Tilbury Douglas Construction Ltd
Northampton, Northamptonshire
Senior Project Manager Location: Northampton We are looking to appoint an experienced Senior Project Manager to join our East Midlands Regional Build team, taking ownership of the successful delivery of major construction projects from inception through to completion. Reporting to the Contracts Manager, this is a key leadership role with full accountability for project delivery, ensuring the highest standards of safety, quality, programme, and commercial performance. You will lead project teams, build strong relationships with clients and stakeholders, and drive collaboration across planning, design, commercial, and operational functions. Working in a fast-paced environment, you will proactively manage risks, develop solutions, and champion continuous improvement while promoting the company's culture, values, and operational excellence. Key Duties Lead the successful delivery of construction projects, ensuring safety, quality, programme, cost, and contractual requirements are achieved while maintaining strong relationships with clients, consultants, and stakeholders. Implement company policies relating to Health & Safety, Sustainability, Quality, Environmental Management, and the Integrated Management System, promoting best practice and continuous improvement across the project. Proactively identify project risks and issues, develop mitigation strategies, challenge delivery programmes, and review construction methods and materials to maximise project performance and commercial outcomes. Work collaboratively with planning, design management, commercial, and document control teams to achieve the best project outcomes, while providing excellent customer aftercare. Lead, mentor, and develop project teams through effective leadership, performance management, annual reviews, and coaching, ensuring business continuity and high-performing teams. About You You will be an experienced construction professional with outstanding leadership capability and a proven track record of delivering major projects as the lead Project Manager within a main contractor environment. You will bring: Experience delivering construction projects as a Senior Project Manager on schemes valued in excess of 20 million, supported by a degree (or equivalent), CITB Level 3 Safety qualification, and a valid CSCS Card (professional qualification desirable). Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills with experience leading multidisciplinary project teams and developing others. Excellent commercial, financial, and contractual awareness, with the ability to balance quality, programme, cost, and client expectations. Strong technical construction knowledge with the ability to identify risks, solve problems proactively, and deliver successful project outcomes. Excellent planning, organisational, and decision-making skills, with the ability to perform effectively under pressure and meet demanding deadlines. Direct experience of delivering projects within the defence sector or a similarly complex, secure and highly governed public sector setting, such as custodial or other secure operational estates, would be a strong advantage. Candidates without direct defence experience must be able to demonstrate clearly transferable experience, including working within strict governance and assurance processes, secure or live operational environments, complex stakeholder structures, and disciplined programme, change and commercial controls. Experience administering NEC contracts, including disciplined programme and change control. What We Can Offer You Competitive salary and car allowance 26 days annual leave, with the option to buy or sell up to 3 days Additional long service leave at 3, 7, and 10 years Private medical insurance (with option to extend to family) Life assurance and pension matched up to 8% Enhanced family leave policies 2 volunteering days per year Flexible and agile working (role dependent) Employee Assistance Programme and "Perks at Work" discount platform Flexible benefits including critical illness cover, dental insurance, travel insurance, cycle to work scheme, and retail vouchers Who We Are Tilbury Douglas is a leading UK building, infrastructure, engineering and fit-out company delivering vital projects across sectors including health, education, highways, justice, defence, aviation, water, and environment. Our people are at the heart of our success. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture that encourages innovation, values individual differences, and supports professional development. We are proud to have retained our Investors in Diversity Silver Award. Please note: This role is subject to Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance. The successful candidate may also be required to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance, which will be arranged and supported by the company. We look forward to receiving your application.
Senior Project Manager Location: Northampton We are looking to appoint an experienced Senior Project Manager to join our East Midlands Regional Build team, taking ownership of the successful delivery of major construction projects from inception through to completion. Reporting to the Contracts Manager, this is a key leadership role with full accountability for project delivery, ensuring the highest standards of safety, quality, programme, and commercial performance. You will lead project teams, build strong relationships with clients and stakeholders, and drive collaboration across planning, design, commercial, and operational functions. Working in a fast-paced environment, you will proactively manage risks, develop solutions, and champion continuous improvement while promoting the company's culture, values, and operational excellence. Key Duties Lead the successful delivery of construction projects, ensuring safety, quality, programme, cost, and contractual requirements are achieved while maintaining strong relationships with clients, consultants, and stakeholders. Implement company policies relating to Health & Safety, Sustainability, Quality, Environmental Management, and the Integrated Management System, promoting best practice and continuous improvement across the project. Proactively identify project risks and issues, develop mitigation strategies, challenge delivery programmes, and review construction methods and materials to maximise project performance and commercial outcomes. Work collaboratively with planning, design management, commercial, and document control teams to achieve the best project outcomes, while providing excellent customer aftercare. Lead, mentor, and develop project teams through effective leadership, performance management, annual reviews, and coaching, ensuring business continuity and high-performing teams. About You You will be an experienced construction professional with outstanding leadership capability and a proven track record of delivering major projects as the lead Project Manager within a main contractor environment. You will bring: Experience delivering construction projects as a Senior Project Manager on schemes valued in excess of 20 million, supported by a degree (or equivalent), CITB Level 3 Safety qualification, and a valid CSCS Card (professional qualification desirable). Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills with experience leading multidisciplinary project teams and developing others. Excellent commercial, financial, and contractual awareness, with the ability to balance quality, programme, cost, and client expectations. Strong technical construction knowledge with the ability to identify risks, solve problems proactively, and deliver successful project outcomes. Excellent planning, organisational, and decision-making skills, with the ability to perform effectively under pressure and meet demanding deadlines. Direct experience of delivering projects within the defence sector or a similarly complex, secure and highly governed public sector setting, such as custodial or other secure operational estates, would be a strong advantage. Candidates without direct defence experience must be able to demonstrate clearly transferable experience, including working within strict governance and assurance processes, secure or live operational environments, complex stakeholder structures, and disciplined programme, change and commercial controls. Experience administering NEC contracts, including disciplined programme and change control. What We Can Offer You Competitive salary and car allowance 26 days annual leave, with the option to buy or sell up to 3 days Additional long service leave at 3, 7, and 10 years Private medical insurance (with option to extend to family) Life assurance and pension matched up to 8% Enhanced family leave policies 2 volunteering days per year Flexible and agile working (role dependent) Employee Assistance Programme and "Perks at Work" discount platform Flexible benefits including critical illness cover, dental insurance, travel insurance, cycle to work scheme, and retail vouchers Who We Are Tilbury Douglas is a leading UK building, infrastructure, engineering and fit-out company delivering vital projects across sectors including health, education, highways, justice, defence, aviation, water, and environment. Our people are at the heart of our success. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture that encourages innovation, values individual differences, and supports professional development. We are proud to have retained our Investors in Diversity Silver Award. Please note: This role is subject to Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance. The successful candidate may also be required to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance, which will be arranged and supported by the company. We look forward to receiving your application.
Hays Construction and Property
City, Leeds
Your new company We are excited to be partnering with Yorkshire Water in the recruitment of a Lead Commercial Property Surveyor to join the team on an 18-month fixed-term contract.Your new company makes sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit the region each year, can rely on their services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. Your new company looks after communities, protects the environment, and provides essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the region, and plays a key role in the region's health, wellbeing, and prosperity. Your new role Lead on exciting property acquisitions, disposals and landlord & tenant matters, providing expert advice that supports Yorkshire Water's long-term strategy. Take the lead on a wide range of estate and property matters across one of Yorkshire's largest land portfolios. Carry out land and property inspections across the region, ensuring opportunities and risks are identified early. Manage and respond to estate enquiries, delivering excellent service and practical solutions. Inspire, support and develop a team of surveyors and land officers Build strong relationships with internal teams and external stakeholders to solve problems and unlock opportunities across the estate. Oversee income and expenditure reporting, helping to drive financial performance Support the Senior Estates Manager in delivering business strategy, financial targets and key long-term objectives. Mentor and coach colleagues, including supporting graduate surveyors through their APC journey. What skills & qualifications you will need: Hold an MRICS accredited degree and be MRICS qualified Proven experience delivering complex estates projects on time and achieving outstanding results Confident carrying out inspections across a wide range of land and property types Strong understanding of Health & Safety regulations and best practice within property and estates Extensive knowledge of the legal and regulatory requirements surrounding the ownership, management, acquisition, disposal and leasing of land and property Excellent understanding of regional property markets and emerging opportunities Commercially driven, with a proven ability to deliver against challenging financial and business targets. What you'll get in return A competitive salary, depending on experience 53,339 - 66,674 This role has been classified as a Business Needs Users (BNU) and are eligible for a Company Car or Cash Allowance ( 3000 per annum) subject to company criteria. Annual incentive related bonus ( 1000 maximum bonus opportunity for the performance year) Attractive pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution) Development opportunities in line with the Lead Surveyor progression plan 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays - plus 2 extra wellness days! Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary A great benefits package - choose from health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover. Retail savings scheme Online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more! What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at (url removed)
Your new company We are excited to be partnering with Yorkshire Water in the recruitment of a Lead Commercial Property Surveyor to join the team on an 18-month fixed-term contract.Your new company makes sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit the region each year, can rely on their services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. Your new company looks after communities, protects the environment, and provides essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the region, and plays a key role in the region's health, wellbeing, and prosperity. Your new role Lead on exciting property acquisitions, disposals and landlord & tenant matters, providing expert advice that supports Yorkshire Water's long-term strategy. Take the lead on a wide range of estate and property matters across one of Yorkshire's largest land portfolios. Carry out land and property inspections across the region, ensuring opportunities and risks are identified early. Manage and respond to estate enquiries, delivering excellent service and practical solutions. Inspire, support and develop a team of surveyors and land officers Build strong relationships with internal teams and external stakeholders to solve problems and unlock opportunities across the estate. Oversee income and expenditure reporting, helping to drive financial performance Support the Senior Estates Manager in delivering business strategy, financial targets and key long-term objectives. Mentor and coach colleagues, including supporting graduate surveyors through their APC journey. What skills & qualifications you will need: Hold an MRICS accredited degree and be MRICS qualified Proven experience delivering complex estates projects on time and achieving outstanding results Confident carrying out inspections across a wide range of land and property types Strong understanding of Health & Safety regulations and best practice within property and estates Extensive knowledge of the legal and regulatory requirements surrounding the ownership, management, acquisition, disposal and leasing of land and property Excellent understanding of regional property markets and emerging opportunities Commercially driven, with a proven ability to deliver against challenging financial and business targets. What you'll get in return A competitive salary, depending on experience 53,339 - 66,674 This role has been classified as a Business Needs Users (BNU) and are eligible for a Company Car or Cash Allowance ( 3000 per annum) subject to company criteria. Annual incentive related bonus ( 1000 maximum bonus opportunity for the performance year) Attractive pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution) Development opportunities in line with the Lead Surveyor progression plan 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays - plus 2 extra wellness days! Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary A great benefits package - choose from health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover. Retail savings scheme Online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more! What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at (url removed)
