Senior Project Manager - Stone

Senior Projects Manager - Stonework Contractor
Location - Office (Henley-on-Thames), Projects in the South East of the UK, and working from home.

Company:
My client is a prestigious, sixth-generation business that has built a reputation over more than 150 years, seamlessly blending traditional stonemasonry craftsmanship with modern technology. Their expertise spans a wide array of services, from architectural stonemasonry and heritage conservation to bespoke interiors and elegant porticos. Their team is known for working alongside architects, contractors, and designers to create intricate stone designs that meet the highest standards.

With an award-winning track record in stonemasonry, the company prides itself on its diverse portfolio, which includes both private and commercial projects. The facility boasts the largest and most advanced stonemasonry production capabilities in the South-East, making it a leader in the sector.

For professionals seeking an innovative and well-established firm, this company represents an exceptional opportunity for career growth, development, and working on prestigious, high-value projects in the stone industry.

The Role:
A key part of the Senior Projects Manager position is to pull together the whole set of projects and processes, ensuring carefully combined planning, resourcing, and balancing/prioritisation of activity across the whole Projects portfolio in the business.

In addition, the role will be directly responsible for the delivery of a portfolio of projects (up to approx. 10 projects at any one time, depending upon size & complexity). A typical project is anywhere between £50k to £2.5M+. You will be directly in control of the delivery of between £2M - £5M annual turnover, and indirectly coordinating across the full Group.

You will need to build trusting relationships, both internally and externally, with strong and careful communications, using long-term risk management & programme planning, resulting in excellence in delivery across multiple & diverse projects.

The work associated with each project will naturally include:

1. Programme planning (short, medium and long term)
2. Commercial understanding and control.
3. Change Control (working with our QS / commercial department).
4. Communications & relationship management.
5. Project Risk Management.
6. Resource management, both in-house and external.
7. Procurement
8. Ensuring delivery activities (e.g. working with Design Lead, QS, Production Manager, Site Project Managers, Other Project Managers, Logistics & H&S, Procurement & Finance & HR etc).

Person Profile / Skills:
This role will benefit from (but support and training will be provided where not in place):

1. Knowledge or experience of Stonemasonry projects & processes would be favourable (and/or Stone Heritage and/or Interior Stone).
2. Experience of Construction Sites & Logistics processes.
3. Excellent track record / evidence of Project Management delivery work for large and complex builds (and ideally Project management qualifications e.g. NVQs or CIOB etc).
4. Knowledge or experience of H&S generally.
5. The ability to work to long-term risk & planning time perspectives.
6. Software skills including Spreadsheets / Planning software / Sketching tools etc.
7. Project Management qualifications.
8. Proactive approach to planning and looking ahead for potential risks and opportunities.
9. Experience in managing a team of 5-10+ people.

Other Details / Benefits:

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