Overview

As Senior Project Manager, you will lead and mentor project teams to deliver multidisciplinary construction programs for secure government facilities. You will manage planning, budgeting and risk across major work packages, ensuring alignment with policy, safety standards and contractual obligations. You’ll build strong client and stakeholder relationships, identify efficiencies, and pursue opportunities to extend delivery with confidence. This role supports the organisation’s mission to protect UK interests through secure, resilient infrastructure.

Pay / Benefits

Civil Service Pension
training and development
25 days annual leave
on-site gym, nursery, café, restaurant
season ticket and bike loans
free shuttle bus between Milton Keynes and Hanslope Park

Responsibilities

Mentor and develop project management capabilities across teams
Ensure on-time, on-budget project delivery with major work packages and milestones
Establish and manage project supply chains and forecasting
Monitor project finances and budgets for own and direct reports’ projects
Ensure adherence to FCDO Services Project Process Map and Health & Safety policies
Build and maintain customer/stakeholder relationships and secure KPI performance
Identify and pursue opportunities for repeat business with clients

Key requirements

Prince 2 Practitioner, APM PMQ, ISEB Certificate in Project Management or equivalent
Experience drafting, tendering and managing NEC4 or similar construction contracts
Applied project management methodologies in multidisciplinary construction projects
Led teams and managed people
Experience with Health & Safety standards including CDM 2015
Strategic risk management experience with risk registers and mitigation planning
Experience in project cost management: budgeting, cost control, financial tracking and reporting
Awareness of Project Management products such as MoR, MSP, MoV

Leadership
Stakeholder management
Strategic thinking
NEC4 (or similar) contracts
Project management methodologies
Cost management and forecasting

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