Construction Manager

Cumming Group is an international project and cost management consultancy delivering innovative solutions in construction, real estate, and infrastructure. With a commitment to collaboration, transparency, and performance excellence, we support some of the world's most respected clients across diverse range of sectors.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Provide overall leadership and direction for large, complex projects or programmes, ensuring successful delivery from inception through completion.
• Oversee the implementation and governance of the full range of Project Management processes within the Hi-Tech sector.
• Take full responsibility for client engagement, acting as a trusted advisor and ensuring long-term, strategic relationships.
• Manage commercial performance, including fee management, resource planning, procurement strategies, and financial reporting.
• Provide oversight on design coordination, technical interface management, commissioning readiness, and operational transitions typical of advanced manufacturing and technology projects.
• Facilitate risk, value, and opportunity management workshops; oversee the development and maintenance of project risk registers.
• Lead contract administration activities, including negotiation, change control, progress reporting, and chairing high-level project meetings.
• Ensure that project outputs are delivered to the highest standard of quality, accuracy, and timeliness.
• Oversee compliance with all internal procedures, particularly Health & Safety, Quality Assurance, and information security.
• Ensure adherence to clients’ governance frameworks, approval pathways, and stage-gate requirements.
• Support business development activities, including proposal writing, bid strategy, presentations, and securing repeat work.
• Champion knowledge capture, innovation, and the application of leading practices in project delivery.
• Mentor and support the development of junior staff and project team members.
• Drive a culture of excellence, ethical practice, and collaboration across all assigned projects.
• Represent Cumming Group at senior stakeholder meetings, industry events, and client forums.

Knowledge & Skills Required:

• Deliver exceptional results in a senior, client-facing role, taking ownership of client satisfaction and strategic project outcomes.
• Provide confident, solutions-focused advice to clients and know when to escalate high-risk or high-impact issues.
• Navigate large-scale, complex, and highly technical project environments with resilience and strategic judgement.
• Coordinate and influence a wide range of stakeholders including design teams, technical specialists, contractors, and client leadership.
• Demonstrate integrity, sound ethical judgement, and leadership aligned with Cumming Group’s values.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and direction to project teams.
• Demonstrate flexibility and adaptability within rapidly changing priorities common to the Hi-Tech sector.
• Facilitate consensus among diverse stakeholders and manage high-pressure technical discussions.
• Lead, motivate, and manage multidisciplinary teams, including supply chain partners, to achieve client and project objectives.

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Degree qualified (industry or non-industry).
• Chartered status or working toward MAPM / MRICS / equivalent professional qualification.
• Advanced Project Management credentials (e.g., PRINCE2 Practitioner, MSP, Certified Project Manager, Risk Management).
• Extensive experience (8+ years) delivering complex capital projects, ideally within Hi-Tech, semiconductor, biotech, data centre, or advanced manufacturing environments.
• Deep knowledge of construction and engineering processes within controlled, high-precision, or fast-cycle project environments.
• Strong understanding of industry-standard forms of contract, including NEC and JCT.
• Demonstrated success leading multiple projects or programmes across the full project lifecycle.
• Strong understanding of HS&E legislation; formal training desirable.
• Excellent written and oral communication, with strong presentation and negotiation skills.
• Highly developed interpersonal skills and the ability to build strong relationships at all organisational levels.
• Demonstrated commercial awareness and ability to manage project financials.

Cumming Group is committed to creating a diverse workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All job applicants will receive equal treatment without regard to age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, "race" (includes nationality, national / ethnic origin, colour), marriage & civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, gender assignment, religion and belief.

Note for Recruitment Agencies:

We prefer to hire directly, and we will be in touch with our PSL Agencies if this role is eligible for release.