Project Manager, Operations Manager, Program ​/ Project Manager

The Vacancy

Here at WPS we have an exciting opportunity for a Project Manager to join our WPS Housing Maintenance team in the Leamington Spa area. The project you will be tasked with managing is a High‑rise Project in the Warwickshire area for one of our new social housing providers, so it is imperative you have experience in this.

The primary focus of this role will be to provide visible leadership and direction along with foresight and insight in the safe and profitable delivery of schemes to Wates.

• Develop and implement detailed programmes using ASTA Power project and schedules which allow accurate monitoring and reporting of progress.
• Lead the PCSA all the way to construction with all the relevant disciplines and maintain the client’s expectations.
• Building safety act knowledge/ experience is desirable.
• Drawing up construction phase safety plans and ensuring the safe delivery set out within each plan.
• Experience of delivering works under a JCT D&B contract is beneficial.
• Identify the quality expectations and embrace these in the Quality Plan and ensuring the golden thread is always upheld.
• Implement all statutory regulatory and company requirements for managing Health and Safety.
• Secure and manage the appropriate resources to deliver the project / scheme effectively and efficiently in a professional manner to ensure successful delivery within project constraints.
• Ensure there is a successful and smooth handover of the project, including support to customer/ end user throughout the handover process.
• Establish a communications plan and agree accountabilities for team members.

We are looking for a qualified, experienced, and professional Project Manager from a property services/construction background who has experience of high‑rise complex Projects.

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family‑owned development, building and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

• Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
• Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
• Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in, and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.

Wates Group is one of the largest, and most successful family‑owned private construction, development, and property services companies in the UK. We are building a place to work where everyone belongs, by one small act of inclusion at a time. We celebrate difference and welcome diversity.

As a responsible and inclusive employer, we are committed to equality and are proud to have been recognised for this through a range of accolades including gold accreditation with Investors in People, we are also a Disability Confident employer. Being a family owned, business means we understand and value long term relationships.

The Wates Group are committed to three ambitious environmental targets for 2025:
Zero Waste, and Zero Carbon, from our operations and Positive Nature Enhancement. Wates are pushing to take a leading role in reducing our industry’s environmental impact.