Senior Project Manager Construction Consultancy
Job description
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A growing construction consultancy in London is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to join their expanding team. This is an excellent opportunity for a client-facing Senior Project Manager to work across a diverse portfolio of commercial, residential, and education projects throughout London. The successful Senior Project Manager will join a consultancy actively securing new instructions and fee proposals across multiple sectors, offering strong long-term progression and varied project exposure.
This consultancy is continuing to build its presence within the London market and is looking for a proactive Senior Project Manager with strong consultancy experience and the ability to manage projects and client relationships independently. The incoming Senior Project Manager will play an important role in project delivery, stakeholder management, and supporting the continued growth of the business.
You must have prior construction consultancy experience to be considered for this role.
The successful Senior Project Manager will lead projects from inception through to completion across a mix of commercial, residential, and education schemes. Responsibilities will include programme management, consultant coordination, procurement, contract administration, reporting, and managing both internal and external stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
The Senior Project Manager will work closely with clients, contractors, and design teams while ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest standards. You will also support junior colleagues and contribute towards business development activities where required.
The ideal Senior Project Manager will have:
- Strong construction consultancy experience
- Experience delivering commercial, residential, or education projects
- Excellent client-facing and stakeholder management skills
- Degree qualified in Construction Project Management or a related discipline
- Strong knowledge of JCT contracts and project delivery processes
- MRICS, MAPM, or MCIOB chartership preferred
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- £75,000 - £85,000
- Bonus scheme
- Pension contribution
- Private healthcare
- Excellent progression opportunities
- Exposure to varied London-based projects
- Professional development and chartership support
Senior Project Manager | Construction Consultancy | London | Commercial Projects | Residential Projects | Education Projects
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⭐ Lead your CV with a Personal Statement that explicitly names 'construction consultancy' experience, as the advert states this is a hard requirement and disqualifying without it.
📊 Quantify your project portfolio: e.g. 'Delivered 8 concurrent projects across commercial and residential sectors, totalling £42M contract value, on time and within budget.'
🎯 Prominently list your chartership status (MRICS, MAPM, or MCIOB) in your header or skills section — the advert flags this as preferred and it will catch a recruiter's eye immediately.
🌐 Tailor your experience bullets to cover all three sectors mentioned — commercial, residential, and education — even if briefly, to match the 'diverse portfolio' requirement.
🤝 Include a dedicated bullet on business development contributions (e.g. supporting fee proposals, securing repeat instructions) as the advert specifically calls out this responsibility.
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- •Led end-to-end delivery of 6 concurrent JCT Design and Build contracts across commercial and residential sectors, totalling £38M combined contract value, completing all schemes within agreed programme and budget.
- •Administered procurement processes for a £12M secondary education refurbishment, coordinating a 9-consultant design team and reducing tender return period by 3 weeks through structured information release planning.
- •Managed stakeholder engagement across 4 active London projects simultaneously, producing monthly board-level progress reports and achieving a 95% client satisfaction rating across annual framework reviews.
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Brandon James Ltd's search for a Senior Project Manager within a consultancy actively growing its London presence aligns precisely with the direction of my career. With hands-on experience in JCT contract administration and end-to-end programme management across commercial, residential, and education schemes, I am confident I can contribute to project delivery and client retention from day one.
My background in construction consultancy has seen me lead concurrent projects from inception through to final account, coordinating multi-disciplinary design teams, managing procurement strategies, and maintaining strong client relationships throughout the project lifecycle. I have supported fee proposal submissions and business development activities, understanding that a consultancy's growth depends as much on client trust as on technical delivery.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›Walk us through how you administer a JCT Design and Build contract from pre-contract stage through to final account.
- ›How do you structure a programme for a mixed-use residential and commercial scheme from inception to completion?
- ›What procurement routes have you used on education projects, and how did you select the most appropriate one?
- ›How do you manage consultant coordination across a large design team to keep a project on programme?
- ›Describe your approach to contract administration when a contractor submits a significant variation claim.
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you managed a difficult client relationship on a construction project and how you resolved the situation.
- ›Describe a project where you had to manage multiple competing priorities simultaneously — how did you keep everything on track?
- ›Give an example of when you identified a risk early in a project lifecycle and the steps you took to mitigate it.
- ›Tell me about a time you supported a junior colleague's development while still delivering your own project responsibilities.
- ›Describe a situation where you contributed to winning new business or securing a fee proposal for your consultancy.
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you managed a difficult client relationship on a construction project and how you resolved the situation.
Describe a situation where you contributed to winning new business or securing a fee proposal for your consultancy.
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