Senior Project Manager

Overview

Are you an experienced Construction Project Manager ready to step into senior project management roles in Leicester?

Atkins Search are currently recruiting for a Senior Project Manager in Leicester to join an award-winning construction consultancy delivering complex industrial and logistics developments across the Midlands and wider UK. This is a full-time, permanent position offering hybrid working, excellent career progression and the opportunity to lead high-profile, large-scale projects within a rapidly growing consultancy.

If you're searching for senior project manager jobs in Leicester with genuine progression to Associate Director and Director level, this senior leadership opportunity offers real autonomy, influence and the chance to shape major UK industrial and logistics schemes. Join a driven project management team and help grow a thriving construction consultancy across the East Midlands.

Client

Our client is a market-leading construction consultancy with a strong regional and national presence across the UK. They specialise in delivering project management and cost consultancy services across industrial, logistics, commercial and mixed-use developments, with an exceptional reputation for excellence and consistent project delivery.

Renowned for their technical expertise, structured governance and collaborative culture, they offer clear and achievable routes to Director-level progression for ambitious construction professionals. The business is in an exciting period of growth, securing major industrial and logistics instructions nationwide, making this one of the most sought-after senior project manager jobs in the Midlands.

They blend traditional construction consultancy values with modern project controls, digital delivery and sustainability-driven frameworks. You'll gain exposure to projects from early feasibility and design through to completion and handover, working on some of the region's most significant industrial developments.

Role

As a Senior Project Manager in Leicester, you will take a lead role in the delivery of major industrial and logistics construction projects, acting as a trusted client advisor from inception through to completion.

In this senior project management role, you will provide strategic project leadership across multidisciplinary project teams, manage high-value client relationships, contribute to business development and support the growth of the project management function. You will also play a key role in work-winning, fee proposals and client development across the Midlands and UK-wide.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced consultancy-based construction project manager to step into one of the leading senior project manager roles in construction, where you'll deliver high-value schemes, influence strategic business direction and progress towards Associate Director status within a growing and respected consultancy.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Project Manager in Leicester, your responsibilities in this role will include:

Lead the delivery of large-scale industrial and logistics construction projects across Leicester and the wider Midlands, including distribution centres, warehouses and manufacturing facilities
Provide strategic project leadership and direction from feasibility through to completion
Manage multidisciplinary consultancy and construction design teams, coordinating architects, engineers and construction specialist consultants
Chair client, consultant and stakeholder meetings
Oversee project budgets, commercial performance, construction programmes and risk registers
Ensure full compliance with CDM 2015, ISO standards, HSE regulations and internal quality management systems
Manage construction projects under NEC and JCT contracts and other relevant forms of contract
Oversee cost planning, value engineering and change control processes
Actively contribute to business development for this growing construction consultancy, including bid writing, fee proposals and client presentations
Develop and mentor junior and senior project management staff
Build long-term client relationships across the industrial and logistics sectors and support repeat business
Report project performance and strategic risks to construction senior leadership
Support resource planning, operational development and divisional strategy as part of the senior construction project team
Person

To succeed in this Senior Project Manager role and excel in one of the most exciting senior project management jobs in Leicester, you will bring:

Extensive experience in a construction consultancy environment
A strong track record delivering major industrial and logistics construction projects as a Senior Project Manager or similar leadership role
Proven leadership skills managing multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders
High commercial awareness and a delivery-focused mindset
Strong working knowledge of JCT contracts
Degree in Construction Management, Project Management or a related built environment discipline (desirable)
Ideally chartered or working towards MRICS, MAPM or MCIOB (desirable but not essential)
A full UK driving licence and flexibility to travel to construction sites across Leicester and the wider Midlands region
Confidence working at both strategic and operational levels within a construction consultancy
Ambitious, self-motivated and capable of contributing to business growth
Strong communication and client-facing skills
Ability to balance technical project delivery with senior leadership and work-winning responsibilities
Remuneration

This Senior Project Manager role offers an excellent opportunity to join a highly respected construction consultancy with a strong and growing pipeline of industrial and logistics projects across Leicester and the wider UK.

This position offers genuine progression to Associate Director and Director level with a clear pathway and timeline. You'll work on high-profile construction projects and play a key role in shaping the future of a thriving consultancy business.

Benefits include:

Highly competitive salary + package (£60,000 – £75,000 depending on experience)
Discretionary annual bonus
Hybrid and flexible working policy
Generous pension scheme
Private healthcare
Regular salary reviews
Generous holiday allowance
Clear and structured progression to Associate Director and Director level
Access to professional training and development programmes
Industry certifications and CPD support (MRICS, MAPM, MCIOB)
Regular company and team social events
Apply Now: Senior Project Manager Job in Leicester

Ready to take the next step in your construction consultancy career? Apply today for one of the leading senior project manager jobs in Leicester and join one of the Midlands' most respected construction consultancies delivering major industrial and logistics projects.

Successful applicants will be contacted within 48 hours with full details of the role, company profile and project portfolio.

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