Description
We are seeking a Project Manager (Environment) to join our team in Manchester. As a Project Manager, you will play an important part in delivering multi-disciplinary environmental projects, working closely with Senior Project Managers and Technical Leads to keep projects safe, on track and within budget.
Responsibilities:
- Support the development of project proposals, helping to define requirements, scope, resourcing, programme and budget for successful delivery.
- Create and maintain clear, well-structured project documentation such as project plans, cost forecasts, risk registers and schedules taking ownership on smaller projects and supporting Senior Project Managers on larger, more complex work.
- Keep projects on track by actively monitoring progress and helping to drive delivery against agreed timelines.
- Manage project costs day-to-day, including tracking time, budgets, forecasts and spend, ensuring everything stays aligned with progress.
- Ensure health and safety requirements are in place for site visits, including securing the necessary internal approvals.
- Support contract management and administration activities to keep projects running smoothly and compliantly.
- Proactively manage change and risk, working closely with technical teams to ensure projects stay aligned with scope, contractual requirements and governance standards.
- Work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams, helping to coordinate and develop colleagues, partners and suppliers.
- Champion environmental outcomes, supporting the delivery of sustainability, future-ready and net zero ambitions across projects.
Requirements:
- Experience working as an Assistant Project Manager or Project Manager within a project or PMO environment within environmental or sustainability sectors.
- A good understanding of programme management principles, including work breakdown structures, dependencies and critical path, with the ability to interpret outputs from tools such as MS Project, Primavera P6 or similar.
- Commercial awareness with the ability to manage budgets, track performance and support effective change control, with experience delivering projects within budget. Familiarity with Professional Services Contracts (e.g. NEC3/4) would be advantageous.
- A confident communicator, both written and verbal, able to share key information clearly and keep project teams and stakeholders well informed.
- Working towards or holding membership of a relevant professional body (e.g. PMI, APM, MIEnvSc, MIEMA, MRICS), with chartership or progression towards it welcomed.
- An interest in the environment and/or sustainable land development, alongside a positive, proactive approach and a genuine desire to grow your career.