About this role
Cumming Group is an international project and cost management consultancy delivering innovative solutions in construction, real estate, and infrastructure. With a commitment to collaboration, transparency, and performance excellence, we support some of the world’s most respected clients across diverse range of sectors.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
• Supporting the use of the full range of Project Management Process. • Proactive day to day responsibility for small-medium sized projects and demonstrate the ability to take on tasks with minimal supervision and supporting larger projects and programs of work. • Support knowledge capture, sharing and innovation. • Support risk and value management, including facilitation of workshops and project risk registers. • Contract administration for relevant contract provisions, monthly reporting and chairing project meetings. • Deliver all work outputs in an accurate and timely manner to a high standard of quality. • Undertake service delivery in accordance with the policies and procedures of the business, particularly Health & Safety and Quality Assurance. • Undertake service in compliance with client’s corporate governance procedures where applicable. • Achieve all objectives as required by the annual performance review process. • Demonstrate a commitment to continuing professional development and continuous improvement. • Communicating effectively with all stakeholders to ensure that all parties are kept informed on all relevant matters impacting and influencing projects. • Support Senior PM team as required. • Seek advice on procurement and contracts. • Responsibility for, and must be committed to promoting, protecting, developing and enabling the business and your colleagues, within the parameter of your job role
Knowledge & Skills Required:
• Deliver results in a client facing role including: • Respond confidently to a client request; as well as understanding when to escalate client issues to senior members of the team • Provide innovative solutions to improve project delivery • Ability to show resilience and resourcefulness in the face of highly complex challenges • Commitment to outperforming client expectations • Dealing with a wide range of stakeholders. • Demonstrate a high degree of integrity and ethical standards. • Provide support to junior team members. • Provide support to junior team members. • Demonstrate flexibility in response to changing requirements and routines • Show good leadership skills and demonstrable ability to lead, motivate and manage teams including the supply chain
Preferred Education and Experience:
• Ideally degree qualified (industry or non-industry) • Working towards MAPM / MRICS other equivalent qualification or experience. • Supporting Project Management Qualifications such as PRINCE2 Practitioner / Certified Project Manager / MSP / Risk Management. • Developed understanding of leadership techniques and ideally some formal leadership training. • 4+ years’ experience. • Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters. • Good experience of industry standard forms of contract, SIA • Good technical project management skills and provide leadership to others on PM Processes: Risk, Opportunities and Issues, Planning/programming, Change control, Reporting, Stakeholder management and Communications. • Some experience of delivering multiple projects or programmes of work through the entire project life cycle. • Good understanding of HS&E legislation and planning to obtain formal training. • Fluency in English and German is required; proficiency in any additional Swiss national language (French or Italian) would be considered an advantage. • Developing interpersonal skills with both client and staff.
Cumming Group is committed to creating a diverse workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All job applicants will receive equal treatment without regard to age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, “race” (includes nationality, national / ethnic origins, colour) marriage & civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, gender reassignment, religion and belief.
Note for Recruitment Agencies: We prefer to hire directly, and we will be in touch with our PSL Agencies if this role is eligible for release.