Client Project Manager

7 hours ago

Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa West Coast Personnel Full-time

Key Responsibilities

Client Management & Business Development

  • Build and maintain strong relationships with existing clients.
  • Identify opportunities for repeat business and additional project work.
  • Convert inbound enquiries and leads into ongoing client accounts.
  • Conduct outbound engagement, networking and follow-ups to generate new business.
  • Track client revenue and account performance.

Quoting & Estimating

  • Coordinate engineers and subcontractors for site inspections and job scoping.
  • Prepare clear, detailed and itemised quotations.
  • Liaise with suppliers and subcontractors regarding pricing and availability.
  • Follow up outstanding quotations and drive quote conversion.
  • Ensure quotations are commercially viable and competitively priced.

Project Coordination & Delivery

  • Schedule projects and jobs according to trade requirements, location and availability.
  • Issue accurate and detailed work instructions to engineers and subcontractors.
  • Coordinate materials, site access and client requirements.
  • Monitor work in progress and ensure deadlines and quality standards are achieved.
  • Manage multiple active projects simultaneously.

Client Reporting & Quality Control

  • Act as the main point of contact throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Provide clients with regular project updates.
  • Review completion photographs, feedback and job documentation.
  • Resolve problems proactively and escape where required.
  • Ensure work is completed to the required standard.

Invoicing & Commercial Management

  • Ensure completed jobs are invoiced promptly.
  • Follow up outstanding payments and resolve billing queries.
  • Monitor project profitability and payment cycles.
  • Work towards agreed revenue, project, quotation and collection targets.

Minimum Requirements

  • Previous experience within construction, refurbishment, building maintenance or property maintenance.
  • Experience in a role such as Project Manager, Construction Project Manager, Estimator, Quantity Surveyor, Contracts Coordinator or similar.
  • Strong understanding of construction and building-service workflows.
  • Experience preparing quotations and managing project costs.
  • Commercially minded with the ability to identify and develop additional business.
  • Strong client-management and customer-service skills.
  • Excellent written and verbal English communication.
  • Able to communicate confidently with UK-based clients, contractors, suppliers and internal teams.
  • Strong organisational and multitasking ability.
  • Experience managing multiple projects, quotations and schedules simultaneously.
  • Comfortable working with CRM, job-management and scheduling systems.
  • Good Microsoft 365 skills.
  • Able to perform effectively in a fast-paced, target-driven environment.
  • Proactive, accountable and comfortable taking ownership of projects from start to finish.
  • Reliable high-speed internet and a suitable professional home office.
  • Two-screen workstation required.
  • Must be available to work UK hours, Monday to Friday.

This position will suit an experienced construction or property-maintenance professional who combines strong project-management ability with commercial awareness and excellent client-management skills.