Senior Project Manager - Construction

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£65,000–£90,000 a year

Bristol

Location

Full-time

Job type

Permanent

Contract type

On-site

Work setup

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In brief

This senior project manager role oversees the delivery of marine surveillance infrastructure projects based in Kenya. The work involves coordinating design development, construction readiness, and installation while managing technical consultants, subcontractors, and internal teams to meet project milestones.

Non-negotiable

Proven experience in project management and delivery of complex construction and system integration projects is require…

Worth knowing

The role is based in East Africa with a primary focus on Kenya and requires frequent travel to project locations.

What you need

Required

  • Project management

    Strongly implied by the listing

  • Construction delivery

    Strongly implied by the listing

  • System integration

    Clearly required in the listing

  • Stakeholder management

    Strongly implied by the listing

  • Design coordination

    Clearly required in the listing

  • Risk management

    Clearly required in the listing

Preferred

  • Civil build

    Strongly implied by the listing

  • International construction

    Strongly implied by the listing

  • East Africa experience

    Strongly implied by the listing

Your day-to-day

  • Lead project delivery

    Clearly stated in the job description.

  • Maintain project governance

    Clearly stated in the job description.

  • Oversee integrated planning

    Clearly stated in the job description.

  • Coordinate site delivery

    Clearly stated in the job description.

  • Conduct site visits

    Clearly stated in the job description.

  • Manage design development

    Clearly stated in the job description.

  • Ensure regulatory compliance

    Clearly stated in the job description.

Experience expected

Level

Senior level

Based on what the listing states

Years of experience

Not stated

No clear years requirement found

Evidence from the listing

Experience level

“…Senior Project Manager - not exhaustive: Strong, proven experience in project management and delivery of complex construction and system integration projects, including construction delivery interfac…”
Full job description (from employer)⌄

SRT Marine Systems plc (SRT) are a market leader in its domain of international marine surveillance technology and systems. We are respected, established and an ambitious multi-national company headquartered in the UK with a global customer base. The company has a global impact in the marine domain by leading the next generation of Maritime Domain Awareness 'MDA' technologies, products and systems that significantly enhance, security, safety and environment protection and sustainability. Our customers are worldwide and range from the largest national coast guards to individual vessel owners. SRT is an exciting company where high-quality results are rewarded. We are ambitious and are constantly seeking to innovate to deliver better products and services to our customers. We strive to make SRT a rewarding and challenging place to work where talented hard-working individuals have the opportunity to make a real impact across the marine world. You as our Senior Project Manager will ideally be based in East Africa, with a primary focus on Kenya. This is an extremely hands-on, site-facing role supporting the Programme Director by leading project delivery, coordinating assigned workstreams, and controlling delivery against agreed scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk and customer commitments. Role Overview of our Senior Project Manager The Senior Project Manager will coordinate ICP, design consultants, subcontractors and internal SRT teams through design development, construction readiness, installation and acceptance. The role will also act as design manager/coordinator during design development, overseeing the ICP design consultant and managing design reviews, comment close-out, approvals and alignment with SRTtechnical requirements, customer obligations and site delivery constraints. Responsibilities - Senior Project Manager - not exhaustive: Lead assigned projects and workstreams, ensuring delivery remains focused on scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk and customer outcomes Maintain project governance, including delivery reviews, action tracking, decision logs, escalation routes, reporting cycles and customer-facing progress forums Oversee integrated planning, schedules, milestones, critical paths, dependencies, RAID, change control and delivery forecasts Coordinate Kenya delivery across customer, government, regulatory, ICP, consultant, subcontractor and internal SRT interfaces Maintain a regular site presence across Kenya, travelling frequently to project locations to review progress, resolve blockers and confirm construction and installation readiness Act as design manager/coordinator during design development, overseeing ICP design consultant deliverables, review cycles, comment responses, approval submissions and alignment with SRT / customer requirements Coordinate design workshops and reviews between SRT technical teams, the Programme Director, ICP, consultants, customers and site delivery teams Manage design queries, technical clarifications, deviations, approvals, procurement dependencies and installation-readiness constraints Ensure construction and design activities comply with applicable Kenyan health, safety, environmental and statutory requirements Assist with tender activity, scope interpretation and delivery advice as required Requirements - Senior Project Manager - not exhaustive: Strong, proven experience in project management and delivery of complex construction and system integration projects, including construction delivery interfaces on complex multi-site programmes Experience of civil build, construction and design for communication towers, data centres etc. would prove highly beneficial Experience of international build, construction and design knowledge would prove highly beneficial Experience working with in-country partners, design consultants, customer-side stakeholders, government/regulatory stakeholders and local subcontractors in East Africa or comparable international deliv

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