Freelance Project Development Manager

Southampton 650 - 750 Permanent

Job Reference: BBBH9831_1700843032

Position: Freelance Development Project Manager
Location: Southampton
Day rate: up to £750 per day (outside IR35)

Capstone are proud to be working with one of the UK’s largest transport operators with over 50 sites across England, Scotland and Wales, who are seeking an exceptional Development Project Manager on a freelance basis.

The purpose of this role is to ensure optimal delivery for specific major capital projects up to approximately £400mil in value. Optimising returns for each project is key to the success of this position and your ability to deliver quickly, reduce capital spend and to react to commercial opportunities, will need to be evident for you to be considered.

About the role;

Front end support

• supporting the commercial lead in establishing early delivery plans, risks and opportunities
• Finalising scope and clarifying operational requirements
• Overseeing early studies and surveys in support of commercial lead

Project Delivery

• Drive cost effective use of consultants and contractors
• Conduct proactive cross functional stakeholder engagement and communication
• Proactively address risk and opportunities
• Define work packaging and tender strategy
• Ensure effective resource plans regionally
• Ensure reporting and documentation management are functioning appropriately
• Ensure costs are managed to provide optimal value
• Ensure projects are following legal requirements and that changes to project scope are handled in a controlled manner

About you;

• Strong background in complex project delivery above £50m
• A minimum of 10-years experience delivering complex projects autonomously from start to finish
• Consultant and or client experience desirable
• Hands on approach with all critical deliverables
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to understands all functional drivers
• Proactive and high energy personality
• Ability to operate effectively within a lead client model
• Industrial & logistics experience would be beneficial

Please contact Sam Lee - Talent Delivery Lead for a confidential discussion and to arrange a meeting; +44 (0) 203 757 5000 or email s.lee@capstone-recruitment.com

Transparency Notice to Prospective Candidates

We process certain personal information about you for our legitimate business interests in order to identify and contact suitable candidates about positions that may be relevant to them. At Capstone Property Recruitment Ltd we respect your Privacy details all of which are set out in our Privacy Policy on our website at www.capstone-recruitment.com.If you don’t want to be contacted by us about potential positions that may be of interest to you in the future, then please email our Data Protection Officer atdpo@capstone-recruitment.com