About the role

  • Senior Project Manager leading complex, high-value capital projects at London Stansted Airport, ensuring compliance and operational resilience while managing teams and budgets.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the end-to-end delivery of complex capital projects typically exceeding £10 million in value.
  • Own and drive the business case, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and investment governance.
  • Manage all phases of the project lifecycle, including design (RIBA stages), procurement, construction, and handover.
  • Ensure compliance with all relevant regulations and standards (e.g. ASIAD, CAA, building regs, environmental).
  • Lead multidisciplinary project teams, consultants, and contractors to deliver safe, high-quality, and operationally viable outcomes.
  • Take full budget accountability, including cost planning, commercial management, risk mitigation, and value engineering.
  • Champion sustainability and long-term asset performance in project scoping and delivery.
  • Provide reporting, assurance, and governance updates at programme and portfolio level.
  • Ensure full compliance with all relevant health and safety legislation, airport-specific safety protocols, and CDM (Construction Design and Management) Regulations throughout the entire project lifecycle.

Requirements

  • Chartered Professional status.
  • APM Project Managers Qualification (or equivalent)
  • NEC ECC Project Manager Accreditation or equivalent complex engineering and construction contract experience such as JCT.
  • Full working knowledge of Construction Design Management 2015 regulations.
  • Line Management of Project Managers and Assistant Project Managers to deliver a project portfolio.
  • Strong commercial acumen for managing project risks and costs.
  • Ability to manage multiple project types and complexity in different environments (greenfield, brownfield, internal and strategic) through the full project lifecycle whilst maintaining complex operational needs.
  • Present project progress and influence the Senior Leadership team on key business decisions.
  • Lead stakeholder management skills; able to engage and communicate with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders and to effectively manage conflicting stakeholder demands.
  • Validate Contractor submissions to ensure compliance with MAG Health & Safety policy.

Benefits

  • Bonus scheme
  • 10% company contribution pension
  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
  • Free parking
  • Subsidised public transport
  • Huge range of company discounts
  • 2 volunteering days per year
  • Free Virtual GP service, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
  • Care Concierge service

Job title

Senior Project Manager

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Professional Certificate

Location requirements

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