Location: Barrow (1 day onsite bi-weekly and 1 friday onsite per month, may change to 2 days onsite bi-weekly in the future)
Duration: 6 Months Initially (possible extension or temp to perm)
Rate: £31.36 per hour
Notes: Working on UK eyes only project, must be eligable for SC (already having SC would be preferable)
Overview:
Day to day - being a CAM controller. Managing aspects of cost, risk and schedule on accounts. CAM reviews on labour profles. Analyse the costs and variances. Schedule - P6 would be advantageous but not essential.
Raise new risks.
Review risks we already have. (Risk can be taught in house)
Help prepare data and analysis for reviews.
Someone with experience in finance.
Change management experience. SAP/P6 experience is beneficial but not essential
Key Deliverables:
- Able to perform intermediate project reporting & scheduling.
- Able to undertake intermediate problem solving typically based on previous experience.
- Have a good knowledge of Business processes and procedures.
- Administration and general office skills including spreadsheets/ Microsoft packages.
- Attend on the job training as appropriate.
- Able to lead a small non-complex project or a work package of a larger project.
- Able to manage the full project lifecycle to ensure that, over time, the needs of customers/users continue to be met and that financial and other benefits are achieved.
- Identify, assesses and manages risks to the success of the project. Applies appropriate PM methods and tools whether predictive (plan-driven) approaches or adaptive (iterative/agile) approaches. Agrees project approach with stakeholders, and prepares realistic plans (including quality, risk and communications plans) and tracks activities against the project schedule, managing stakeholder involvement as appropriate.
- Consolidate expertise from multiple sources, including third party experts, to provide coherent advice to further organisational objectives. Supports and promotes the development and sharing of specialist knowledge within the organisation.
- In some business, this will be a transition role for a PM Apprentice or Graduate coming off their development scheme
Knowledge:
Looking for someone with experience in Finance. Must have the confidence to deal with high level stakeholders. Awareness of project controls would be good. An understanding on earned value management. A knowledge of what a project controller does.
Key skills:
- Microsoft Excel is essential. Powerpoint, P6 and SAP as desirable.
- Problem solving most likely to apply in an existing Business environment.
- Good understanding of the structure, organisation, processes and culture of Line of Business, so as to be able to support implementation of appropriate PM approaches.
- Applies problem solving techniques to routine situations or situations of moderate complexity under limited supervision, in the field of PM, taking requirements and data from internal (project) sources and external (customer, competitor and academic) areas.
- An ability to gather information. Supports development of solutions and of implementation approaches.
- Ability to capture, adopt and share good practice.
- A good understanding of how team integrates with others teams & projects in order to achieve objectives.
- Work is typically within standardised processes and practices, accuracy of tasks is impactful.
- Direct impact on the performance of the team.
- Takes responsibility for own performance and development, including any team members.
