Project Manager - Lifts (North)

Project Manager – Lifts (North)

Play a key role in delivering safe, reliable, and modern lift systems that directly improve the independence and wellbeing of our residents. As our Project Manager – Lifts, you’ll lead essential maintenance and installation programmes from planning to completion, ensuring high‑quality delivery, strong contractor performance, and full compliance with safety and regulatory standards.

About the Role

As our Project Manager – Lifts, you’ll manage a range of lift installation, refurbishment, and maintenance projects across our homes. You’ll coordinate contractors, internal teams, and suppliers to ensure programmes are delivered on time, within budget, and to the required standards. Your work will include overseeing lift installations, carrying out site inspections, ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements, and maintaining accurate project and asset data.

You’ll also provide expert advice on lift systems and safety, engage positively with residents, and use data insights to strengthen how we plan and deliver safety‑critical works. Your work will directly contribute to safer, more accessible homes and a better resident experience.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Planning, coordinating, and delivering lift installation and maintenance programmes.
• Managing budgets, forecasts, valuations, and contractor payments.
• Ensuring specifications comply with legislation, guidance, and professional standards.
• Conducting site visits, condition surveys, progress inspections, and H&S compliance checks.
• Completing audits of certifications and handover documentation.
• Managing contractor performance, KPIs, and contract administration.
• Maintaining accurate project records, H&S documentation, and asset data.
• Providing expert advice on lift systems, safety, and compliance.
• Engaging residents and using feedback to improve project delivery.
• Supporting other teams and contributing to continuous improvement across the service.

What You’ll Bring

Skills & Experience

• Strong understanding of lift systems and compliance requirements.
• Experience delivering construction or mechanical services projects in residential or similar environments.
• Contractor management experience, including JCT/NEC contract administration.
• Strong financial management skills, including forecasting and cost control.
• Ability to carry out site inspections, condition reports, and compliance checks.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Ability to identify risks, solve problems, and make informed decisions.
• Digital confidence, including use of asset management systems and data insights.
• Commitment to resident safety, quality, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• HNC in Construction or equivalent experience.
• Professional accreditation (e.g., MCIOB, MRICS) or working towards is welcomed.
• Relevant technical lift qualifications (e.g., LOLER/PUWER‑related training) are desirable.
• Commitment to ongoing CPD.
• Ability to travel across the region using any suitable mode of transport.

Anchor – a great place to work

Anchor is England’s largest not-for-profit providers of care and housing for older people. Our heartfelt ambition is to transform housing and care so everyone can have a home where they love living in later life.

We’re not-for-profit which means every penny we make or save is invested in the people who live with us, the places they live and the people who work here. That means a better standard of care and customer service, better wages, more investment in training and development and improved facilities.

Our values

Every one of us can make a difference to our residents and play a part in shaping homes and services around their needs.

Our Anchor values of being Accountable, Respectful, Courageous and Honest apply to us all, whether you manage colleagues as part of your role or not.

Displaying our values can influence those around us to do the same. We can all be leaders at Anchor and should all be driven by the same customer ethos.  Our Anchor Leadership Framework helps align these values with the skills and behaviours we demonstrate.

A rewarding environment

From health and happiness to finance and your career, we’ll give you all the support you need.

Health & happiness

• Gym, fitness and wellbeing discounts
• Mental health support
• Flexible working options
• Access to online GP appointments

Finance

• Pension plan – contribute between 4% and 8% and we’ll match it or better
• Quick and easy pension transfer service
• Savings and financial advice, loans, free life assurance
• Discounts on shopping, holidays, phones, technology and more
• Free Blue Light Card

Career

• Ongoing personal and professional development programme
• Leadership Pathways online learning resources
• Career progression and promotion opportunities

To see our full range of benefits, check out our dedicated being well website Please follow the link or copy and paste https://anchorbeingwell.co.uk/ into your browser 

Celebrating diversity, celebrating you

Anchor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We aim to celebrate diversity and inclusion in all that we do, as we know that the more diverse our colleagues are, the better care and support we can give to our residents and each other.  

We are proud to have an LGBT+ group for our residents, and also Disability, LGBT+ and race and ethnicity colleague networks. These work to celebrate diversity, address concerns, review policy and practice and empower their members.  We also have an Inclusive Ambassador network to allow all colleagues to be part of promoting diversity and to be an ally to others.

We are a Gold Standard Inclusive Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Menopause Friendly and a signatory to the Care Leaver Covenant, HouseProud Pledge and Age Friendly Employer Pledge schemes.