Client Project Manager

SUMMARY:
Remote, South Africa
R26,000 to R34,000 per month
UK Hours

A growing UK-based construction, refurbishment and property-maintenance business is looking for an experienced Client Project Manager to join its South African remote team. This is a fast-paced, commercially focused role requiring someone who understands the full lifecycle of construction and maintenance projects — from client engagement and quoting through to scheduling, project delivery, invoicing and payment collection.

The successful candidate will work remotely from South Africa during UK business hours, Monday to Friday, and must have a professional home-working environment with fast, reliable internet and a workstation with two screens.

POSITION INFO:
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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 escalate where required.
• Ensure work is completed to the required standard.

• 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.

• 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.