Project Manager

Project Manager – Landmark Mixed-Use Redevelopment Milton Keynes 

Our client is seeking an experienced Project Manager (No.1 Project Lead) to take the helm on a landmark redevelopment scheme in the Milton Keynes . This £multi-million development will see the redevelopment, including demolition and delivery of a 20-storey mixed-use scheme comprising:

• Up to 355 residential units 

• Flexible ground and upper ground floor space for retail, restaurant/café, and office/co-working/workspace

• High-quality amenity, landscaping, car and cycle parking, and associated infrastructure and access works.

The Role

We are looking for a seasoned Project Manager with a proven track record of delivering complex, large-scale residential-led mixed-use schemes. As the No.1 on site, you will take full ownership of project delivery, reporting directly to the client’s Director.

You will:

• Lead the project from site establishment through to completion.

• Oversee consultants (with support from the client’s Technical Team), ensuring design keeps pace with contractor and procurement needs.

• Manage governance and compliance in line with BSR Golden Thread obligations.

• Drive programme, quality, cost, and health & safety performance.

• Be supported by Site Managers and a Project QS.

• Represent the client with authority, professionalism, and leadership throughout the scheme.

About You

• A dynamic, hands-on leader who is equally comfortable rolling up sleeves or steering the full delivery programme.

• Strong communicator with the authority to command respect and the professional demeanour to represent the client.

• Proven experience managing schemes of comparable scale, complexity, and value.

• Familiar with online document management systems (the client uses ACC, but experience with similar systems is sufficient).

• Confident in managing multiple stakeholders, from consultants to subcontractors, while driving project success.

• Able to operate with autonomy, while knowing when to draw on team support.

Why Apply

• Lead one of the Midlands’ most significant redevelopment schemes.

• Work with a supportive leadership team, while enjoying the autonomy of being the project lead.

• Opportunity to play a pivotal role in shaping the client’s growing reputation in the region.