Project​/Senior Project Manager

We are recruiting for a passionate, driven and commercially minded Project Manager / Senior Project Manager to join our busy and dynamic team. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your career with Ridge, working from our Reading office on a varied portfolio of projects across the Thames Valley and beyond, including prestigious historic building commissions, complex cladding remediation schemes and education projects that make a real difference to local communities.

You will be joining a collaborative team that combines technical expertise, strong client relationships and a practical approach to delivering high-quality built environment projects.

• Managing the day-to-day delivery of construction projects from inception through to completion
• Building trusted relationships with clients, consultants, contractors and wider project stakeholders
• Supporting the delivery of historic building, cladding remediation, education and wider public and private sector projects
• Developing clear project documentation, programmes, reports, risk registers and decision records
• Attending, chairing and recording meetings, ensuring actions are captured and progressed
• Producing concise and professional reports to suit the relevant stage of each project.

• Identifying and developing innovative, practical solutions for clients across complex and live environments
• Assisting with leading and managing multidisciplinary design teams
• Supporting feasibility studies, site surveys, investigations and project option appraisals
• Monitoring and reporting on contractor progress, quality, risk and programme performance on site
• Contributing to projects that protect and enhance existing buildings, improve safety and compliance, and support the delivery of modern learning environments
• Supporting the Reading team in developing new business opportunities and strengthening existing client relationships
• Developing the skills to act as a single point of contact, taking responsibility for project delivery and client liaison.

• Construction project management experience is essential
• Experience of working on building projects, ideally including refurbishment, education, heritage, remediation or occupied-site environments
• Experience using Microsoft Office software and Microsoft Project
• A degree in a construction-related subject is desirable, but not essential. All relevant degree backgrounds will be considered
• Experience of delivering presentations and communicating clearly with clients and senior professionals
• Excellent written communication skills, with experience in report writing, meeting notes and project documentation.

• Diploma, BSc or MSc in project management, construction management, building surveying or another relevant built environment discipline
• You will ideally be working towards, or considering working towards, one of the professional qualifications below:
• MRICS
• MCIOB
• MAPM
• PRINCE2