Project Manager - GLA

About Us

City Building provides a range of repairs and maintenance, manufacturing, construction and refurbishment activities for Glasgow City Council and Wheatley Housing Group's citizens and customers as well as other public, private and third sector organisations. City Building operates both the largest construction craft apprenticeship programme in Scotland, and Royal Strathclyde Blindcraft Industries (RSBi), one of the largest supported manufacturing businesses in Europe, around 200 people, more than 50% of whom have a disability.

Our accreditations include, ISO
45001, ISO 14001 and ISO 9001:2015. We currently hold Investors in Young People Platinum award, an award we are immensely proud of as it recognises our focus on investing in and growing a skilled staff base. As a City Building employee, you'll enjoy a competitive salary, excellent annual leave, and access to the Strathclyde Pension Fund. You will also benefit from wellbeing initiatives and discounted gym membership, supporting a positive and healthy work life balance.

We're investing in the future of our project delivery and are looking for an experienced Project Manager to lead and coordinate a portfolio of projects and change initiatives that support City Building's strategic objectives and long-term transformation agenda. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in planning, delivering, and embedding projects that drive business improvement, deliver measurable value, and enhance operational performance across the organisation.

You will work closely with stakeholders at all levels, providing leadership and direction to multi-disciplinary project teams while ensuring project scope, resources, timescales, risks, and budgets are effectively managed throughout the project lifecycle. You will foster collaboration across business areas and technical teams to ensure successful project outcomes and the achievement of organisational objectives. The successful candidate will promote best practice in project management, governance, and reporting, ensuring compliance with organisational, regulatory, and quality standards.

They will contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, support the successful delivery of change programmes, and help strengthen City Building's project delivery capability, ensuring the organisation remains innovative, efficient, and future-focused.

The Project Manager will be an experienced project management professional with a strong track record of delivering complex business change, digital, IT, or transformation projects within a dynamic and fast-paced environment. The successful candidate will be experienced in leading multi-disciplinary project teams and engaging with stakeholders at all levels, using excellent communication, organisational, and influencing skills to drive collaboration, manage risks and dependencies, and achieve successful project outcomes that deliver measurable business value.

You will be highly organised and capable of managing multiple priorities simultaneously, ensuring project scope, resources, budgets, timelines, and quality standards are effectively controlled throughout the project lifecycle. You will take a proactive and solutions-focused approach, adapting to changing priorities while maintaining focus on delivery and continuous improvement. The post holder should hold a recognised project management qualification, such as PRINCE2 Practitioner, MSP, PMP, APM PMQ, or equivalent.

Experience of delivering transformation, digital, technology, or business change projects within a public sector or regulated environment would be advantageous.