Senior Project Manager

Job description

Job Title: Senior Project Manager (Construction & Estates)

Location: Gosport, Hampshire

Salary: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Full-Time (37 hrs/week)

Key Skills: Project Manager, Engineering, Construction, Estates, Bids, RIBA, NEC, JCT, CDM, Budgets, Forecasting, Contract Management

Are you an experienced Senior Project Manager with a strong background in construction, estates, and complex stakeholder environments? We’re supporting a leading UK defence and technology organisation in the search for a Senior Project Manager to deliver high-value, strategically important estate projects within a secure and technically advanced environment.

This is an opportunity to work on projects that genuinely matter — ranging from large-scale refurbishments to technically complex new-build construction — supporting critical maritime and land capabilities.

The Role

You’ll take full responsibility for delivering a portfolio of estates and construction projects (c. £5m+ per annum), ensuring commitments to internal and external stakeholders are met across a diverse and complex delivery landscape.

Projects range from general building refurbishments through to highly technical infrastructure and new-build developments within a regulated environment.

Key Responsibilities as a Senior Project Manager:

• Lead delivery of high-value and complex construction/refurbishment projects
• Manage stakeholder relationships across multiple customers, partners, and suppliers
• Define and control project budgets, forecasts, and cost plans
• Maintain accurate reporting and project documentation (bids, proposals, third-party documentation)
• Apply robust risk management and quality control processes
• Ensure safe, secure, and compliant project execution

Essential Experience as a Senior Project Manager:

• Delivery of projects for multiple customers (up to 3 concurrently)
• Construction/refurbishment delivery aligned to RIBA stages
• Strong knowledge of Building Regulations, JSP standards, environmental & ecological legislation
• Working knowledge of NEC and JCT contracts
• Extensive experience operating under CDM Regulations, acting as Client or similar duty holder
• Broad understanding of civil engineering, infrastructure, and building works methodologies

Essential Qualifications:

• Recognised Project Management qualification (APM PPQ or PRINCE2)
• Demonstrable capability equivalent to IPMA Level B

What’s On Offer

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package
• Opportunity to work on nationally significant, technically challenging projects
• Exposure to complex stakeholder environments within a secure, high-impact sector
• Career progression within a large, innovative organisation

If you’re a confident Senior Project Manager with strong construction and estates expertise and you’re looking for your next high-impact challenge, I’d love to hear from you.

***PLEASE NOTE***

Security Clearance (SC) or eligibility to gain is required to be considered for this vacancy

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Gosport

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

21-02-2026

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English