Sara Arrowsmith

Project Manager with extensive experience across commercial fit-out, construction and relocatable building projects. Skilled in coordinating projects from planning through delivery and handover, managing budgets and resources, liaising with clients and site teams, and maintaining project documentation and compliance. Brings a broad commercial background spanning project coordination, estimating, sales, aftersales and asset management, supported by earlier experience in quality control and technical testing.

Project Manager - Accolade Workspace - Stafford

(2023-04)

• Manage sustainable commercial fit-out and construction projects from initial planning through delivery, handover and completion.
• Coordinate project schedules, procurement, internal labour, subcontractors, plant hire and site operations.
• Prepare construction phase plans and RAMS, and manage drawing issue and project document control.
• Act as a key point of contact for clients, site teams and the finance team, maintaining clear communication throughout delivery.
• Monitor project budgets, process invoices for approval and complete site-work valuations.
• Manage project changes and variations, supporting effective control of scope and costs.
• Support compliance with planning requirements, building regulations and permits to work.
• Oversee tool expenditure, warehouse stock, fleet administration, staff timesheets, training and PPE allocation.

Project Coordinator - Spaciotempo UK - Uttoxeter

(2005-09 - 2023-04)

• Progressed through a range of roles within a temporary and relocatable buildings business supplying modular offices, event structures, sports buildings and temporary warehousing.
• Built end-to-end knowledge of the project and customer lifecycle, from sales and estimating through delivery, handover, aftersales and asset management.
• Sales Executive: supported revenue generation, market positioning and client acquisition.
• Estimator: assessed project costs, commercial viability and technical requirements.
• Aftersales & Asset Management: supported customer satisfaction, asset lifecycle value and fleet optimisation.
• Project Coordinator: coordinated project execution, logistics and live-site activity.

Quality Controller - Marling Industries Ltd - Uttoxeter, Staffordshire

(1996-02 - 2005-09)

• Inspected wire, cable and insulation products in a manufacturing environment to check quality, safety and conformance with required specifications.
• Carried out in-process and dimensional inspections, including concentricity checks.
• Performed electrical, mechanical and material testing, maintaining relevant quality and compliance records.
• Supported alignment with applicable regulatory and industry requirements.

A Level - Art - Newcastle College (1989-09 - 1990-05)

GCSEs - Blythe Bridge High School (1984-09 - 1989-05)