Introduction
Kingston University is a leading London University with over 16,000 students and 2,000 staff based across 5 teaching campuses in and around Kingston upon Thames. With 4 successful faculties across a broad range of subjects and annual income of circa £200m the University is continually developing and improving its estate. The Construction Project Manager post is an important client facing role in the Estates professional team – a team which provides strategic planning, design and project management, space and property management, energy management, biodiversity management and other expert advice to the University. Estates leads on the development and implementation the vision for the estate which includes new buildings that will transform the learning and teaching experience at the University’s campuses as well as innovative refurbishments and space, energy management and biodiversity projects. We are currently working on schemes with architectural practices with worldwide reputations, including Grafton Architects and Haworth Tompkins. The Project Manager will lead briefing, design development, procurement and project delivery on larger scale projects across the University Estate and will act as the in-house project manager on smaller scale projects. This is a unique client-side project management role that will give the post-holder great experience across a diverse range of projects. The role will give the University the in-house capability to deliver best value for money and design quality, ranging from minor projects at circa £0.1m to £0.5m to major capital schemes in excess of £20m. There will be immediate involvement with a £20m+ refurbishment project at the Kingston School of Art. The successful candidate will possess significant project management experience, including leading small scale projects and large capital schemes, working on building types with comparable characteristics to those found in the Higher Education sector. Strong strategic planning and project management skills with experience of business reporting to senior level stakeholders will be expected. Prospective candidates will be technically competent and familiar with construction contract administration and able to demonstrate good experience of managing construction projects safely and within agreed parameters of time, cost and quality.
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