Project Manager

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Crest Nicholson South Division are recruiting for a Project Manager to join their team at our Ackender Hill development in Alton, Hampshire.

Great care is always taken to ensure the end product is one of quality, sustainability and innovative design. A career with Crest is both challenging and rewarding, and with large investments currently being made to drive learning and development, as well as fantastic national growth plans, now is a great time to join us.

As a Project Manager you will provide expertise, experience and leadership to ensure the site consistently builds to Crest Nicholson’s Health, Safety & Environmental standards and in line with the agreed programme and budget, while complying with all Group procedures and external regulations, in particular those relating to the HSE, and upholding the Group’s reputation with customers, suppliers and the community at large.

Accountable for:

• Ensuring the development operates in line with Crest Nicholson Health, Safety & Environmental standards as well as cooperating with, and acting upon advice given by the HSE or our Health & Safety Inspector (currently Premier).
• Ensuring that all plots are delivered to the Group Quality Standards including the Quality Manual and Seal of Quality (Build Stage Inspection sign-offs).
• Overseeing the engagement and management of sub-contractors to ensure the performance they deliver is in line with their contractual obligations.
• Delivering the budgeted number of plots in line with the Crest quality standards and on time. Ensure that where targets become unachievable through delays prior to, or during, construction, that this is clearly highlighted to the Build Manager, such that HSE and Quality are not compromised.
• Ensuring that weekly progress is completed on time and accurately.
• Ensuring all other site management information and data is recorded fully, accurately and in a timely fashion.
• Ensuring standards of site and plot presentation meet our Customer Service Guidelines.
• Coordinating project review meetings to ensure quality discussion and liaison between production functions.
• Monitoring and controlling prelim spend to ensure it is kept within budget (whilst not compromising HSE or quality).
• Ensuring the site team perform to the required standard through effective leadership, coaching and performance management.

Successful candidates will have the following skills:

• Significant Site Management experience with a main Housebuilder
• Proven supervisory experience in multi-phase and mixed-use projects
• Excellent time management and able to manage multiple subcontractors on site
• Commercially and financially aware of costing and sustainability
• Strong negotiation skills
• Able to build strong working relationships
• Strong team and people management skills
• Motivated and able to engage with all levels of staff; colleagues and third parties
• Excellent communication skills
• Computer Literate & ability to adapt to new technologies such as Fieldview
• Health and Safety focused with the ability to naturally promote a safe working environment

The Company

Crest Nicholson is a leading developer of quality homes and thriving, sustainable communities.

We create great places for our customers to live, selecting desirable locations for our developments and taking a holistic approach to the design of our homes and their surroundings.

Attractive placemaking helps us deliver appealing and well-connected communities where people and nature can thrive.

As an employer of choice, we offer an extensive range of benefits, to include: 

• Competitive Salary
• Company Bonus Scheme
• Car Allowance
• Private pension
• Private healthcare and cash plan options
• 25 days' annual leave
• Cycle to work scheme
• Share save scheme
• Gym membership discounts 

We are an inclusive employer; the Company will consider flexible working requests for all roles.

We seek to be an ethical and progressive employer which encourages a culture of openness, creativity and continuous professional development and which rewards the effectiveness and loyalty of our employees as an equal opportunities employer. If you are applying to work at Crest Nicholson, we will ask you to supply us with sufficient personal information to help us process your application. To learn more about what personal information we will need to process and why, please refer to our recruitment privacy notice which can be found on the Crest Nicholson website under ‘Recruitment Privacy Policy'.

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!