Senior Project Manager

2 weeks ago


Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom Ardent Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Project Manager to join our Consents Management Consultancy team at Ardent. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for managing and delivering complex consent projects, working closely with clients and stakeholders to ensure successful project outcomes.

Key Responsibilities
  • Manage and coordinate various disciplines, including planning, legal, land, environmental, and stakeholder management, to secure consent or maintain compliance post-award.
  • Develop and manage consent project schedules, risk registers, and budgets.
  • Oversee post-award deliverables to ensure compliance, including discharge of requirements, commitments, conditions, and obligations.
  • Produce and update strategies, project execution plans, work package plans, reports, and risks, costs, programme, and quality metrics.
  • Communicate effectively with various stakeholders, including internal, external, residential, statutory, or governmental parties.
Requirements
  • Proven project management experience working on high-profile, complex, diverse projects in consented construction works.
  • Experience of managing large planning consents, such as Transport & Works Act Orders, Development Consent Orders, parliamentary, or Hybrid Bills.
  • Knowledge of legal matters, environmental issues, or Town & Country Planning consents.
  • Ability to coordinate and manage a varied team of specialist consultants, advisors, and contractors.
  • Understanding of the transition from pre-construction planning consent to commencement on site, with allocation and handover of consents and obligations.
  • Ability to identify key risks and opportunities associated with large-scale consents, with appropriate mitigation and recording skills.
  • Knowledge and understanding of contractual issues and agreements.
  • Knowledge, understanding, and active experience of planning and project management processes, compliance, and tools and techniques (including MS Excel, MS Project, ARM, or equivalent).
  • Previous line management experience.
  • Strong relationship-building and negotiation skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with clients and other internal and external stakeholders.
  • Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with people at all levels.
  • Mind-set and ability to develop a positive Health, Safety, and Welfare culture.
  • Ability to lead, motivate, effectively manage, and develop a team of people, leading by example in line with Ardent's guiding principles.
Desirable
  • Experience of working in construction or engineering delivery phases of projects.
  • Project management qualification and/or legal, town planning, environmental, or construction qualification.
Behavioral Skills Required

Ardent is an equal opportunities employer committed to inclusion and diversity. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of race, colour, religion or belief, age, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability status, or other legally protected characteristics.

We offer an attractive benefits package, including hybrid working, smart working policy, medical health plan, career progression, coaching, cycle to work, electric car scheme, and enhanced maternity and paternity pay.



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