Senior Project Manager

Are you a Senior Project Manager looking for your next role in Birmingham?

Atkins Search is recruiting a Senior Project Manager on behalf of our client, a well-established Construction Consultancy with a national project portfolio and growing presence across the Midlands. This is a full-time, permanent opportunity offering genuine flexibility, hybrid working and clear progression routes.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Senior PM or Chartered Project Manager to join a forward-thinking consultancy delivering high-quality construction projects across healthcare, student accommodation, leisure and local authority developments throughout Birmingham and the wider UK.

The ideal candidate will be organised, commercially aware and confident in client delivery and work winning. You'll contribute to the ongoing growth of the Birmingham office whilst enjoying true autonomy and the chance to make a meaningful impact within a close-knit, progressive project management team.

Our client is a reputable, multi-disciplinary Construction Consultancy providing professional project management, cost management and advisory services to a wide range of public and private sector clients across the UK.

With construction projects spanning healthcare, education, leisure and public sector developments, they pride themselves on delivering robust, commercially focused project leadership while fostering long-term career development and professional growth.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a consultancy offering genuine flexibility, autonomy and the ability to influence business operations as part of an Employee Ownership Trust. Their collaborative, people-first culture has earned them recognition as one of the Midlands' most progressive construction consultancies.

As a Senior Project Manager in Birmingham, you will take a leading role in the successful delivery of multiple construction schemes, ensuring programmes, budgets, quality standards and client expectations are met from inception to completion.

You will be responsible for project leadership across the full project lifecycle, risk management, stakeholder coordination and client communication, while also supporting and mentoring junior team members within the project management team.

This construction project management role will suit an experienced Senior Project Manager or Chartered Senior PM who enjoys a balance of project delivery, client engagement and commercial input. You'll have the tools and authority to lead complex builds with national visibility whilst working on award-winning developments across Birmingham and beyond.

As a Senior Project Manager employed by our client, your duties will include:

• Lead and manage multi-disciplinary project teams across a portfolio of construction schemes
• Oversee full project lifecycle management from feasibility through to handover and completion
• Develop project briefs, business cases and delivery strategies in line with client requirements
• Manage programme management, budgets, risks and procurement routes under NEC and JCT contracts
• Ensure robust governance, accurate reporting and quality control across all projects
• Provide strategic project advice and stakeholder management to clients at all stages
• Facilitate stakeholder engagement and chair key project meetings with contractors and consultants
• Identify and secure new work opportunities through relationship building and client development
• Support work winning, bid writing and tender response activities
• Mentor and develop junior project management staff, supporting their professional development
• Uphold best practice and professional standards aligned with APM and RICS guidance
• Work from the Birmingham office 3 days per week, with 2 days working from home
• Manage your working pattern flexibly with complete autonomy over hours

To be successful in this Senior Project Manager job in Birmingham, you will bring significant experience working within a construction consultancy or main contracting environment.

The ideal Senior Project Manager will demonstrate:

• Chartered status (MAPM/MRICS) or working towards chartership with strong relevant experience in construction project management
• Proven consultancy project management background, ideally 4+ years in a senior project leadership role
• Strong understanding of project governance, procurement, programme management and risk management
• Experience delivering construction projects in sectors such as healthcare, leisure, student accommodation or wider public sector schemes
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and reporting skills to coordinate cross-functional teams
• Commercial awareness with confidence in client-facing activity and work winning
• Ability to build lasting relationships with clients and secure repeat business across the Midlands
• Full UK driving licence for visiting sites across Birmingham and the wider UK
• Ambitious with a long-term mindset and interest in contributing to business growth

This is an excellent opportunity to join a successful construction consultancy with an impressive project pipeline and strong presence across Birmingham and the Midlands region.

As a Senior Project Manager, you'll have the chance to shape project delivery and influence business performance with clear scope for career progression to Associate or Director level.

Our client offers a competitive salary of £55,000 - £65,000 (DOE) and an excellent benefits package including:

• Market-leading salary and benefits package
• Flexible hybrid working (3 days in Birmingham office, 2 days from home)
• Completely flexible working hours with full autonomy
• 26 days annual leave + bank holidays
• APC and chartership support, including in-house assessors for RICS and APM accreditation
• Professional subscription fees (1x paid per year)
• Electric car scheme through salary sacrifice
• Pension: 8% contribution (3% employer / 5% employee)
• Private healthcare of your choice
• Employee Ownership Trust - become a part-owner of the business
• Discretionary departmental performance bonus
• Employee referral bonuses
• Life assurance and income protection via salary sacrifice
• Employee Assistance Programme for wellbeing support
• Career development pathway to Associate or Director level

Apply Now: Senior Project Manager Job in Birmingham

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

Apply now to join a market-leading consultancy delivering some of Birmingham's most exciting construction projects in healthcare, leisure and public sector developments.

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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