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:

- Use of the full range of Project Management Process.

- Proactive day to day responsibility for projects and demonstrate the ability to take on tasks with minimal supervision.

- Strengthen our service delivery capability and promote knowledge capture, sharing and innovation.

- Prepare and evaluating tenders, contractor/consultant selection and contract documentation.

- Lead 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.

- Providing 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

- Support bid and tender preparation and business development.

- Support the implementation of strategic initiatives at service level.





- Providing leadership to the staff, where required. Resolve conflicts of priorities and personalities relating to work with the appropriate Director or Associate.

- Mentoring and coaching team members, ensuring that staff and new starters are developed to support the successful growth of the business and development of their career.

- Developing and managing the Project Programmes and obtaining the buy-in of all stakeholders.

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.

- Deal diplomatically with a wide range of stakeholders in a flexible environment, subject to change.

- Demonstrate a high degree of integrity.

- Starting to lead a team.

- Negotiate, influence and deliver results in a client facing role.

- Managing conflicting priorities and organise workloads in conjunction with the appropriate Director.

- Demonstrate flexibility in response to changing requirements and routines

- Show strong leadership skills and demonstrable ability to lead, motivate and manage teams including the supply chain

- Prioritise and self-manage with ability to work in a high-pressure environment.

Preferred Education and Experience:

- Ideally degree qualified (industry or non-industry)





- MAPM / MRICS other equivalent qualification or experience.

- Some formal Leadership training.

- 5-10 years’ experience (at least 3 years post qualification).

- Strong knowledge of construction industry technical matters.

- Strong experience of industry standard forms of contract.

- Strong 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, Value Management.

- Good experience of delivering multiple or complex projects and programmes of work through the entire project life cycle.

- Sound understanding of HS&E; legislation including some formal training/qualifications.

- Strong oral and written communication and presentation skills.

- Developing interpersonal and team building skills. Good interpersonal skills with both client and staff.

- Monitoring developments in project and programme management field - new processes / alternative training/ new areas of work - examples such as BIM, Soft Landings and agile project management.

- Good analytical skills, sound judgement and an aptitude for forward planning.

- An ability to think clearly and make reasoned decisions, explaining the logic employed.

- Some experience of managing people and delivering multiple or complex projects.

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 origin, colour), marriage & civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, gender assignment, 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.

📌 Senior Project Manager (Milano)
🏢 Cumming Group
📍 Milano