Project Manager

Job Title: Project Manager - Healthcare & Education Refurbishments
Location: Midlands (Regional Projects)
Sector: Healthcare & Education Refurbishments
Employer: Main Contractor
Salary: Up to 75,000 + Package
Progression: Clear long-term career development

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Project Manager to deliver a portfolio of live healthcare and school refurbishment projects across the Midlands. This role involves managing works within occupied, operational environments, requiring strong stakeholder engagement, planning, and a proactive approach to safety and programme delivery.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing main contractor with a strong regional pipeline, repeat clients, and a genuine commitment to long-term progression into Senior Project Manager and Operations roles.

• Take full responsibility for the end-to-end delivery of refurbishment projects within healthcare and education environments

• Manage projects from pre-construction through to handover, ensuring programme, quality, cost, and safety objectives are met

• Coordinate and manage site teams, subcontractors, consultants, and suppliers

• Plan and deliver works in live environments, ensuring minimal disruption to staff, patients, students, and the public

• Develop and manage construction programmes, short-term lookaheads, and phasing plans

• Ensure full compliance with health & safety, infection control, safeguarding, and client-specific protocols

• Liaise closely with clients, estates teams, end users, and stakeholders to maintain strong working relationships

• Monitor progress, manage risks, and implement mitigation strategies where required

• Chair site meetings, progress meetings, and coordinate handover documentation

• Support commercial teams with variations, change control, and cost reporting

• Drive high standards of quality, compliance, and customer satisfaction

• Hospital ward and department refurbishments

• Operating theatres and clinical spaces

• Live school refurbishments and extensions

• Classroom, laboratory, and SEN facility upgrades

• M&E-heavy refurbishment schemes

• Proven experience as a Project Manager within refurbishment / fit-out / construction

• Experience working in live healthcare and/or education environments is highly desirable

• Strong understanding of programme management and sequencing in occupied buildings

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

• Confident managing multiple subcontractors and complex interfaces

• Proactive, organised, and solutions-focused

• Comfortable working across multiple sites within the Midlands

• SMSTS (Essential)

• CSCS (Black or Gold preferred)

• First Aid at Work

• Relevant construction or project management qualification (HNC / HND / Degree preferred)

• Long-term, stable role with a strong regional contractor

• Consistent pipeline of secured healthcare and education work

• Clear progression route into Senior Project Manager / Operations Management

• Supportive management team and collaborative culture

• Competitive salary, car allowance, pension, and benefits

• Ongoing training and professional development

To apply please send your CV to (url removed)