The role of Project Manager is vital to the success of this leading multi-discipline specialist contractor providing Building Services, Construction, Facilities Management, and Energy Solutions.
Daily responsible for management and administration of works, ensuring a satisfied client, professional growth, overseeing performance management within the team, procurement, scheduling, and delivery - ultimately completing contracts on programme deadline and in line with the company's high-quality standards. Alongside strong technical ability and knowledge, clear communication is fundamental to the role, within own team but also interdepartmental on different levels, with key supply chain partners and with clients/contractors.
The Role:
Programme: Developing programmes, using the correct sequence of works in line with the build items, understanding the need, keeping them up to date, developing commissioning programmes.
Construction Information: Engaging with design teams to ensure construction information is ready before works commence on site. Construction and co-ordination of working drawings, quality sign-off sheets as well as current drawing registers and equipment schedules.
Procurement: Developing procurement schedules in line with the programme. Realising the value of each package and meeting / exceeding the B/buy target.
Contract Control: Understanding the type of contract, complying, and using the contract to own benefit while using the contract flow charts. Measuring progress vs programme, issuing early warnings, delay notices and Extension of Time (EOT) on time.
Health & Safety: Challenge any unsafe actions on site and highlighting any subcontractor/specialist issues with the Operations Manager.
Labour Management: Planning of labour, either Company workers or or sub-contract. Forecasting the labour required to carry the job out on time and within budget.
Reporting: Preparing and issuing reports in a timely manner whether it is monthly reports, main contractor reports, programme vs progress or photographic reports.
Commercial Acumen: Preparing timely valuations and maximizing claims while investigating possible value engineering. Demonstrating ownership of project finances including managing sub-contractor's invoices.
Leadership: Demonstrate ownership of the entire project by ensuring the deadlines are met, remembering that delegating tasks and deploy resources may be required.
People Management: Implementing HR policies, carry out performance reviews and identifying training needs. Encouraging communication/ employee engagement and maintaining positive working relationships.
Quality: Embrace and implement the quality system, working closely alongside our Quality Manager to drive quality right through from programming, procurement, Health and Safety, documentation, installations, and commissioning to handover documentation.
Innovation: Identify opportunities and threats to current and proposed systems while seeking solutions to the problems, recognising the need for change and embrace new technologies and business developments.
Business Development & Branding: Liaison with Comms team to provide updates on projects for external and internal publication, engagement in company events and assistance in building the growing Construction brand as required.
Person Specification:
- Minimum 10 years' experience working as a Project / Contracts Manager on projects £3m +
- Excellent Construction & Technical knowledge
- Minimum HND / NVQ level 4 / Foundation Degree
- Programme management.
- Practical experience of contract delivery
- Excellent Communication, Negotiation and influencing Skills
- Passionate with drive and enthusiasm together with excellent commercial acumen
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent planning and organizing skills
- Ability to work extended hours / weekends, and travel as required
- Good Computer Literacy including Microsoft Office and Microsoft Project
- Hold CSR / CSCS Card, relevant Site Management Card and First Aid
- Full understanding of current Health & Safety legislation and regulation
- Relevant Construction Qualification
Desirable Criteria
- Temporary Works Coordinator
- Valid Safe Pass / CSR Card
- IPAF 3A/3B
- PASMA Combined
- MCIOB
- Seniority Level
Mid-Senior level
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Industry
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Engineering Services
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Employment Type
Full-time
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Job Functions
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Project Management
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Skills
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Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP)
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Microsoft Project
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Mechanical Engineering
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Microsoft Excel
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Microsoft Office
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Project Management
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Project Planning
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Project Teams
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M&E
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Project Im