Freelance Project Manager – Structural Steel

📍 Location: Lockerbie
🗓 Contract: Freelance / Project-Based

Boyd Recruitment are currently seeking an experienced Freelance Project Manager with a strong construction background to lead the successful delivery of a structural steel project based in Lockerbie.

This is a hands-on opportunity suited to a Project Manager who understands the full lifecycle of steelwork projects — from early-stage design coordination and procurement through fabrication, site erection, and final handover.

During the initial 8–10 weeks, this will be working full-time, five-day-per-week on-site role in Lockerbie.

The Role

• Full responsibility for the planning, coordination, and successful delivery of the project

• Management and control of all project documentation and reporting

• Overseeing programme schedules, budgets, and quality standards

• Coordinating effectively with clients, consultants, subcontractors, and site teams

• Managing structural steelwork packages, including fabrication and on-site erection

• Monitoring health & safety compliance and site progress

• Producing commercial and progress reports

• Driving the project through to practical completion, on time and within budget

The Ideal Candidate

• Proven track record working as a Project Manager within construction projects

• Strong knowledge of structural steel fabrication and erection processes

• Excellent organisational, leadership, and communication skills

• Confident managing subcontractors, stakeholders, and site personnel

• SMSTS qualified

• Self-motivated, proactive, and capable of working autonomously with full project ownership

What’s on Offer

• Freelance, project-based contract

• Competitive day rate (dependent on experience)

• Opportunity to deliver a clearly defined £3.5m structural steel project

• Immediate or near-term start available, with flexibility for the right candidate