Position: Construction Project Manager

Salary: Up to €85,000 - plus car, bonus + benefits 

Location: Italy, flexible hybrid available 

This is an exciting opportunity for a Construction Project Manager to join an established, market-leading and award-winning self-storage company. As a platinum accredited investor in people, this is a place where colleagues love to work. They strive to ensure that every colleague feels like a valued member of the friendly and supportive team.

The role involves managing and delivering all new store developments, extensions, and major refurbishment projects. Responsibilities include appointing, managing, and coordinating consultancy teams and contractors for planning, design, and construction, while ensuring compliance with legislation and Health & Safety requirements on all projects. The position requires providing regular updates to the Head of Construction.

About you

• Must hold a clean and valid driving licence, with the ability to travel extensively across Italy,
• including overnight stays as required.
• Minimum of 5 years’ proven experience in managing and delivering multi-million euro
• construction projects, ideally within the retail, commercial, or industrial sectors.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, manage, and coordinate external consultancy teams and
• contractors across multiple concurrent projects, ensuring delivery to time, budget, and quality
• standards.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at
• all levels and foster strong working relationships across departments.
• Highly collaborative, with a track record of working effectively with cross-functional teams and
• external partners.
• Strong focus on detail and quality, with a pragmatic and professional approach to problem
• solving and decision-making.
• Skilled in contract negotiation, project planning, and resource management, with the ability to
• optimise timelines and budgets.
• Capable of managing conflict constructively and mediating resolutions to maintain project
• momentum and team cohesion.
• Sound understanding of Fire Safety and Health & Safety regulations, with experience in
• ensuring compliance across construction sites.
• Familiarity with construction contracts and legal frameworks, including terms and conditions
• relevant to the Italian market.
• Languages: Fluent Italian (spoken and written) and English essential

About the role 

• Lead the timely and cost-effective delivery of all construction projects, including new store
• developments, extensions, and major refurbishments, in line with business objectives.
• Continuously improve construction and fit-out cost ratios per square metre, while enhancing
• the quality and consistency of the property portfolio
• Ensure all projects are competitively tendered, securing a minimum of three quotations to
• guarantee best value.
• Integrate retail and customer-focused requirements into all construction plans, with particular
• attention to self-storage and ancillary income opportunities.
• Collaborate with the Property Director and Head of Construction to define the annual
• construction plan, establish key performance indicators (KPIs), and agree on delivery timelines
• aligned with strategic goals.
• Conduct feasibility studies and provide detailed construction assessments to support
• investment decisions and strategic planning.
• Maintain competitive tendering practices and ensure high standards of build quality.
• Ensure full legal and regulatory compliance across all construction activities, including fire
• safety, asbestos, disability access, and environmental legislation.
• Liaise with legal advisors to review and advise on health & safety requirements and contractual terms in construction agreements.

To find out more about this role please contact Oli Coote on +44 (0) 203 757 5000

o.coote@capstone-recruitment.com