Construction Senior Project Manager

Kabannas is a dynamic and rapidly expanding hybrid hotel group with a mission to redefine urban hospitality. Targeting over €100m in acquisitions of assets across Europe, we currently operate 4 locations and plan to grow to 15 across the UK and major European cities over the next 4 years. We specialise in acquiring, developing, and operating flexible hotel concepts in vibrant urban settings, including refurbishments of existing hotels and adaptive reuse of office buildings into stylish, multifunctional hybrid hotels.

As Senior Project Manager, you will support the successful delivery of our hotel developments from post-acquisition through to the start of the contractor tender process. Working closely with the Acquisition and Construction Directors, you will manage project timelines, oversee pre-construction processes across RIBA Stages 1-4/5, and support the coordination of design teams. You'll also play a supporting role during acquisition phases, assisting the Head of Acquisitions with technical due diligence. This role is ideal for someone with project management or development management experience in hospitality, student, or mixed-use development projects who thrives in a fast-paced, design-led environment.

Role Overview

We are excited to offer an opportunity to join our development team and be involved in a wide range of refurbishment and new build projects across the development lifecycle. This role provides hands-on experience in innovative hybrid hotel developments across Europe and the UK.

Suitable candidates will have strong project management experience, as the role involves managing budgets, coordinating teams, and ensuring projects meet contractual and regulatory requirements.

Due to the growth and activity in our current pipeline, we require a Senior Project Manager to work within a small management team, collaborating with design, commercial, and construction teams to ensure successful, on-time, and within-budget project delivery.

This role also involves regular reporting to the executive team and significant interaction with project stakeholders and partners.

The Role Involves:

• Overseeing developments from a project management perspective at various stages of the development lifecycle, from early concept, acquisition, planning, design, procurement, to delivery and handover.
• Collaborating with company teams to develop and manage project plans, schedules, specifications, and budgets.
• Implementing rigorous control of cost, quality, change management, and programme by using project tools, employer & construction standards, and documentation to prevent overruns.
• Preparing project progress reports, consolidating contractor and consultant reports, and distributing these to the team at all development stages.
• Proactively managing projects during development, identifying key risks, and managing budgets or funding.
• Working with internal teams and partners to select project advisers and consultants.
• Supporting initial technical site feasibility studies, identifying development opportunities and constraints in collaboration with other departments.
• Managing planning consents, discharging planning conditions, and working with design teams to ensure projects are fully prepared for construction by collaborating with external planning consultants and authorities.
• Identifying and mitigating bottlenecks in design and construction processes, and proposing strategies to address them.
• Working with internal teams to transition completed developments to operational management.
• Supporting procurement strategies for the company.