Demolition Project Manager
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Job Title: Demolition Project Manager – Structural Alterations & Demolition
Location: London (Inner London / City sites)
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £80,000 – £100,000 per year (depending on experience) + Package
About Us
Our client is a large subcontractor delivering complex demolition, enabling works, structural alterations, and heavy structural "cut & carve" schemes across challenging inner-city London sites. Due to a strong, secured pipeline of prestigious upcoming projects, are seeking an experienced and ambitious Demolition Project Manager to lead site delivery.
Job Overview
As a Demolition Project Manager, you will take full responsibility for the safe, commercial, and programme-driven delivery of complex demolition and structural alteration projects from pre-construction through to completion. You will be the primary point of contact for clients, manage sub-contractors, and ensure high-risk structural activities are sequenced flawlessly on dense urban sites.
Key Responsibilities
· Project Delivery: Lead high-profile demolition and major structural alteration / cut & carve projects from initial inception to final handover.
· Temporary Works & Sequencing: Coordinate complex temporary works, propping, needling, and detailed demolition sequencing plans.
· Safety Leadership: Enforce rigorous health, safety, and environmental standards, ensuring all method statements, risk assessments (RAMS), and structural engineering designs are strictly adhered to.
· Programme & Commercial Management: Drive project milestones to ensure delivery is on time and within budget, working closely with our commercial and surveying teams.
· Stakeholder Liaison: Act as the primary face of the business to clients, structural engineers, local authorities, and third-party stakeholders.
· Team Leadership: Manage, mentor, and coordinate site managers, supervisors, and operations teams to achieve optimal site performance.
Requirements & Qualifications
· CCDO Manager (Black Card) qualification.
· SMSTS and First Aid at Work certification.
· Proven track record as a Project Manager specifically within the UK demolition and enabling works sector.
· Extensive experience managing structural alterations, heavy propping, facade retention, and complex concrete/steel cut & carve schemes.
· Demonstrable experience navigating tight inner-city London logistics, structural party wall constraints, and complex stakeholder issues.
· Strong technical literacy with the ability to interpret structural drawings and temporary works designs.
· Valid UK Driving Licence.
What’s on Offer
· Competitive base salary of £80,000 – £100,000 (negotiable based on structural alteration portfolio).
· Company vehicle or generous car allowance.
· Comprehensive corporate pension scheme.
· Private medical insurance.
· 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
· Clear paths for internal career progression into senior operational leadership
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