Project Manager

Cumming Group
London
Cumming Group is an international project and cost management consultancy delivering innovative solutions in construction, real estate, and infrastructure. With a commitment to collaboration, transparency, and performance excellence, we support some of the world's most respected clients across diverse range of sectors.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
  • Supporting the use of the full range of Project Management Process.
  • Proactive day to day responsibility for small-medium sized projects and demonstrate the ability to take on tasks with minimal supervision and supporting larger projects and programmes of work.
  • Support knowledge capture, sharing and innovation.
  • Support risk and value management, including facilitation of workshops and project risk registers.
  • Contract administration for relevant contract provisions, monthly reporting and chairing project meetings.
  • Deliver all work outputs in an accurate and timely manner to a high standard of quality.
  • Undertake service delivery in accordance with the policies and procedures of the business, particularly Health & Safety and Quality Assurance.
  • Undertake service in compliance with client's corporate governance procedures where applicable.
  • Achieve all objectives as required by the annual performance review process.
  • Demonstrate a commitment to continuing professional development and continuous improvement.
  • Communicating effectively with all stakeholders to ensure that all parties are kept informed on all relevant matters impacting and influencing projects.
  • Support Senior PM team as required.
  • Seek advice on procurement and contracts.
  • Responsibility for, and must be committed to promoting, protecting, developing and enabling the business and your colleagues, within the parameter of your job role.
Knowledge & Skills Required:
  • Deliver results in a client facing role
  • Respond confidently to a client request; as well as understanding when to escalate client issues to senior members of the team.
  • Provide innovative solutions to improve project delivery.
  • Ability to show resilience and resourcefulness in the face of highly complex challenges.
  • Commitment to outperforming client expectations.
  • Dealing with a wide range of stakeholders.
  • Demonstrate a high degree of integrity and ethical standards.
  • Provide support to junior team members.
  • Demonstrate flexibility in response to changing requirements and routines.
  • Show good leadership skills and demonstrable ability to lead, motivate and manage teams including the supply chain.
Preferred Education and Experience:
  • Ideally degree qualified (industry or non-industry)
  • Working towards MAPM / MRICS other equivalent qualification or experience.
  • Supporting Project Management Qualifications such as PRINCE2 Practitioner / Certified Project Manager / MSP / Risk Management.
  • Developed understanding of leadership techniques and ideally some formal leadership training.
  • 4+ years' experience.
  • Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters.
  • Good experience of industry standard forms of contract, typically JCT and NEC
  • Good technical project management skills and provide leadership to others on PM Processes: Risk, Opportunities and Issues, Planning/programming, Change control, Reporting, Stakeholder management and Communications.
  • Some experience of delivering multiple projects or programmes of work through the entire project life cycle.
  • Good understanding of HS&E legislation and planning to obtain formal training.
  • Strong oral and written communication and presentation skills.
  • Developing interpersonal skills with both client and staff.
Cumming Group is committed to creating a diverse workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All job applicants will receive equal treatment without regard to age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, "race" (includes nationality, national / ethnic origin, colour), marriage & civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, gender assignment, religion and belief.

Note for Recruitment Agencies:

We prefer to hire directly, and we will be in touch with our PSL Agencies if this role is eligible for release.
Posted 2026-04-18

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