Associate Project Manager

Are you an experienced Senior Project Manager ready to step into construction director jobs in Birmingham?

Atkins Search are currently recruiting for an Associate Project Manager in Birmingham to join an award-winning construction consultancy delivering complex industrial and logistics developments across the Midlands and wider UK. This is a full-time, permanent position offering hybrid working, excellent career progression and the opportunity to lead high-profile, large-scale director jobs in construction within a rapidly growing consultancy.

If you're searching for Associate jobs in Birmingham with genuine progression to full Director level, this senior leadership opportunity offers real autonomy, influence and the chance to shape major UK industrial and logistics schemes. Join a driven project management team and help grow a thriving construction consultancy across the West Midlands.

Our client is a market-leading construction consultancy with a strong regional and national presence across the UK. They specialise in delivering project management and cost consultancy services across industrial, logistics, commercial and mixed-use developments, with an exceptional reputation for excellence and consistent project delivery.

Renowned for their technical expertise, structured governance and collaborative culture, they offer clear and achievable routes to Director-level progression for ambitious construction professionals. The business is in an exciting period of growth, securing major industrial and logistics instructions nationwide, making this one of the most sought-after construction director jobs in the Midlands.

They blend traditional construction consultancy values with modern project controls, digital delivery and sustainability-driven frameworks. You'll gain exposure to projects from early feasibility and design through to completion and handover, working on some of the region's most significant industrial developments.

As an Associate Project Manager in Birmingham, you will take a lead role in the delivery of major industrial and logistics construction projects, acting as a trusted client advisor from inception through to completion.

In this senior construction director role, you will provide strategic project leadership across multidisciplinary project teams, manage high-value client relationships, contribute to business development and support the growth of the project management function. You will also play a key role in work-winning, fee proposals and client development across the Midlands and UK-wide.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced consultancy-based construction project manager to step into one of the leading director jobs in construction, where you’ll deliver high-value schemes, influence strategic business direction and progress towards full Director status within a growing and respected consultancy.

As an Associate Project Manager in Birmingham, your responsibilities in this construction director job will include:

• Lead the delivery of large-scale industrial and logistics construction projects across Birmingham and the wider Midlands, including distribution centres, warehouses and manufacturing facilities.
• Provide strategic project leadership and direction from feasibility through to completion.
• Manage multidisciplinary consultancy and construction design teams, coordinating architects, engineers and construction specialist consultants.
• Chair client, consultant and stakeholder meetings.
• Oversee project budgets, commercial performance, construction programmes and risk registers.
• Ensure full compliance with CDM 2015, ISO standards, HSE regulations and internal quality management systems.
• Manage construction projects under NEC and JCT contracts and other relevant forms of contract.
• Oversee cost planning, value engineering and change control processes.
• Actively contribute to business development for this growing construction consultancy, including bid writing, fee proposals and client presentations.
• Develop and mentor junior and senior project management staff.
• Build long-term client relationships across the industrial and logistics sectors and support repeat business.
• Report project performance and strategic risks to construction senior leadership.
• Support resource planning, operational development and divisional strategy as part of the senior construction project team.

To succeed in this Associate Project Manager role and excel in one of the most exciting construction director jobs in Birmingham, you will bring:

• Extensive experience in a construction consultancy environment.
• A strong track record delivering major industrial and logistics construction projects as a Senior Project Manager or similar leadership role.
• Proven leadership skills managing multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders.
• High commercial awareness and a delivery-focused mindset essential for director jobs in construction.
• Strong working knowledge of NEC and/or JCT contracts.
• Degree in Construction Management, Project Management or a related built environment discipline (desirable).
• Ideally chartered or working towards MRICS, MAPM or MCIOB (desirable but not essential for this associate director position).
• A full UK driving licence and flexibility to travel to construction sites across Birmingham and the wider Midlands region.
• Confidence working at both strategic and operational levels within a construction consultancy.
• Ambitious, self-motivated and capable of contributing to business growth.
• Strong communication and client-facing skills.
• Ability to balance technical project delivery with senior leadership and work-winning responsibilities.

This Associate role offers an excellent opportunity to join a highly respected construction consultancy with a strong and growing pipeline of industrial and logistics projects across Birmingham and the wider UK.

As one of the most competitive construction director jobs in Birmingham, this position offers genuine progression to full Director level with a clear pathway and timeline. You'll work on high-profile construction projects and play a key role in shaping the future of a thriving consultancy business.

Benefits for this director job in construction include:

• Highly competitive salary + package
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Hybrid and flexible working policy to support work-life balance
• Generous pension scheme
• Private healthcare
• Regular salary reviews
• Generous holiday allowance
• Clear and structured progression to Construction Director level
• Access to professional training and development programmes
• Industry certifications and CPD support (MRICS, MAPM, MCIOB)
• Regular company and team social events

Apply Now: Associate Director Project Manager Job in Birmingham

Ready to take the next step in your construction consultancy career? Apply today for one of the leading associate director jobs in Birmingham and join one of the Midlands' most respected construction consultancies delivering major industrial and logistics projects.

If you're an experienced construction project manager looking for construction director jobs with progression, autonomy and the opportunity to shape strategic direction, this is the perfect job for you.

Successful applicants for this director job in construction will be contacted within 48 hours with full details of the role, company profile and project portfolio.

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