We’re looking for a Project Manager to work with our Ministry of Justice and Home Office contract team. Within this role, you can enjoy exposure to exciting projects, a Rewards and Benefits package, progressions opportunities and even more.
Location: Southwest and South Central - covering various sites within the region
Contract: Full time - 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Responsibilities
As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for engagement at scoping, pre-construction stages, competitive tendering, mobilisation, and on-site project delivery in line with quoted works and programme.
Your day to day will include:
- Supporting the pre-construction team with on site experience and operational expertise
- Set up/mobilisation for each project
- Supporting the scoping of works, competitive tendering and commercial evaluation of the project
Who are we looking for?
This role of Project Manager is great for you if:
- You have a great attitude, able to work effectively within a team environment and have a willingness to learn
- Have experience working in a similar site manager role
- Have a clean driving license and have completed SMSTS
We’re all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don’t tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.
If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk to discuss and arrange these.
Benefits at Kier
We’re proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:
- New and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more
- 26 days’ annual leave + bank holidays (with the opportunity to buy or sell holiday)
- Two employee Share Scheme options (Sharesave and Share Incentive Plan)
- A free healthcare app giving you access to clinicians and experts on fertility, pregnancy and baby, menopause and men’s health
- An additional two days’ leave to take part in volunteering activities of your choice
And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website: https://www.kier.co.uk/reward-and-benefits-summary-c-grades/
Who is Kier?
We’re made up of six business units, Group Functions, Construction, Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, and as a group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK. Take a look at our sustainability objectives: https://www.kier.co.uk/sustainability/
At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.
Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.
Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We’re proud of the steps we’ve taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier’s diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.
You can see more about our D&I action plan here: https://www.kier.co.uk/media/6668/di-roadmap-2021.pdf
Due to the nature of this contract, this role requires SC level clearance, which takes place during your employment and can take 1-6 months to complete. These checks are conducted by the Cabinet Office’s United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) agency who set out a pre-requisite criteria including holding a valid passport, and the requirement of having lived in the United Kingdom for the last 5 years prior to your application (gaps of more than 4 weeks abroad at any one time may have an adverse effect of acceptance of the application or completion of the checks). You can find out more information at www.gov.uk/government/organisations/united-kingdom-security-vetting.
Closing Date: 28 August 2023
Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.