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Project Delivery Manager

The Guinness Partnership

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Overview

The Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of affordable housing in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for nearly 160,000 residents nationwide.
£57,433
per year
Full time, Permanent, Hybrid
London, NW1 3AX / Hybrid

Key information

We have a new opportunity for an experienced Project Delivery Manager to join the Guinness team. This is a full time, permanent role, based in our central London office. Your time will be split between on‑site visits, office-based work, and some home working.

You will lead the delivery of a varied portfolio of building safety remediation projects, managing multiple stakeholders, budgets and contractor partners to ensure projects are delivered safely, compliantly and achieve excellent outcomes for residents.

We know that how we do things is just as important as what we do. That is why we are seeking with someone with first-hand experience of delivering building safety remediation or planned work improvements within a housing or public sector environment. You will also be a confident collaborator with the ability to develop positive working relationships with colleagues, contractors and residents. 

About the role

  • Be responsible for the delivery of effective planned works, building safety remediation and retrofit sustainability projects that are delivered on time and within budget whilst ensuring they are 100% compliant in terms of statutory obligations and regulatory undertakings.
  • Be the key point of contact for members of the team on individual projects and lead on customer engagement.
  • Manage commercial aspects of projects, ensuring financial forecasts and budgets are accurate and timely; variations are monitored and impacts managed.
  • Be responsible for signing off on task orders, and valuations and final accounts.
  • Deputise as Chair for pre-contract, pre-commencement and progress meetings where required.
  • Manage service partners to deliver the planned and building safety programme, ensuring contract compliance, value for money and excellent quality.
  • Deliver excellent levels of customer service to external and internal customers.


For the full job description, including the key areas of responsibilities and accountabilities, please click the 'apply now' button.


The Guinness Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Requirements

  • Educated to Level 5 Higher National Diploma (HND) or higher in Building, Construction, surveying, or equivalent.
  • Proven experience delivering building safety, major works, capital investment or regeneration projects within housing, construction or the public sector.
  • Commercial acumen and experience of managing all commercial aspects of multiple projects.
  • Experience of contract management with external and internal contractor organisations delivering multi discipline projects to achieve value for money and quality.
  • Proven experience of providing excellent customer service.
  • Excellent project management skills.
  • Good knowledge of building construction and repair techniques and building safety to current legislation and regulations.
  • Experience of effective budget management.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.