Demolition Project Manager

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)

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