Job Description

Project Manager – Bespoke Interiors & Joinery

Dorset (with UK-wide travel)

Competitive Salary + Benefits

Full-Time | Permanent

Please Read Before Applying

This role is ideally suited to candidates with experience delivering:

• Bespoke joinery projects

• Interior fit-out projects

• High-end commercial interiors

• Specialist construction projects

• Luxury residential interiors

• Furniture or manufacturing-led projects

We are particularly interested in candidates who understand the challenges of managing projects involving multiple stakeholders, bespoke manufacturing, subcontractor management and demanding client expectations.

If your experience is solely within volume housebuilding or general maintenance environments, this role is unlikely to be suitable.

The Opportunity

An established and growing specialist interiors business is seeking a Project Manager to oversee bespoke interior and joinery projects from tender stage through to completion, handover and aftercare.

This is an opportunity to join a business with over 50 years of heritage, delivering exceptional interior environments through a combination of modern manufacturing, technical expertise and traditional craftsmanship.

You will work closely with clients, architects, designers, subcontractors and internal teams to ensure projects are delivered safely, profitably and to the highest standards of quality.

Whether you're already an experienced Project Manager or currently working within construction, fit-out, joinery or commercial project delivery and looking for your next step, we'd like to hear from you.

What You'll Be Doing

• Managing projects from enquiry and tender stage through to final account

• Coordinating programmes, budgets, resources and project delivery activities

• Managing subcontractors and suppliers throughout project lifecycles

• Raising and managing subcontract orders and purchase orders

• Handling client RFIs, design changes and project variations

• Monitoring project costs, risks and commercial performance

• Managing valuations, variations and cost reporting

• Producing project trackers and reporting documentation

• Attending project meetings and site visits across the UK

• Ensuring compliance with health & safety, fire compliance and building regulations

• Managing project handovers, O&M manuals, snagging and aftercare

• Building strong client relationships and acting as a key point of contact throughout project delivery

What We're Looking For

Essential

• Experience within:

  • Construction

  • Interior fit-out

  • Joinery

  • Manufacturing

  • Specialist project delivery environments

• Strong commercial awareness

• Excellent organisational and communication skills

• Experience managing multiple workstreams simultaneously

• Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel

• Ability to build relationships with clients, suppliers and subcontractors

Desirable

• Joinery or interior fit-out project experience

• Practical understanding of joinery installation

• Knowledge of Building Regulations and fire compliance requirements

• Understanding of the Building Safety Act regime

• CSCS Card

• SMSTS qualification

• MCIOB membership or equivalent

About You

We're looking for someone who is:

• Proactive and solutions-focused

• Commercially minded

• Confident dealing with clients and contractors

• Organised and detail-oriented

• Comfortable working under pressure

• Eager to learn and develop

• Looking to build a long-term career within a successful and growing business

Why Join Us?

• Work on unique, design-led interior projects

• Join a respected specialist business with over 50 years of success

• Exposure to high-profile commercial and bespoke projects

• Strong career progression opportunities

• Supportive and collaborative working environment

• Opportunity to work alongside talented craftspeople, designers and project professionals

If you're an ambitious Project Manager looking to develop your career within bespoke interiors, joinery and specialist construction, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today for a confidential discussion.