Project Manager

Willmott Dixon are seeking a Project Manager with a proven track record in successfully leading and delivering complex projects. You’ll thrive in a collaborative environment, building strong relationships with customers and supply chain partners. You will be the driving force behind our most significant projects, taking responsibility from early customer engagement through to successful handover. This includes:

Leadership: Building and inspiring teams, and making key decisions that shape the success of your projects.

Delivery: Leading teams to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.

Preconstruction: Collaborating with customers and developing workable programmes.

You’ll ensure that every aspect of delivery meets our high standards, including quality, cost, time, and above all, safety. We build our reputation on delivering brilliant projects for our customers and as a Project Manager, you will play a pivotal role in maintaining and enhancing that reputation.

As Number 1 on site, reporting into the Operations Manager, the successful candidate will manage the project team, supply chain and the delivery of projects safely, on time, within budget and to the highest quality.

Key responsibilities include:

• Maintain the highest standards of health, safety and environmental management.


• Develop and monitor project strategies in order to achieve the company’s sustainability objectives.


• Develop and monitor strategies to deliver a quality build in accordance with the requirements of the project.


• Manage the client expectations and adopt a professional and considerate approach to maintain good working relations.


• Implement the supply chain policy. Adopt the principles of the Considerate Constructor’s Scheme and manage community relations.


• Develop and implement project strategy and delivery programme. 


• Ensure regular monitoring and reporting on progress and instigate corrective actions as required.


• Manage the operational aspects of the project to achieve the budget.


• Review performance against targets and identify and manage potential risks and opportunities.


• Lead and motivate the project team and the supply chain to deliver the project.


• Maintain continuous professional development of yourself and your team to ensure appropriate technical awareness.


• Ensure consistent implementation of standard procedures.


• Manage project handover and ensure defect /snag free completion.


• Ensure robust strategy for the closure of defects during defects period and obtain certificate of Making Good Defects within targets set.


• Implement best practice and drive continuous improvement.

Essential Criteria

• Proven track record of successful delivery of projects.


• Experience using Microsoft suite of Office programmes; inc. Excel, Word, Outlook and Project.


• The ability to control costs, timing and quality in line with targets.


• Efficient use of all staff and resources.


• Accurate interpretation of contract documents, programmes, drawings and technical specifications.


• Understanding and appropriately sharing build programmes.


• The ability to manage teams including the supply chain, direct employees and consultants.


• Minimum relevant level 4 qualification (HNC/NVQ4 etc).


• Appropriate CSCS card.


• SMSTS certificate.


• First Aid at Work certificate.


• Valid driving licence.

Desirable Criteria

• Relevant degree.


• MCIOB

Additional Information

Willmott Dixon embraces diversity in the workplace and will consider flexible and agile working.

We are a disability confident employer.

We reward our people generously with a competitive package that gives you flexible benefits to fit your lifestyle and priorities. This includes but is not limited to, an enhanced pension scheme, full private medical, life assurance, incentive bonus and a car scheme which will make us a market leader in sustainable company travel. This role will benefit from a motoring expenditure allowance (MEA) and everyone can access a new generation of low carbon and electric cars via the Willmott Dixon run car leasing scheme.

About Us

With 170 years of rich history, Willmott Dixon’s purpose beyond profit is to deliver brilliant buildings, transform lives, strengthen communities, and enhance the environment so our world is fit for future generations. Ensuring that we add lasting value to the neighbourhoods we work in; our values, people, innovation, partnerships and focus on sustainability has allowed us to build a successful and trusted privately owned business where our people can thrive.

Willmott Dixon was recognised by The Sunday Times as one of the Top 10 "Big" Companies to Work For in 2025, named among the Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality in 2024, and ranked in the Top Five of Europe’s 1,000 best workplaces by the Financial Times in 2025. Willmott Dixon is also the first major contractor and developer to win a King's Award for Enterprise in the category of sustainable development.