe working practices and ensuring compliance across all project activities.
Benefits & Opportunities as Project Manager
• Contributory pension including life insurance benefit
• A range of dedicated health and wellbeing services
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Benefits Program (Discounts at 100s of shops, gyms, restaurants and even holidays!)
• Learning & development opportunities and resources
• Opportunity for career progression
• A chance to give back to your community with two annual volunteering day
• A range of dedicated health and wellbeing services
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Benefits Program (Discounts at 100s of shops, gyms, restaurants and even holidays!)
• Learning & development opportunities and resources
• Opportunity for career progression
• A chance to give back to your community with two annual volunteering day
Our Ideal Candidate as Project Manager
• Project management qualification, or equivalent experience.
• SMSTS – Site Management Safety Training Scheme (or equivalent) qualification.
• Experience in managing projects and in using project management processes and methodology.
• Good understanding of cost control in project delivery.
• Experience managing third-party suppliers and contractors.
• Ability to plan effectively, identify risks and resolve problems during project delivery.
• Good organisational and reporting skills, with the ability to produce clear and accurate updates for stakeholders.
• A valid UK driving licence
• SMSTS – Site Management Safety Training Scheme (or equivalent) qualification.
• Experience in managing projects and in using project management processes and methodology.
• Good understanding of cost control in project delivery.
• Experience managing third-party suppliers and contractors.
• Ability to plan effectively, identify risks and resolve problems during project delivery.
• Good organisational and reporting skills, with the ability to produce clear and accurate updates for stakeholders.
• A valid UK driving licence
About
At Portakabin, we design and deliver high-quality modular buildings for organisations of all sizes, in various sectors including manufacturing, education, health, transport, utilities and construction. Delivering our products sustainably, and safely to our customers is of utmost importance.Portakabin now employs more than 2,200 people across the UK and Europe. Our people are at the heart of business and the reason for our success. We offer career progression, support and development opportunities giving our employees space to grow.Portakabin is a Disability Confident Committed and equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process and to the fair and consistent treatment of all current and prospective colleagues.We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, perspectives, and value the contribution that diverse experiences bring to our teams.Reasonable adjustments will be made throughout the application, recruitment, and onboarding processes where required. If you need any additional support or experience any difficulty applying, please contact our recruitment team on [email protected]
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