Project Manager - Construction

Job Title:       Project Manager - Construction

Location:       Farnborough or Portsmouth

Package:       Competitive Salary + Benefits Package

Role Type:     Full-time / Permanent

Role ID:         SF14920
 

The Role

Join QinetiQ as a Project Manager within Construction and take the lead in delivering high-impact construction and estate management projects across our diverse portfolio. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the successful completion of projects from inception to handover, maintaining the highest standards of service delivery. 

With your expertise, you will drive excellence in every phase of project execution, ensuring that our facilities meet the strategic needs of our organisation. If you are a proactive leader with a passion for delivering quality in a dynamic environment, QinetiQ offers the perfect opportunity to advance your career.

 

Day-to-day, you will:

• Organise and Manage small to medium scale construction projects, the project team and its delivery from start to finish
• Define with support and maintain under review the overall aims and objectives of the Project, together with their relative priorities, and the overall scope of the Project
• Define with support and agreeing an appropriate budget, delivering the Project within this budget and managing and reporting progress against an agreed cost plan and Programme
• Managing with support the activities of the external advisors, including the management of their appointments, via appointed Procurement Team Managers within QinetiQ
• Management of project documentation to include bids, proposals and third party documentation (configuration control)
• Deploy appropriate Risk and Issue management strategies and methods for controlling quality

 

This role is full-time, 37 hours per week you will based at either our Farnborough or Portsmouth site. The ability and willingness to travel to other various sites is required.

 
Experience of the Project Manager – Construction:

• Demonstrable experience delivering construction based projects
• Working knowledge of Building Regulations and Construction methodology, JSP standards and CDM Regulations
• A broad knowledge of civil engineering, infrastructure and building works methods and sustainability
• Fully conversant with RIBA Plan of Work stage process
• Operational knowledge of NEC contracts as well as JCT

 

Please note that all applicants must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum. 

National security vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) 

Our Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more.
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows most employees to buy up to 5 days’ additional leave. 
• We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant. 
• Payroll Giving and Volunteering - helping charities and local community.

 
Our volunteering programme enables our people to use their professional skills to make a positive difference in our local communities, for example STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) ambassador days in schools. We support a number of charities that are important to our people, including those, which help the defence community. 

 

Why Join QinetiQ?

As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.

You’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experience enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Visit our website to read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture.

 

About QinetiQ

As a company of thousands of dedicated professionals, we are a world-centre of excellence in research and development and act as a catalyst for fast-track innovation, offering outstanding experimentation facilities, and technical, engineering and scientific expertise. QinetiQ is made up of dedicated experts in defence, aerospace, security and related markets, all working together to explore new ways of protecting what matters most. Being part of QinetiQ means being central to the safety and security of the world around us. Partnering with our customers, we help to save lives; reduce risks to society; and maintain the global infrastructure on which we all depend. Come and find out how you can play a role.

 

Security

Please note that many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting. Applicants who already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment, subject to approval. A number of roles are also subject to restrictions on access to information, which mean factors such as nationality, previous nationalities held and the country in which you were born may affect the roles that you can be employed in.

Application Guidance

If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please contact your regional recruiting team in strictest confidence. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.