Senior Project Manager (Science & Technology)

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JLL is a leading professional services firm that specialises in real estate and investment management. Our mission is to shape the future of real estate for a better world by using the most advanced technology to create rewarding opportunities, amazing spaces and sustainable real estate solutions for our clients, our people, and our communities.

Introduction to Project and Development Services (PDS)

Successful Project Management requires a combination of leadership, motivation, and rigorous administration to ensure that our client’s intended outcome is achieved. We provide experienced and professional project delivery teams to our clients, that are Director led with specific Science & Technology sector knowledge and expertise. Each team member is equipped to provide order and leadership in a fast paced, dynamic environment and is trained to manage and control the changes that occur in a capital project environment. Our Science & Technology Project and Development Services (PDS) team comprises of project delivery experts who can assess and report on the anticipated risks, actual time and cost required to successfully deliver a project, select the right service providers to execute a pharmaceutical, life sciences and/or data centre construction project and provide the right solution to ensure successful delivery and inspiration for our clients.

Our PDS teams consist of over 1,300 technical project delivery staff, successfully operating in over 20 countries across EMEA. They have over 75 years of operational experience with JLL delivering 1000+

projects per year for our clients. Our approach to every project is essentially very simple: we take responsibility for its success. We pride ourselves on our reputation for delivering innovative solutions and consistently adding value through our key services:

• Development Advisory
• Project Management
• Cost Management
• Programme Management
• Building Consultancy
• Net Zero Carbon / Sustainability services

Job Role

Life Sciences is a key growth area for JLL and particularly the UK & Ireland PDS Science & Technology team. There is currently significant new business and/or cross selling opportunity for the UK & Ireland business through our existing JLL Work Dynamics (Corporate Occupier) Life Science client accounts including ‘Big’ Pharma and other global Life Science companies. This growth has created a need to recruit additional Project Management resources at a Senior Project Manager grade into the UK & Ireland PDS Science & Technology team (based in our London Warwick Street office). Successful candidates will work as experienced project delivery professionals at a Senior Project Manager level, as an integral part of the specialist team. You will report into the UK Head of Project Management, Science & Technology providing leadership and project management service delivery on a specific ‘Big’ Pharma Client account. You will be responsible for managing a seconded JLL team of circa 10 resources providing project management and administration services associated Move, Add, Change (MAC) including requests for work orders to move equipment, implement new service requests and/or office/laboratory internal refurbishment works projects and/or workplace modifications.

Education and professional qualifications

• Candidates should have a degree and/or post graduate qualification in a relevant engineering discipline, construction management, building surveying and/or cost management/quantity surveying
• Chartered or an Incorporated Member of a Professional Body, i.e. RICS, RIBA, CIBSE, IMechE, IChemE and/or CIOB etc.

Desired industry experience and knowledge

• You will have extensive experience ( 5 years plus) of providing project management services to pharmaceutical and life science clients
• Successfully managing projects in secure and controlled environments including high containment laboratories, clean rooms, GMP and research and development.

• You will have a knowledge and understanding of MAC client requests and/or requirements in an office and laboratory environment.

• Successful candidates will provide project management service delivery and/or act as the service delivery lead for project management services within the PDS Science & technology team.

• You will provide project management and MAC consultancy advice and contract administration services under JCT and NEC using various project management software tools
• Entrepreneurial and business development skills to work with the UK Head of Project Management, Science & Technology to help develop and build our project management service offering to our client base.
• You will be required to provide leadership and line management to your direct reports against agreed business aims and objectives.

This role is Cambridge based but also requires regular travel to London. There may also be a requirement to travel to other UK locations to provide services to our JLL science and technology clients. To be a success in this role, you will need to be heavily client facing on your project work in and around the Cambridge area on your client and/or project sites and have the ability to successfully manage a team of c10 resources.

Employment:

Initial 6-month fixed term contract, which if successful, could lead to permanent employment.

Location:

On-site –Cambridgeshire, GBR

If this job description resonates with you, we encourage you to apply, even if you don’t meet all the requirements.  We’re interested in getting to know you and what you bring to the table! If you require any changes to the application process, please email EMEATA@jll.com or call +44 (0)20 7493 4933 to contact one of our team members to discuss how to best support you throughout the process. Please note, the contact details provided are to discuss or request for adjustments to be made to the hiring process.   Please direct any other general recruiting inquiries to our Contact Us page > I want to work for JLL.

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