Project Manager Cover Letter Example

Of my last eight fit-out projects, seven finished on or under budget, and the eighth finished two weeks late after a supplier failed. I am applying for the Senior Project Manager post at Ironbridge Interiors, and I want you to have the whole record, not just the good part.

At Brindleford Construction I run commercial fit-outs of £3 million to £12 million, usually four at once, with up to 30 people on site. My weekly one-page risk report for clients cut change requests raised after sign-off by about a third. When a glazing delivery slipped on a £6 million office fit-out, I re-sequenced three trades and held the handover date. Tender work is familiar too: at Brindlemoor Developments I took refurbishments of £1 million to £4 million from tender to handover, and negotiated contractor packages that saved 6% against the estimate on a £3.2 million school refurbishment.

Ironbridge's work in buildings that stay in use is the main reason I am applying. On the Canal Street office I delivered four floors while the tenants kept working, moving noisy trades into evenings and weekends, and the tenant's move was completed in one weekend. At Northfield I ran a £9 million school extension with the school open throughout and finished three weeks early. Your new headquarters scheme will need that discipline and people who can carry it. You ask for someone to direct site leads and trades and to mentor junior project managers: the two assistant project managers I mentor were both promoted within two years, and my monthly lessons-learned session with site leads feeds straight into the next project's plan.

Please test me on a live problem: send me the program for a project you are pricing, and I will bring a one-page risk report to the interview, written the way your client would receive it.