Senior Project Manager

Are you a Senior Project Manager looking for your next challenge in the East Midlands?

We're hiring a Senior Project Manager in Leicester to lead large-scale retail and new-build construction projects across the Midlands and Northwest. This is a full-time, permanent opportunity with hybrid working, exceptional career progression, and a highly respected construction consultancy known for delivering complex retail developments valued between £50m-£60m.

Our client is a highly successful construction consultancy with a strong presence across the Midlands and UK. Their portfolio includes award-winning retail developments and commercial new-build schemes. Known for their collaborative approach and technical excellence, they offer structured progression for Senior Project Managers ready to shape strategic delivery.

Their work spans both public and private sectors, combining traditional project management with modern project controls and innovative delivery frameworks.

As a Senior Project Manager in Leicester, you'll oversee end-to-end delivery on high-value retail and commercial schemes, working under NEC and JCT contracts. You'll have the authority and tools to lead procurement, stakeholder engagement and project delivery to ensure schemes meet quality, budget, and compliance targets.

This is an excellent project leadership opportunity for an ambitious Senior Project Manager to manage multiple builds with national visibility.

As a Senior Project Manager in Leicester, your responsibilities will include:

• Lead and manage multiple large-scale new build retail projects from inception through to completion.
• Act as the client-facing Lead Project Manager, providing expert advice on cost planning, programme management, procurement strategy and risk management.
• Administer construction contracts under JCT, NEC, and S278 agreements, ensuring contractual obligations and compliance are met.
• Prepare tender documentation, manage tender evaluation processes, and provide recommendations for contractor and consultant appointments.
• Oversee project programmes and progress reporting using Microsoft Project and other project scheduling tools.
• Instigate value engineering and standardisation processes to optimise construction project efficiency.
• Support strategic initiatives and propose innovative service delivery solutions for construction clients.
• Ensure compliance with CDM 2015 regulations, health and safety standards, and quality assurance frameworks.

To be successful in this Senior Project Manager job in a growing Leicester office, you will bring significant experience leading high-value construction projects within a consultancy or main contracting environment.

• Proven experience as a Senior Project Manager, Construction Project Manager, or project leadership role in the built environment.
• Strong track record leading high-value, new-build retail projects, including supermarkets, coffee shops, retail stores, and service stations.
• Degree or Masters in Construction Management, Project Management, or a related construction discipline.
• Membership of a professional body such as RICS or CIOB preferred.
• Strong experience with NEC and JCT contracts, and ideally S278 agreements.
• Confident client-facing and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to hit the ground running.
• Flexible, with experience working across multiple locations and managing construction projects independently.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a successful construction consultancy with an impressive project pipeline and strong presence across Leicester and the wider Midlands & Yorkshire regions.

As a Senior Project Manager, you'll have the chance to shape project delivery across major retail developments and influence business performance with clear scope for career advancement.

Package includes:

• Salary: Up to £75,000 (depending on experience)
• Car allowance: £5,000 per annum
• Pension contribution
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays (buy/sell options available)
• Hybrid and flexible working policy
• Career development pathway to Associate Director / Head of Project Management
• Employee perks and discounts
• Wellness and wellbeing support
• Family-friendly flexibility

Apply Now: Senior Project Manager Job in Leicester

Kick-start your next project leadership role in construction project management today.

Apply now to join a market-leading consultancy delivering some of the Midlands' most exciting retail and commercial builds.

Should your application be successful, we will be in touch within 48 hours to send you full details about the company, role, and projects.

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