Project Manager Construction & Facilities
Broad Oak Portsmouth Based
£58.06 an hour Umbrella OR £50.40 an hour PAYE Inside IR35
12 Month Contract initially.
This is a great opportunity to work within one of the UK's leading Defence organisations based In Broad Oak, Portsmouth.
Typical duties include (but are not limited to):
- Lead the planning and implementation of small to medium scale projects
- Facilitate the definition of project scope, objectives and deliverables ensuring technical feasibility
- Monitoring and reporting of project performance for schedule, technical, financial and quality objectives
- Establish and maintain effective working business relationships with project sponsors, stakeholders and team member
- Function as a liaison between stakeholders and team members working through challenges and issues as they arise
- Assist the customer in defining project requirements, lead negotiations and coordinate client and supplier teams and set the overall project strategy and objectives
- Assemble an effective project team and provide direction and support to the team to ensure successful delivery
- Identify, track and mitigate project risk and realise opportunities to enhance project performance
- Clearly communicate expectations, milestones, risks, status and changes in scope to team members, stakeholders and project sponsors
- Management of customer relationships and expectations, ensuring regular communication and delivery of project status reports
- Manage assigned relationships with major suppliers and sub-contractors to ensure all contracts are delivered and that issues are effectively addressed
- Ensure the project team possesses the required resources and capabilities to effectively deliver the project in line with all requirements
- Lead, develop and motivate assigned staff to ensure they are aware of and capable of meeting their accountabilities
- Complete post-project evaluations and learning from experience to determine how well a project was delivered, were benefits realised and if adjustments to processes are needed
- Support business winning and have the ability identify new opportunities and create compelling proposals and business cases
- Responsible for compliance with current legislative requirements, statutory regulations and guidance and codes of practice; adherenece to corporate governance, business procedures and process, and management of health & safety to the appropriate standards
- Responsiblity for compliance with the Construction (Design & Management) Regulations including CDM appointments & pre-construction information
Knowledge:
- Demonstrable track record of successful project management of a varied project workload
- Experience in the facilities, building services or construction related industries
- Knowledge and practical application of project management tools and techniques
- Ability to manage budgets and interpret financial information
- Knowledge and experience of commercial contracts and procurement
- Ability to apply good project governance and understanding of Lifecycle Management (LCM)
- People management experience, particularly managing a team for effective project delivery
- Excellent stakeholder management skills including influencing and negotiation
- Understand the principles of service excellence
Skills:
- Ability to use appropriate IT systems and packages to enhance quality of work
- Strong time management and ability to manage projects to a time and budget
- Ability to form and maintain excellent working relationships with colleagues at all levels
- The ability to analyse and act upon management information
- Able to negotiate at all levels which includes all external suppliers/contractors to achieve desired outcomes
- A creative and innovative thinker
- Ability to perform and deliver under pressure with deadlines and/or circumstances
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Positive team player
Qualifications:
- Educated to degree level or equivalent with relevant experience of project delivery in an engineering or construction related industry
- At least 3 years' experience in a project management role
- It would be advantageous to possess, or be working towards a formal project management qualification (APM, PRINCE2 or similar)
- SHE qualification desirable e.g. IOSH Managing Safely, NEBOSH Construction Certificate or equivalent
- Pragmatic approach to problem solving and value engineering
- Experience of working with relvant health & safety legislation and the CDM Regulations
- Excellent communication and organisational skills
- Good organisation and communication skills
- Proficient in Word, Excel and PowerPoint, with a knowledge of Microsoft Project
For more information please contact Lauren Morley at JAM Recruitment or click apply.
