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Project Manager – Client side – East London / Essex

Project Manager – Client side – East London / Essex

  • Location:

    London

  • Sector:

    Development & Construction

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Salary:

    £55,000 - £65,000 + Benefits + Bonus

  • Contact:

    John Clarkson

  • Contact email:

    j.clarkson@falmouthfairfax.com

  • Contact phone:

    +44 (0)20 3854 3871

  • Job ref:

    427

  • Published:

    4 days ago

  • Expiry date:

    2025-01-16

  • Startdate:

    ASAP

Project Manager – Client side – East London / Essex

Falmouth Fairfax are working in partnership with a leading commercial provider with multiple sites across Southern England.  They are looking for a Project Manager with design and facilities management experience to join their team.  The role will be based in the East London office 5 days a week with travel to sites in London and the Southeast.

Remuneration:
£55,000 - £65,000 + Benefits + Bonus

The role:
The Project Manager will be joining a family office who have developed an exceptional presence and offering within the UK nursery sector.  Reporting into the business owner you will have a relatively diverse role overseeing the new build development and fit-out of new nursery / kindergarten acquisitions in addition to CAPEX refurbishment across the existing assets.  Project responsibility from smaller existing asset maintenance and refurb of c. £100k through to new sites at c. £2/£3 million.   The core role will cover the initial feasibility and DD at acquisitions stage through appointing and managing external consultant and contractor teams across design, planning and delivery to hand over of the completed nurseries to the operation teams.  They would be keen for this individual to have design and CAD experience in addition to some management experience to mentor a small team of inhouse maintenance operatives handling the reactive maintenance across the nurseries. They are an exceptionally well-funded business with established sites and continued growth aspirations of 2 – 3 sites per year.

As an asset owner they are keen for the individual to be commercially astute, detail focused looking at the long-term management of the assets in terms of finishes and materials used.  Experience of the nursery / education sector would be an advantage, but they are open to driven people who have good experience of JCT contracts and the management of office, retail, hotel or leisure schemes.  

Requirements:

  • Degree qualified in Project Management, Building Surveying, Facilities or Quantity Surveying

  • Professionally qualified preferable but not essential

  • 5+ years’ experience delivering fit-out and refurbishment projects valued between £200,000 and c.£3 million, advantageous if this is in the nursery, leisure, or education space with a focus on design.

  • Experience in existing asset CAPEX planned maintenance and facilities management.

  • Good experience of consultant and contractor team management under JCT contracts as well as CDM and building regulations.

  • Experience in service agreements, drafting contractor and consultant briefs, ability to read architectural drawings and advantageous if you have knowledge of lifecycle costing.

  • Good experience of MS Office suit and presentations. Technically focused with a good eye for detail and project commercials.

  • Personality: Honest, friendly persona with a sense of humour.


This position represents an excellent opportunity to join an established close-knit and friendly business with a solid project and expansion pipeline.

For further information on this opportunity and to apply for this role please contact John Clarkson on 0203 854 3871 or send your CV through to j.clarkson@falmouthfairfax.com.