The Role
Manage allocated modular building and construction projects from planning through delivery, ensuring safety, schedule, quality, budget, margins, cash flow, contractual compliance, and customer satisfaction. Lead multidisciplinary teams, subcontractors, and site activities; manage risks, reports, stakeholder updates, bids, pre-construction support, installation sequences, and final accounts. The role requires work on active construction sites involving heavy plant, cranes, HIABs, and abnormal-load logistics, with national travel.
Summary Generated by Built In
Are you looking to join a successful and growing organisation who are committed to creating a great safe place to work where all employees have the opportunity to contribute, grow and develop? We are looking for an experienced Project Manager to join our successful sales team in York for a 12 months fixed term contract. Travelling Nationally.
Your skills as a Project Manager will play a critical role in ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, to specification, to budget and to the satisfaction of the customer, contributing to our continued business growth.
Role Details:
• Annual Salary: £38,000 to £54,000 depending on skills and experience
• Role based: Huntington, York, YO32 9PT with national travel.
• 12 months fixed term contract
• Company car
• Eligible to join Private Medical Scheme
• Annual leave of 25 days per annum plus bank holidays and opportunity to buy an additional 5 days each year.
• Full UK driving licence, due to travel requirements
Your skills as a Project Manager will play a critical role in ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, to specification, to budget and to the satisfaction of the customer, contributing to our continued business growth.
Role Details:
• Annual Salary: £38,000 to £54,000 depending on skills and experience
• Role based: Huntington, York, YO32 9PT with national travel.
• 12 months fixed term contract
• Company car
• Eligible to join Private Medical Scheme
• Annual leave of 25 days per annum plus bank holidays and opportunity to buy an additional 5 days each year.
• Full UK driving licence, due to travel requirements
In this role you will be required to:
• Take full project management responsibility for allocated projects, ensuring safe delivery on time, to specification, to budget and to customer satisfaction.
• Lead and coordinate multi-disciplinary teams to deliver project objectives.
• Maintain or improve project margins and positive cash flow through effective planning and budget management and compliance with company project delivery processes.
• Identify, manage and mitigate project risks, maintaining an up-to-date risk register.
• Support bid and pre-construction activity as required, contributing project delivery expertise.
• Ensure contractual obligations are consistently met.
• Produce reports and updates for stakeholders, including analysis of progress against programme, costs and key milestones
• Lead and coordinate multi-disciplinary teams to deliver project objectives.
• Maintain or improve project margins and positive cash flow through effective planning and budget management and compliance with company project delivery processes.
• Identify, manage and mitigate project risks, maintaining an up-to-date risk register.
• Support bid and pre-construction activity as required, contributing project delivery expertise.
• Ensure contractual obligations are consistently met.
• Produce reports and updates for stakeholders, including analysis of progress against programme, costs and key milestones
Our Ideal Candidate
• Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Project management qualification, or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience in managing projects with demonstrated ability to lead and coordinate project teams.
• Strong knowledge of contractual and financial control in project delivery, cost management, and negotiating terms and settlement of final accounts.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to resolve issues during project delivery.
• Ability to produce clear and accurate reports and analysis for stakeholders.
• Strong awareness of Health & Safety, with confidence to challenge or raise concerns on site.
• Confidence working on active CDM construction sites (the role is not purely office based).
• Comfortable working around heavy plant and logistics, including cranes, HIABs, and abnormal load lorries.
• Experience coordinating subcontractors and site activities.
• Ability to review drawings, and manage installation sequences.
• Project management qualification, or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience in managing projects with demonstrated ability to lead and coordinate project teams.
• Strong knowledge of contractual and financial control in project delivery, cost management, and negotiating terms and settlement of final accounts.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to resolve issues during project delivery.
• Ability to produce clear and accurate reports and analysis for stakeholders.
• Strong awareness of Health & Safety, with confidence to challenge or raise concerns on site.
• Confidence working on active CDM construction sites (the role is not purely office based).
• Comfortable working around heavy plant and logistics, including cranes, HIABs, and abnormal load lorries.
• Experience coordinating subcontractors and site activities.
• Ability to review drawings, and manage installation sequences.
Benefits & Opportunities
• Contributory pension including life insurance benefit
• A range of dedicated health and wellbeing services
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Benefits Program (Discounts at 100s of shops, gyms, restaurants and even holidays!)
• Learning & development opportunities and resources
• Opportunity for career progression
• A chance to give back to your community with an annual volunteering day
• A range of dedicated health and wellbeing services
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Benefits Program (Discounts at 100s of shops, gyms, restaurants and even holidays!)
• Learning & development opportunities and resources
• Opportunity for career progression
• A chance to give back to your community with an annual volunteering day
About
At Portakabin, we design and deliver high-quality modular buildings for organisations of all sizes, in various sectors including manufacturing, education, health, transport, utilities and construction. Delivering our products sustainably, and safely to our customers is of utmost importance.Portakabin now employs more than 2,200 people across the UK and Europe. Our people are at the heart of business and the reason for our success. We offer career progression, support and development opportunities giving our employees space to grow.Portakabin is a Disability Confident Committed and equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process and to the fair and consistent treatment of all current and prospective colleagues.We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, perspectives, and value the contribution that diverse experiences bring to our teams.Reasonable adjustments will be made throughout the application, recruitment, and onboarding processes where required. If you need any additional support or experience any difficulty applying, please contact our recruitment team on [email protected]
Skills Required
- Degree-level education in a relevant discipline or equivalent relevant experience
- Project management qualification or equivalent experience
- Proven experience managing projects and leading or coordinating project teams
- Knowledge of contractual and financial control, project delivery, cost management, and negotiating final-account settlements
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to resolve project-delivery issues
- Ability to produce clear and accurate stakeholder reports and analysis
- Strong health and safety awareness, including confidence raising concerns on site
- Confidence working on active CDM construction sites
- Ability to work around heavy plant and logistics, including cranes, HIABs, and abnormal-load lorries
- Experience coordinating subcontractors and site activities
- Ability to review drawings and manage installation sequences
- Full UK driving licence
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The Company
What We Do
Portakabin is a market-leading manufacturer specializing in modular and portable building solutions, offering a range of buildings for hire and sale across sectors like education, healthcare, and commercial. They provide services including planning, design, and project management.
