Overview As a Senior Project Manager at Mace, you lead high-performing, multidisciplinary teams across a portfolio of education-sector projects, from new builds to refurbishments and carbon-reduction schemes. You manage complex client engagements, from strategy through design and contract management, ensuring delivery on time, within budget, and to high quality standards. You work closely with clients to align objectives, drive collaboration, and uphold Mace’s safety, integrity, and value creation. This role offers impact on landmark learning environments and opportunities to shape sustainable, future-ready facilities.
Pay / Benefits - flexible working options
- part-time and hybrid working considered
- inclusive employer culture
- focus on wellbeing and safety
Responsibilities - Lead project delivery from inception to completion, maintaining programme, quality and milestones
- Manage budgets, risks, and stakeholder collaboration to achieve KPIs
- Foster inclusivity, sustainability, and innovation while upholding Mace values
- Coordinate design teams, consultants, and stakeholders to deliver service excellence
- Oversee change management and comprehensive documentation to keep plans on track
Key requirements - Professional membership (RICS, CIOB, APM, ICE) or equivalent development
- Proven experience delivering education sector projects
- Strong project management, commercial and financial expertise
- Ability to lead teams and engage senior stakeholders, with sustainability awareness
- leadership
- stakeholder engagement
- communication
- project management
- budgeting and cost control
- risk management
