Senior Project Manager

Job Introduction

• Full time

• 40 Hours per week

• Monday - Friday

• Must be able to travel to London

• Competitive per annum + Excellent Sodexo Benefits

• Opportunities for professional development

• Plus our Sodexo employee benefits package

Senior Project Manager

No Fixed Location - Full time

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At Sodexo, we’re passionate about our people. We know that our teams are the key to delivering exceptional service and creating meaningful experiences for our clients, customers, and employees. 

You will play a key role in driving service excellence, delivering projects on time and within budget, and ensuring compliance with health, safety, and sustainability requirements. This position requires strong leadership, stakeholder management, and the ability to deliver both operational and strategic results.

As a Senior Project Manager you'll: 

• Lead and oversee all programmes, projects, and project teams across the UK portfolio.

• Manage service delivery, ensuring projects are cost-effective and meet client and Sodexo requirements.

• Develop and implement operational processes, service offers, and best practices to drive standardisation and innovation.

• Ensure compliance with statutory, health, safety, and sustainability standards.

• Control budgets, reporting on OPEX and CAPEX expenditure.

• Build and maintain strong client relationships, managing expectations and ensuring customer satisfaction.

• Provide performance reporting and benchmarking, using data to identify opportunities for improvement.

• Share best practice across sites and develop strategies for continuous service improvement.

• Oversee labour management for projects, ensuring effective resource allocation.

What we're looking for:

• Proven experience in an outsourced, integrated facilities project management environment.

• Strong track record of managing large-scale projects and teams in a fast-paced environment.

• Excellent client relationship and stakeholder management skills.

• Strong financial and commercial acumen, with experience managing P&L and budgets.

• Knowledge of project management systems such as CAD and Microsoft Project.

• Familiarity with legal requirements, building and safety codes, and health and safety compliance.

• Ability to multi-task, prioritise, and manage multiple projects effectively.

• Exceptional communication, influencing, and leadership skills.

• Full UK Driving License 

Why Sodexo?:

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater. 

Belong in a company and team that values you for you. 

Act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions.

Thrive in your own way. 

We also offer a range of perks, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering wellbeing support 
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or life's larger problems, including legal and financial advice, support with work or personal issues impacting your wellbeing
• Access to a 24hr virtual GP Service
• Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 across popular high street retailers (also open to friends and family)
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Pension Plan
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools
• Bike to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit
• Sodexo UK and Irelands enhanced benefits and leave policies

A little more about Sodexo:

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, SoTogether, Generations and Origins.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.

Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.

Ready to be part of something greater? 

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Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications