Associate Project Manager

Description

In this senior construction director 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.

As an Associate Director Project Manager in Nottingham, 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.

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

Requirements

If you're an experienced construction project manager looking for construction director jobs with progression, autonomy and the opportunity to shape strategic direction, this is the perfect job for you.

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

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.

Are you an experienced Construction Project Manager ready to step into construction director jobs in Nottingham?

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

Benefits

This Associate Director role offers an excellent opportunity to join a highly respected construction consultancy with a strong and growing pipeline of industrial and logistics projects across Nottingham and the wider UK.

As one of the most competitive construction director jobs in Nottingham, this position offers genuine progression to full 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.

Atkins Search are currently recruiting for an Associate Director Project Manager in Nottingham 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 director jobs in construction within a rapidly growing consultancy.

If you're searching for associate director jobs in Nottingham with genuine progression to full 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.

• Discretionary annual bonus
• Access to professional training and development programmes
• Regular company and team social events
• Regular salary reviews
• Generous pension scheme
• Generous holiday allowance
• Clear and structured progression to Construction Director level
• Private healthcare
• Hybrid and flexible working policy to support work-life balance
• Highly competitive salary + package (£70,000 - £80,000 depending on experience)

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