Project Manager - All Levels

Overview / Responsibilities

Wood is recruiting for our busy Built Environment team. We are looking for project management professionals across all levels of experience.  We work on a diverse and exciting range of projects across the UK in both the public and private sectors. We are particularly keen to hear from you if you have defence, education or residential development experience and/or are a registered NEC PM.

The role will be tailored to your level of experience but is likely to include:

• Developing project management documentation including project management plans, cost estimates and forecasts, risk registers, project schedules, stakeholder registers
• Developing and maintaining project schedules
• Monitoring and controlling budgets and preparing financial forecasts
• Contract management and contract administration including change management
• Managing changes to project scope
• Managing work being performed by project team members, ensuring outputs meet the project requirements
• Developing and maintaining project deliverables, information, and records
• Performance management and reporting
• Effectively and accurately communicating relevant project information to others in the business
• Leading multi-disciplinary project teams consisting of technical/professional staff and suppliers
• Fostering and growing excellent relationships with clients
• Managing project proposals including determining project requirements, scope, resources, schedule and the budget for delivering the project

To be successful in this role you must have a can-do attitude and possess the following behaviours:

• Tenacity
• High level of communication (including using the phone)
• Problem solving
• Patience
• Attention to detail
• Collaboration
• Pragmatism
• Numeracy
• Forward-looking

Skills / Qualifications

Qualifications

Essential:

• Degree in relevant technical discipline (engineering, building, quantity surveying, science, project or construction management) or
• Equivalent combination of qualifications and experience

Desirable:

• Membership of appropriate professional institution (PMI, APM, MRICS, MCIOB)

Qualification/certification at professional level, for example PRINCE2, APM PMQ (APMP) or RPP,

Company Overview

Wood is a global leader in engineering and consultancy across energy and the built environment, helping to unlock solutions to some of the world’s most critical challenges. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in more than 60 countries, employing around 40,000 people. www.woodplc.com

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.