Construction Project Manager

Job Req ID: 62870

About the role

As a Construction Project Manager, UK Projects and Construction Delivery, you will play a key role in delivering BT's capital investment programme across its operational and office estate.

You will be responsible for the leadership and delivery of a regional programme of construction projects, comprising office investments, operational estate upgrades, telephone exchange modernisation, strategic relocations, consolidations and service closure activities. The programme will consist of a diverse portfolio of projects varying in scale, complexity and stakeholder requirements, all supporting BT's wider Estate and Business Strategy.

Working within a complex operational environment, you will lead multidisciplinary teams and external delivery partners, ensuring projects are delivered safely, efficiently and cost-effectively whilst maintaining operational continuity across critical business infrastructure.

You will bring a strong technical understanding of buildings and construction, enabling you to provide informed oversight of building fabric, statutory compliance, refurbishment and infrastructure projects. You will work closely with consultants, contractors and stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring robust governance, commercial control and contractual compliance are maintained.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead the successful delivery of a regional programme of construction projects across BT's UK estate, ensuring alignment with business objectives, investment priorities and operational requirements.
• Manage a varied portfolio of projects including office refurbishments, operational estate investments, telephone exchange upgrades, strategic relocations, consolidations and estate rationalisation initiatives.
• Act as BT's programme lead within the region, providing leadership, direction and oversight to project teams, consultants and contractors.
• Ensure projects are delivered safely and in accordance with statutory obligations, company standards and governance requirements.
• Provide technical oversight on building fabric, building systems and construction solutions, challenging proposals and ensuring value-for-money outcomes are achieved.
• Manage programme risks, issues, dependencies and change activities, implementing mitigation plans and escalating where required.
• Oversee programme finances, including forecasting, reporting, change control and capital expenditure management.
• Act in the capacity of Employer's Agent and/or Contract Administrator where required, administering contracts and ensuring compliance with contractual obligations.
• Lead contractor and consultant performance management activities, driving accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement across the supply chain.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal customers and senior stakeholders, ensuring business requirements are understood and successfully delivered.
• Champion lessons learned, innovation and best practice across the programme to improve delivery performance and customer outcomes.

Essential Skills / Experience

• Strong technical understanding of building fabric, construction methodologies and property-related risks.
• Experience administering construction contracts, including acting as Contract Administrator, Employer's Agent or equivalent client-side representative.
• Strong knowledge and practical application of JCT forms of contract, including Design & Build and Minor Works contracts.
• Demonstrable experience managing contractors, consultants and supply chain partners to drive performance and successful project outcomes.
• Strong commercial acumen with experience managing project budgets, forecasting, cost control and change management.
• Experience managing projects within operationally critical environments where business continuity is a key consideration.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior leaders and drive collaboration across multiple business functions.
• Strong programme governance, reporting and risk management capabilities.

Desirable Skills / Experience

• Degree qualified in Building Surveying, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying or a related construction discipline.
• MRICS, MCIOB, MAPM or equivalent professional qualification.
• Experience working within telecommunications, critical infrastructure, utilities, data centre, corporate workplace or operational estate environments.
• Experience delivering strategic estate transformation, workplace modernisation or property rationalisation programmes.
• Knowledge of CDM Regulations and experience fulfilling client-side duties under CDM.
• Experience managing projects within occupied buildings and live operational environments.
• Experience managing a regional or multi-project construction portfolio with accountability for cost, programme, quality and risk.

Our Package

Tailored benefits make a real difference. That’s why we offer a comprehensive range to support your growth, wellbeing, and everyday life. You can design the package to suit you and your lifestyle. Your core benefits include:

• 10% on target annual bonus
• Access to an online private GP 24/7 for you and your immediate family
• Market-leading paid carers leave with up to 2 weeks off
• Equalised maternity, paternity, and adoption leave – 18 weeks’ full pay and 8 weeks’ half pay
• Discounted EE and BT products, including mobile and broadband
• Market leading Pension scheme – 5% from you and 10% from us
• Holiday purchase scheme
  

You can select additional benefits, including healthcare, dental, gym memberships and more when you’re ready.

BT Group is the UK’s leading communications group and the holding company behind some of the country’s most recognised brands – including BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet. Our purpose is as simple as it is ambitious: we connect for good. Our customers include consumers, small, medium and large businesses, public sector organisations and other communications providers.

BT Group’s role is about setting direction, unlocking value and creating the conditions for our brands and businesses to thrive.

Having come through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, our focus now is on what comes next – simplifying how we operate, using technology and AI to work smarter, and organising ourselves to serve customers better and grow sustainably. Group teams shape strategy, policy, brand, capital allocation and transformation, helping the whole organisation perform at its best.

We have a singular culture that unites all our people: we are customer-first challengers, who are committed, clear and connected. These behaviours unite us as one team to deliver for our colleagues, our customers, our stakeholders and the country. Joining BT Group means working at the heart of a business that matters to the UK, with the opportunity to shape decisions, influence outcomes and help set the future course of one of the country’s most important companies.