Senior PM – New Build Housing

We are looking to recruit an Interim Snr PM for a role focused on delivering new build housing projects in East London. You will project manage a substantial proportion of the Housing Capital Programme – c£10m per annum. This will involve management of the internal team, contracts, technical consultants and contractors, ensuring value for money, qualitative outcomes and meeting spend targets. On a daily basis you will work closely with the programme manager to help lead, motivate and manage a team of people working on the capital programme, including surveyors, and quantity surveyors, Clerks of Work and Contract Administrators. It will be your responsibility to ensure that contract governance arrangements are followed ensuring contractors are effectively monitored and managed. This will include that there are regular operational meetings with contractors and performance managing contractors. On a monthly basis, or as required, you will produce performance information including information on budget spend, completions, refusals, satisfaction, stock condition, and progress towards decency. You will work to ensure arrangements are in place to monitor and report performance and that corrective and preventative action is put in place where necessary in accordance with Risk Management Strategy. Our client is a Local Authority so we are looking for those who have spent at least the last 5-10 years developing and delivering new build housing schemes. Ideally you will have gained this experience in an inner London authority. The initial contract will be 6 months with potential to extend significantly given the work programme. The rate is £546.20 per day (inside IR35). You will be working in East London.