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Project Manager - Construction & Facilities

  • Location: Hampshire
  • Salary: Up to £58.06 per hour per hour
  • Job Type:Contract

Posted 8 days ago

  • Sector: Defence & Aerospace, Engineering
  • Contact: Lauren Morley
  • Contact Email: l.morley@jamrecruitment.co.uk
  • Duration: 12 Months
  • Start Date: ASAP
  • Client: BAE Systems
  • Expiry Date: 11 December 2024
  • Job Ref: BBBH83608_1730298432

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.