Overview

Move into project management with a leading, award winning PM consultancy. This is an opportunity for an engineer with one to three years consulting or contracting experience with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. They have a strong long term workload, the award of new projects and the need to ensure continued succession is driving this new appointment.

This is an opportunity for an early career change into pure project management, you will embark upon an in-house training programme whilst gaining invaluable work experience and mentoring. The company has a policy of training project managers from a range of engineering and construction disciplines. You will gain exposure to all facets of their business with a focus on project delivery. Their project managers manage major multi-discipline projects and provide specialist expertise in their chosen field. The team includes former construction managers, structural engineers, civil engineer’s quantity surveyors, M&E engineers and fit out specialists. Projects will include university and college campuses, the arts, mixed use, heritage, commercial, corporate occupiers, hotel and leisure schemes. They have a reputation as an excellent employer, you will have a clear career path to follow and work in purpose-built offices, there are just over one hundred employees in the UK. The office environment is supportive and sociable, they invest heavily in employee development and wellbeing.

You will need a good degree in civil/structural engineering or construction management from a respected university at 2:1 or above. Your work experience should have given you an understanding of the design and construction process with an appreciation of buildability issues. Strong interpersonal and communication skills are a pre-requisite. You will forge working relationships with clients that can last many years. Their project managers are matched with clients according to their personalities and specialist know-how. The firm employs bright individuals with personality, professionalism and potential.

To apply, or for more information simply email Lethaby & Cook’s civil engineering recruitment manager, Paul Cook at paul@lethabyandcook.co.uk , or call him on 020 8563 0596.