Job Description

Parks Project Manager

Location: Bower Ashton Depot, Bristol (BS3 2JT)

Contract: 3-4 months contract

Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Pay: 24.46 per hour PAYE or 31.80 per hour Umbrella

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Parks Project Manager to join a busy Parks and Green Spaces team on a temporary basis. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering a range of parks improvement and construction projects that enhance public spaces across the city.

As the day-to-day lead for allocated projects, you will be responsible for ensuring successful delivery from inception through to completion, managing budgets, risks, stakeholders and project teams while ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget and to the highest quality standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage construction and change projects throughout the full project lifecycle.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, identifying milestones, dependencies and resource requirements.
• Monitor project budgets, forecasts and expenditure, reporting on progress and variances where required.
• Lead business case development, option appraisals and benefits realisation planning.
• Establish effective governance arrangements and manage project change control processes.
• Identify and mitigate project risks and issues, maintaining accurate risk registers and contingency plans.
• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, contractors and project teams.
• Coordinate site-based activities and ensure compliance with relevant health and safety and CDM regulations.
• Provide leadership and support to project staff while promoting collaborative working.

About You

We're looking for an experienced Project Manager who has:

• Proven experience delivering projects within a construction or capital delivery environment.
• A strong understanding of project management principles, methodologies and best practice.
• Experience managing construction projects with knowledge of CDM regulations and site-based delivery.
• Excellent planning, organisational and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrable experience managing project budgets, risks and stakeholder relationships.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams to achieve successful project outcomes.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft 365 and project management tools.

A PRINCE2 qualification or equivalent project management certification would be advantageous but is not essential.

Why Apply?

This is an opportunity to contribute to projects that have a lasting impact on local parks and green spaces while working on varied and rewarding construction and improvement schemes. You'll join a collaborative team environment where your expertise will help shape and enhance public spaces for the community.

If you're a proactive Project Manager with construction experience and a passion for delivering successful projects, we'd love to hear from you.