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Senior Client-Side Construction Project Manager

Carnforth, England, GBFull-time£60k2026-11-04 → 2026-11-10
On-site

Core

Provide strategic leadership for major capital construction projects enabling the future of an aircraft manufacturing business, acting as the intelligent client to shape requirements and lead multidisciplinary design teams.

Role type

Senior Client-Side Construction Project Manager

Builds

New manufacturing, assembly, and specialist test facilities for aircraft production

Domain

Defence, aerospace, and security construction

Required skills

Strategic project leadership, intelligent client representation, multidisciplinary team management, budget and cost control, risk management, construction methodology expertise, contract form management (NEC/JCT), change management, commissioning and handover oversight

Preferred skills

Experience delivering large-scale construction or infrastructure projects (£20m+), industrial building systems knowledge, complex MEP installations expertise, commercial acumen

Technologies

MS Project, Primavera, APM framework, RIBA Plan of Works

Responsibilities

Shape project objectives and delivery strategies, manage the overall project brief and success criteria, appoint and manage professional services teams, develop and maintain project programmes, monitor and control budgets, identify and mitigate project risks, oversee construction delivery progress and quality, manage change management processes, coordinate commissioning and handover activities, mentor junior project managers

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities