Are you looking for a new challenge to progress your career at a world leading project and programme management consultancy?  Do you want to deliver tangible social, economic and environmental benefits to the public through a variety of exciting projects?

Faithful+Gould is one of the world’s leading project and cost management consultancies operating at the forefront of the transport, property and industry sectors. Placing great emphasis on the training, development and progression of our staff, we’re dedicated to providing high quality professional services with cutting-edge expertise.

Due to continued success in securing projects from Local Government clients, we’re looking for exceptional Project Managers to join our highly successful teams in either London, Epsom, Tunbridge Wells or Cambridge. Our typical projects range in value from £1m to £20m+ across a variety of Local Authority project types including Regeneration, Residential, Education, Offices, Bluelight, Social Care, Leisure, Community, Energy & Environment, Public Realm and Tourism & Culture. We have a wide variety of high-profile clients giving our Project Managers a diverse and exciting workload.

The role provides opportunity to deliver exceptional Social, Economic & Environmental outcomes for our clients, providing highly positive impacts on communities through exciting “value focussed” project delivery.

It is desirable for the candidate to have ambition to support our Sector Leaders with Working Winning, Networking, Bid Writing, Account Management and other Sector Development initiatives. In turn, the successful candidates will be supported with first class Business Development training and plenty of opportunity to put their skills into practice across our growing portfolio of over 30 Local Authority clients within London and the Southeast.

This role has excellent prospects for an individual who has a strong ambition to progress. As well as technical competence, we are looking for someone with the ability to think laterally, who possesses first class communication skills, strong commercial awareness and who will provide a market leading service to our clients, a commitment to drive new business opportunities, and desire to build a team to enhance the provision of our Project Management service for Local Authorities.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to grow their career with a world leading consultancy, where flexibility and a healthy work life balance is encouraged. In return, we will reward you and provide the necessary support to take your career to the next level.

Responsibilities:

• Provide effective project management services across the Local Government Sector
• Take ownership for successful project delivery
• Build successful working relationships with sector Clients and manage the in conjunction with senior colleagues
• Provide high quality project management reporting for projects and internal reporting
• Have an up-to-date and developing knowledge of legal and technical matters relevant to the project work
• Apply the principles of quality assurance and environmental management in compliance with the organisation's policies and guidance
• Build your understanding of Faithful+Gould's service offering and promoting the benefits these bring to Clients
• Assisting with developing new and repeat business opportunities – participate in local sector networking activities
• Contribute towards project governance and fee management activities,
• Involvement in business development, thought leadership and bidding opportunities.

Requirements:

• Member of a professional body (e.g. RICS, CIOB or equivalent recognised institutional body),
• Previous experience in working for a Project Management Consultancy,
• Experience in JCT contract administration is essential,
• You will possess excellent communication, stakeholder and organisational skills and be able to work well in a team environment and form effective working relationships with colleagues and Clients,
• Experience in delivering a range of public sector projects from inception to completion,
• Client facing experience, including working with Clients on a commission/project basis in conjunction with senior colleagues,
• Ability to oversee a team on commissions/projects/programmes.
• You will have a good level of IT literacy with a working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite plus preferably MS Project or equivalent programming tool
• Sound technical health, safety and environmental knowledge, applicable to the business and wider construction industry,
• Confident, outgoing, with the drive to succeed and develop.

Training:

You should possess a willingness to continue to develop your career through our structured training programme. Faithful+Gould provides a portfolio of training and development courses designed to help you make the best of your abilities and talents and also encourage Continuous Professional Development Activities.

Rewards and Benefits:

Faithful+Gould offers a fantastic range of benefits, which you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. All the information you need to know is available on our dedicated benefits portal; your reward, which is available to access 24/7 from any device: https://yourrewarduk.snclavalin.com/

Security Clearance:

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary it will be discussed with you at interview.

If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

Faithful+Gould recognise that there are many well qualified people who are looking to further their career, but who cannot commit to full time employment. We support flexible working arrangements and are interested to discuss how we can accommodate individual requirements.

Faithful+Gould, part of the SNC Lavalin Group, is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. To help embed inclusion for all, from day one, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.