Archaeological Project Manager

Archaeological Project Manager | Based out of one of our offices in Bakewell, Sheffield, Bedford, Sale, Tyneside, and on site across the UK where required | Full Time | £33,000 - £45,000

Archaeological Research Services Ltd is looking for a highly motivated, Project Manager to join their team!

The post is based out of one of our offices in Bakewell, Sheffield, Hebburn, Sale and Bedford, with potential for some homeworking. Regular visits to the Bakewell office and on-site visits are required.

We are a high-performing company with a professional yet friendly culture with many outstanding performers. We maintain a high commitment to staff development and training and look forward to supporting career development and developing people to be the best they can be. We have positions available for an immediate start.

Serve as Project Manager on various projects, handling costings, WSIs, RAMS, health and safety, project records, and timely reporting. Contribute to the staff planner, prepare invoices, oversee fieldwork, post-excavation, reports, and archives. Supervise projects and personnel, report to your line manager, and manage subcontractor agreements. Perform administrative duties, drive as needed, liaise with clients and stakeholders, participate actively in the Management Team, and contribute to company growth as a high-performing team player.

What will your role look like?

• Allocation and communication of resources, timescales and goals to staff for fieldwork and post-ex. tasks in conjunction with other Projects Managers and Officers.
• Design fieldwork and post-ex programmes and costings in conjunction with Sales team members.
• Mentoring field and post-ex staff in approaches to excavation, recording, post-excavation and reporting.
• Collate productivity metrics for monthly KPI dashboard.
• Conduct annual appraisals for selected staff conjunction other Project Managers.
• Communicate up and down the management tree, take decisions as appropriate, ensure tasks are completed    and alert relevant person of Management Team, to any matters arising as appropriate.
• Delivery of health and safety policy and protocols and Company equipment on site.
• Quality assurance (WSIs, fieldwork reports, illustration etc.)
• Oversight and production of Written Schemes of Investigation and RAMS.
• Ownership and oversight of signing off projects and triggering invoicing on monthly basis for all projects responsible for.
• Input to new project initiatives (e.g. community, commissioned, research).
• Contribute strategy, programme and project design to costings and tenders for selected jobs.
• Contribute to field archaeology document templates (e.g. WSIs, fieldwork reports of various types) together with guidance/crib sheet notes, and co-ordinating and contributing to archaeological methodological and technical development (MTD). Review annually.
• Lead projects and support team leaders, give instructions, motivate and build teams, hold to account and .
• Inculcating, promoting and delivering Vison, Mission and Culture of the Company.
• Actively follow and enforce all Company rules and procedures for yourself as well as other members of staff.
• Oversee and complete contracts for clients and also with suppliers including NEC3/4 contracts.
•  Allocation and communication of resources, timescales and goals to staff for fieldwork and post-ex. tasks in conjunction with Senior Projects Manager and Sales Team.
• Design and set-up projects and post-ex programmes in conjunction with Sales team & Head of Field.
• Input to new project initiatives (e.g. community, commissioned, research and development).
• Take active role in networking on behalf of the company.
• Any other duties that may be reasonably allocated from time to time.
• Undertake occasional out of hours work on behalf of the company such as attending meetings, conferences, giving talks or making essential phone calls or communicating important information to other ARS Ltd staff.

What can you expect in return?

• Initially 20 days holiday per year. On completion of one full years service, leave entitlement is increased by one day, per additional year worked, plus statutory bank holidays (8 days). Leave is pro-rated for part time employees.
• Strong, positive corporate culture and Management Team.
• Commitment to training and career progression.
• Member of the Company’s health cash plan which includes a wide range of health services and financial support.
• Discounts and rewards on health, fitness and entertainment.
• Life assurance cover.

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