Key Facts

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Full time

Senior (5-10 years)

English

Hard Skills

Procurement Cost Management Financial Management Risk Management Project Cost Management Organisational Policies Design Brief Performance Management Regulatory Compliance Change Management Technical Solution Design Stakeholder Engagement Help Desk Support Construction Management Total Quality Management Stakeholder Communications Social Influences

Other Skills

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Team Leadership
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Communication
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Public Speaking
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Time Management
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Teamwork
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Strategic Thinking
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Prioritization
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Problem Solving

Roles & Responsibilities

Construction-related degree or equivalent qualification with significant experience in project management on large-scale capital projects
Proven experience leading multiple major projects without supervision, delivering contracts and providing guidance and governance
Experience planning and progressing work activities within general professional guidelines or organisational policy with in-depth knowledge of service-specific and professional issues
Excellent strategic awareness with experience working in a political environment and ability to communicate and influence effectively with clients, consultants, and contractors

Requirements:

Manage the delivery of specified capital projects including procurement and management of contracts with contractors and consultants; ensure tendering complies with financial regulations and standing orders
Develop and maintain programmes, risk registers, and overall project cost reports; oversee the legal transfer of assets and input to development agreements
Prepare tender reports and appraisals for director approval; implement a change management strategy to monitor and control time, cost, and quality; attend project meetings and public engagement meetings
Provide technical advice, support, and training to colleagues to ensure performance objectives are achieved and the team remains technically capable

South Gloucestershire Council

Government Administration

About South Gloucestershire Council

South Gloucestershire has a rich natural and cultural heritage. It is a mixed urban and rural authority of great diversity located in the South West of England which covers 53,665 hectares. It is an area of diversity and contrast with a variety of communities, characterised by the special relationship between town and country. Residents are fortunate to have a high quality local environment which they greatly value. Attractive and historic landscapes link unspoilt market towns, villages and established rural and urban communities with major new residential areas, industrial and commercial developments.

Company type: Large

Industry: Government Administration

Founded: 2018

Company size: 1001 - 5000

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Job description

How you'll make a difference:

As a Principal Project Manager, you will be responsible for the management and successful delivery of specified major capital construction projects, providing client-side project management services throughout the relevant RIBA Stages, managing teams of professional construction consultants and contractors.

Taking the lead in managing key projects for the property and business support service, you will work with colleagues from across the authority and with external partners and stakeholders to ensure the projects are delivered effectively and on schedule by achieving key objectives and providing value for money.

What you will be doing:

Responsible for managing the successful delivery of specified capital projects, including the procurement and management of contracts of contractors and consultants, you will ensure works and services are tendered in accordance with financial regulations and standing orders.
You will prepare and regularly update programmes, risk management registers and overall project cost reports, ensuring cost plans are prepared at appropriate gateways and oversee the legal transfer of assets and input to development agreements.
It will be your responsibility to prepare tender reports and appraisals for director approval and implement a change management strategy to monitor and control time, cost, and quality and also attend project meetings and public engagement meetings.
Developing innovative solutions to technical issues, you will ensure these are appropriate and successfully implemented and consult on issues with wider implications, whilst adhering to service regulations and codes of practice.
Providing technical advice, support, and training to colleagues, you will ensure that performance objectives are achieved, teamwork is effective, colleagues are supported and that the team is technically capable, and technical work is carried out satisfactorily.

What we need from you:

You will hold a construction related degree or equivalent qualification and significant relevant experience in project management on large scale capital projects.
It is essential that you have proven experience in leading multiple major projects without supervision, delivering contracts, guidance and statues and the ability to develop and deliver design briefs.
We require you to have experience of planning and progressing work activities within general professional guidelines or organisational policy and have an in-depth knowledge of service specific and professional issues.
You will have knowledge and experience of working with specific performance management and project improvement tools with the ability to work to strict deadlines, managing a demanding workload and prioritising accordingly.
Having an excellent strategic awareness, you will have experience of working in a political environment and be able to communicate and influence effectively with clients, consultants, and contractors.

What you need to know:

This is a hybrid role meaning that you can work remotely or in our offices

Interviews will be held week of the 20th April 2026

How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different:

What’s special here is the strength of the team ethos, the support and the training.
As part of our benefits package you will receive generous annual leave , employee wellbeing support and you will have access to a range of staff discounts, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities.
We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work.

Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.

We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of.
We're working with the most vulnerable in our community to help them achieve what they want in life.
We're investing in our schools to ensure every child and young person in South Gloucestershire achieves their full potential.

We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.

We’re making a difference, be part of it!
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