Project Manager

Project Manager – Fit Out & Refurbishment - Design & Build

Location – Leeds, LS27 (This is a regional role covering Yorkshire / North East / North West)

Hours – 37.5 hours.

Salary: £45k - £55k (Experience dependent)

Benefits Include:

• Monthly Car Allowance
• Healthcare cover
• Life Insurance
• Employee Discounts via Perkbox
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Access to a virtual GP and Health & Wellbeing App
• Training & Development

Are you dedicated to delivering great service and want to join a growing company that looks after its people? Have you got skills and experience in a Project Management role with a customer focused mind-set, if so then we have got the role for you.

Apleona Professional Services (APS) offer tailored solutions and advice for our customers’ work environments.

Our breadth of services take a holistic approach. We engage at any point of our customer’s project lifecycle with our breadth of services. We put our client’s people, property, and technology at the centre of our solutions.

We strive to be an inspiring, enriching, and motivating partner. Characterised by solution-orientated inventiveness and creativity, as well as a proactive and passionate commitment to innovation and Green Real Estate principles.

The APS Projects and Design Team are specialists in workplace strategy, interior design, business relocation, office fit out and refurbishment. We operate throughout the UK, working for a diverse range of clients within the commercial office market. We design and build inspirational workspaces. We also deliver office moves and relocation services to our varied client base. 

We are looking for dynamic, organised, customer focused people to join our team.  As a Project Manager - Fit out & Refurbishment within Apleona APS Projects and Design, you will work collaboratively within our team to support the planning and delivery of varied range of projects for office fit outs and refurbishments.

As Project Manager – Fit Out & Refurbishment, you will lead and manage all activities in relation to the management of allocated projects and assist the wider team in developing new business opportunities. The role requires excellent communication skills and clear decision making with a good comprehensive knowledge of the APS Projects & Design Team’s business activities and service offering. This critical, client-facing role encompasses the delivery of key business objectives, financial management and control, and the hands-on daily operational management of existing and new fit out and refurbishment contracts. 

Our Ideal candidate must have:

• Recognised qualification in project management and/or a building-related discipline.
• Extensive experience of managing interior fit out and refurbishment projects.

• Experience in front line customer management.
• Experience and ability to effectively manage key accounts and deliver business targets.
• Experience of working in a pressurised, results focussed, service environment safely.
• Ability to develop and implement innovative service delivery in line with strategic business objectives.
• Ability to present effectively to client senior management teams and operation contract staff.
• Ability to make decisions and bring clarity to difficult situations.
• Ability to work well with others and continue to deliver results under pressure, safely.
• Successful interpersonal skills and an ability to establish credibility quickly.
• To have a working knowledge of project management systems and methodology and have the ability to implement these throughout the delivery process.
• To be able to control and manage a project from engagement through to successful completion with subcontractors, clients and internal teams.
• To have a detailed knowledge of interior finishes, construction techniques, interior fit out solutions and regulatory standards.
• Experience in managing and co-ordinating multiple construction trades on site whilst delivering to tight deadlines.
• Valid UK driving license and access to personal car.

We’ll make sure that you have everything you need to do a great job. You may ideally already have project management experience gained in a similar role, within a fast-paced, client-led environment.

You will work 37.5 hours per week with some flexibility required, with access to Apleona employee benefits that will be available to you as soon as you start including a monthly car allowance.

Apleona is an equal opportunities employer that delivers facilities management services and workspace design and fit out projects to clients all over the UK and with vacancies in your area this is a great time to join our team.

If this sounds like a job for you then click on the apply button to start the process and if you’re a good match, then we’ll be in touch to discuss the next steps.