Project Manager
| Posting date: | 25 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | £75,000 to £85,000 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Car Allowance, Healthcare |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 December 2025 |
| Location: | Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1AE |
| Company: | Fawkes & Reece |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | PM_Dorc_1764061445 |
Summary
About this Role:
Experienced Project Manager required by the Southern office of this busy main contractor, initially to work as No1 Project Manager to run the fit-out of a £100m new build hospital. Scope of works includes new emergency department, a new 24 bedroom critical care department and replacement helipad at roof level, partial demolition of onsite buildings and structures and the consolidation and expansion of healthcare facilities including up to 10,920 sqm of net additional floor space green infrastructure and other ancillary works including changes to site access arrangements.
Reporting to the Project Director, you will be responsible for managing your site team and delivering the construction of this new build project through to handover in September 2027.
The project is a NEC3 contract, comprising new build construction on a brownfield site.
Management of the scheme will require communication with head teacher and staff, careful planning and programming of work, deliveries, logistics, construction activities, noise, dust, etc.
The role will involve some review of construction methodology, sequencing and programming of works, although this are already very well developed. You will be responsible for raising TQs and RFIs with the Design Manager managing the flow of information, any issue resolution, health and safety, quality control, input to procurement, identifying and mitigating potential risks, and ensuring delivery of the scheme on specification, programme and budget.
Previous experience of working on Healthcare projects would be advantageous.
You will lead your team holding ultimate responsibility for the smooth and timely progress construction on site throughout.
About the Company/Client/Project:
This role is with the busy regional office of a Southern main contractor group, with a turnover in excess of £80m, and secured workload in the education, healthcare, MOD, MoJ plus commercial and industrial sectors in the Hampshire and Dorset areas.
Projects range in size from the smaller £10m up the £40m in value. This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced PM looking to work regionally, or potentially an experienced and ambitious SSM looking to formally make the step up to PM.
Requirements including certificates and qualifications:
You will be an experienced Project Manager, or ambitious Senior Site Manage with a proven track record within an established main contracting organisation, demonstrating the ability to deliver D&B schemes up to £30m+. Key attributes will include excellent client, design team and site team management ability, technical, contractual and commercial knowledge, plus focus and drive.
High standards, attention to detail and the drive will be very well rewarded with excellent salary, benefits, promotional and development prospects.