Project Delivery Lead - London Area

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More about your role

As our Project Delivery Lead for the London region you will manage the contract delivery of planned maintenance and investment works across your allocated schemes, making sure projects meet Group and contract requirements. You ensure works are delivered to the right quality, performance standards and customer service expectations, while monitoring progress, resolving issues, and achieving value for money. You support investment planning by helping shape efficient and deliverable programmes, consult with customers and stakeholders, and provide clear reporting to the Regional Investment Manager. You also make sure all completion and handover information is returned accurately and on time, and that delivery fully complies with health and safety requirements, including CDM obligations.

Essential Criteria

• Proven experience managing major works or planned maintenance contracts within a construction, housing or repairs environment
• Demonstrated delivery of multiple projects to agreed quality, cost, programme and customer service standards
• Strong track record of managing contractor performance, resolving issues, and achieving value for money
• Practical experience ensuring health and safety compliance, including CDM, across live construction environments
• Relevant building qualification such as HNC or HND, or equivalent experience gained over several years in a similar role

More About you

You bring strong experience managing major works contractors within a construction or repairs environment, ensuring work is delivered safely and to a high quality standard for both on‑site and off‑site teams. You take a structured and analytical approach to problem solving, work well under pressure with minimal supervision, and stay focused on meeting customer needs. Ideally, you also have good knowledge of health and safety requirements, CDM, building regulations and contract or project management systems, and hold a relevant building qualification or equivalent experience gained over several years in a similar role.

Benefits

We are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for.   

We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include:   

• Competitive salary, with a salary review yearly  
• Pension with matched contributions up to 7% 
• Excellent holiday package – 35 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell leave 
• Cashback plan for healthcare costs – up to £500 saving per year 
• A bonus scheme for all colleagues at 2% 
• Training and development 
• Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more.

What's next?

If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then apply following our simple 5 minute application process, upload a CV and a supporting statement which demonstrates how you meet the requirements of the role. If you have any questions please email the recruitment team [email protected]

As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a guaranteed interview to candidates who are disabled, neurodiverse, or have served in the Armed Forces, provided you meet the essential criteria for the role. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in your application. 

We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview experience, please let us know. We're happy to work with you to ensure you have the opportunity to perform at your best.

If you are a Places for People customer and you're looking for support with your application, please contact our skills and employment team on [email protected] .

Please note that we may bring the closing date forward, if we receive a large number of quality applications. If you are interested in this role we would advise applying immediately to avoid disappointment.

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W e understand the importance of a supportive and inclusive work culture so please talk to us at interview about flexibility you may need. We can't promise to give you exactly what you want, but we promise not to judge you for asking. For this role we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times or compressed hours.

If you are a recruitment agency please note we operate a PSL and do not take cold calls

Safeguarding

At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect.

We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment.

By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities