Project Manager
🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 21 March 2026
LOCATION
Bedford
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Construction
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SKILLS
Project Management
Residential Development
Construction Management
Budget Management
Stakeholder Management
Risk Management
Communication Skills
FULL DESCRIPTION
Project Manager
Location: Bedford
Job Type: Permanent
[Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk] Group is seeking an experienced Project Manager to join their team in Bedfordshire. The role involves leading residential projects from pre-construction to completion, managing budgets, and ensuring projects are delivered safely and to high standards. The Project Manager will report to the Construction Director and be responsible for coordinating teams, managing subcontractors, and communicating with stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Developing and maintaining comprehensive project programmes, budgets and resource plans to ensure effective delivery from inception through to completion.
- Coordinating and motivating project teams, including site management, subcontractors, consultants and suppliers, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration and high performance.
- Managing all subcontract packages throughout the construction lifecycle, ensuring commercial, contractual and programme obligations are achieved.
- Owning and upholding health and safety standards at all times, ensuring full compliance with legislation, company policy and industry best practice.
- Overseeing the design process from RIBA Stage 3 through to Stage 6, embedding buildability, cost efficiency and quality across all stages of delivery.
- Implementing rigorous quality assurance procedures to ensure all works meet regulatory requirements, design intent and MCR’s internal standards.
- Actively controlling project costs, with expenditure monitored against budgets, variations managed effectively and value-engineering opportunities identified without compromising quality or safety.
- Proactively identifying potential project risks, with mitigation strategies developed and implemented to protect programme certainty, commercial performance and delivery outcomes.
- Maintaining clear and professional communication with internal and external stakeholders, providing regular progress updates and responding promptly to queries, changes or emerging issues.
- Managing project schedules and critical milestones closely to ensure agreed completion dates are consistently achieved.
- Coordinating the procurement of materials, plant and equipment to support programme certainty, quality standards and commercial efficiency.
- Reviewing, negotiating and administering contracts with subcontractors, suppliers and consultants in line with project and company requirements.
- Delivering all construction activities in compliance with relevant legislation, building regulations, planning conditions and statutory obligations.
- Reporting directly to the Construction Director, providing accurate project reporting, forecasts and performance updates.
Requirements
- A degree in Construction Management, Engineering or a related discipline is preferred.
- Proven experience operating as a Project Manager or Senior Project Manager within residential development, with strong exposure to high-rise schemes.
- Confident using construction management software and project reporting tools.
- Excellent commercial awareness, problem-solving capability and sound decision-making under pressure.
- Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to lead teams, influence stakeholders and represent the business professionally.
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