Project Manager

Project Manager: Luxury Villa and Grounds Refurbishment Self-employed, full-time on site, live-in preferred.
Immediate start.
Initial 6 months, project expected to run 9 to 12 months.
A hands-on project manager is required to run the refurbishment of a c.
1,200 m2 architect-designed villa and its 12,000 m2 grounds in Almancil, Loulé.
The house is structurally sound and no structural works are planned, but it has stood empty for about three years: every installation needs to be surveyed, recommissioned or replaced, the interiors are being refitted to a high-end standard, and the grounds are being extensively relandscaped.
An interior designer and a landscape designer are being appointed.
You will be based on site every day, working with the project representative and the two designers.
Programme Grounds strip-out and irrigation recommissioning are starting immediately.
Planting runs through the winter and spring.
The house must be ready for initial use by 30 March ** (MEP, hot water, pool, kitchen, principal bedrooms and living areas, security, lift), with the design-led refit of finishes and the detailed planting completing afterwards.
The first surveys and the strip-out are being commissioned before you start;
you take them over on day one.
Scope of works House:
survey, recommissioning and where necessary replacement of all MEP (electrical and lighting;
two VRF HVAC systems from ;
underfloor heating/cooling;
solar thermal and electric hot water;
gas;
plumbing and drainage);
pool, jacuzzi and plantroom;
sauna and steam room;
gym;
cinema;
panoramic lift (certified maintenance company and inspection);
home automation, security, CCTV and electric gates;
central vacuum;
glazing and solar-shading assessment;
kitchen and bathrooms;
finishes throughout;
furniture and equipmentprocurement from standard ranges (no bespoke joinery), deliveries and installation.
Grounds:
delivery of an extensive landscaping scheme across the plot (clearance of dead vegetation, hard and soft landscaping, planting, lawns, lighting, lake and water features, irrigation network fed from two licensed boreholes, pumps and controls, orchard and olive trees, tennis court and practice-golf areas as decided);
external works and perimeter.
First 3 weeks
Take over keys and site access.
Complete the condition survey and equipment register (make, model, serial, condition, recommendation) for every system, the pool plant and the irrigation.
Confirm the HVAC repair-or-replace decision and place the long-lead orders.
Retrieve as-built and specialty drawings from the Câmara file and the original design team.
Recommission the pool and the lift.
Package and price the works for the 30 March milestone.
Responsibilities
Source subcontractors and suppliers for each package; obtain normally three quotations and present a written comparison with a recommendation for approval
Programme the works to the 30 March milestone and to completion; supervise installers, the finishes contractor and the landscaping contractor daily; control quality; snag and close out
Keep the budget tracker, programme and photo log up to date in the project shared drive from day one; check invoices and variations against quotes and work done before any payment is released
Coordinate with the interior designer and landscape designer on samples, approvals, deliveries and installation
Act as the site contact for the appointed safety coordinator (DL **), insurers and inspectors
Weekly written report in English, plus a short weekly call
No purchasing or hiring authority beyond the agreed petty-cash limit; everything else is subject to prior approval
Requirements
At least 5 years running high-end residential refurbishments or fit‐outs in the Algarve as site manager, project manager, fiscal de obra or owner's representative, with named projects to show for it
Demonstrable MEP coordination: you have personally run HVAC/VRF, underfloor, hot water, pool plant, lift or home-automation packages and can read MEP drawings and specifications
Fluent Portuguese and working English (reports and calls are in English)
Own car and driving licence; registered (or willing to register) as self-employed in Portugal with your own VAT, social security and insurance in order
Available to start within two to three weeks
Valued, not required: experience managing landscaping and irrigation contractors
engineering degree or Ordem dos Engenheiros registration
TSST/TST safety qualification
Quinta do Lago, Vale doLobo or Vilamoura project experience
KNX or similar domoticsexperience
Terms
Engagement: services contract (prestação de serviços) with you personally or with your own company.
Initial term 6 months from the start date, extendable by agreement to proj