Associate Director Project Manager

Associate Director – Project Manager

Permanent | Full-time | Hybrid working

We’re searching for a project manager with experience delivering major healthcare schemes to join our growing Exeter office as healthcare project management lead.

As an Associate Director, you will play a key role in delivering major healthcare programmes, providing expert advice and managing colleagues, consultants and contractors throughout the project lifecycle. You will support healthcare bids and help grow our healthcare capabilities and network in the region.

This is an excellent opportunity to transform vital healthcare services in communities and make your mark on the sector and region.

• A lead position with opportunities to take on new challenges and responsibilities
• Career development opportunities with regular career check‑ins and career progression pathways
• Hybrid working and flexible working provisions to support work‑life balance
• A lead role on major capital projects
• Support from sector specialists and regional leads
• A competitive salary with a comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare, travel benefits, professional subscriptions and a variety of discounted services and perks

• Supporting Business Unit Directors in delivering business objectives
• Actively identifying new business development opportunities and driving growth across the Business Unit’s activities
• Positively engaging with customers and developing, growing and maintaining customer relationships
• Delivering high quality services and deliverables ensuring services meet customer requirements
• Managing teams to deliver high quality services and deliverables in accordance with business procedures
• Administering contracts as a contract administrator, employer’s agent or project manager
• Producing and presenting to customers
• Mentoring and coaching employees so they realise their full potential
• Preparing bids for services
• Managing service delivery for profit
• Advising directors promptly of any issues that have arisen or may arise on projects, in particular those that might impact on Gleeds professional indemnity (PI) insurance
• Actively identifying new business development opportunities and driving growth across the business units activities

• Experience delivering major healthcare sector construction projects
• Broad, in‑depth project management and/or programme management experience post‑qualification
• Detailed knowledge and practiced experience of project management techniques
• Sound knowledge of the industry (including factors affecting it) and construction methods and materials
• Comprehensive knowledge of construction procurement strategies, including tendering and contract strategies
• Clear understanding of legislation impacting on building contracts
• Experience acting as contract administrator on NEC contracts
• Ability to motivate others and to lead high performance teams
• Excellent communication skills – both oral and written
• Ability to absorb complex information and assess requirements readily
• Excellent problem‑solving, negotiating, financial and numeracy skills
• Sound ICT skills, high proficiency in MS Outlook, Word, Excel and Power Point
• Ability to work as part of a team and manage teams

• MRICS (Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors)
• MAPM (Member of the Association of Project Managers)
• MCIOB (Member of the Chartered Institute of Builders)

Gleeds is a global property and construction consultancy with over 150 years of expertise, operating in 28 countries worldwide. From iconic landmarks to critical infrastructure, we drive innovation, sustainability and value, delivering transformative projects that shape communities and redefine the built environment.