Design Services (NW) Ltd Looking for Project Manager Civil Portfolio at Preston, Lancashire Full Time

Senior Project Manager / Project Manager Civil Nuclear portfolio

Salary Range (depending on experience and qualifications) £45,000 to £60,000

Security Cleared – Preferential

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Medicash

Pension

Staff car park available

Job Description

Working with the Senior Project managers to ensure safe delivery of all projects, products or integrated services to time, cost and quality while remaining mindful of any emerging risks.

Work closely with the Project Controls team to ensure accurate programme information for the client.

Responsible for effective client and contract management across all assigned projects.

To ensure effective, positive communications and relationships are maintained between clients, stakeholders and suppliers

Support and develop project engineers working in the delivery of the portfolios.

 Contribute to the successful delivery of the Business Plan and Nuclear Safety

Specific Areas of Responsibility

Project Delivery and Client Requirements

Effectively manage client requirements and expectations. Interpret and anticipate their needs against contract in order to successfully deliver project outcomes.

Effectively manage major sub-contract suppliers to the project.

Provide project management service to assigned projects to facilitate the successful delivery of the works whilst ensuring control of emerging risk and opportunity.

Through own daily activities and project meetings with the team, provide formal instruction, surveillance and actions to ensure project contract performance, typically through:

Assignment and maintenance of project scope, budgets, quality and timescale.

Management of:

• Project resource; performance, competence and duration.
• Safety, Health and Environmental and Security Data.
• Quality Performance, NCR status and dissemination of LFE.
• Change control and actively challenge project variance.
• Program, risk and opportunities; escalate developing issues accordingly.
• Implement corrective action plans.
• Work closely with the Project Controls team to ensure accurate programme information is available for clients
• Maintain accurate and timely project status reports and an informed attendance at PSR meetings; prioritise meeting action closure and implementation.

Maintain accurate and timely client project reports and an informed attendance at client meetings and prioritise action closure and implementation in accordance with the contract.

Maintain effective project communications to the clients

Resource and Configuration Management

Work to the Project Management Procedures to provide a robust Project Delivery Life Cycle that will bring together modern Project Management techniques, alignment with APM Book of Knowledge, Industry Best Practice and deliver Customer satisfaction. Challenge company procedures to ensure they are always fit for purpose.

Where appointed, liaise with the Business Development Team (the Customer) to ensure delivery of assigned scope.

Manage project resources effectively.

Technical Competency and Development

Influence others to achieve their potential by coaching and mentoring as appropriate. Promote learning from experience (LFE) within the team;

complete monthly project LFE reports and project close out reports with tangible observations submitted through the Senior Quality Assurance Manager.

Responsible for managing own continuing professional development (CPD) activity in alignment with the competence framework and the Association for Project Management best practice.

Additional Tasks

Carry out, as instructed, any task as deemed reasonable by the in the interest of the company.

Qualifications                                                                                            

Degree Qualified (Engineering or Project Management) Desirable but not essential

Member of the Association for Project Management. Desirable but not essential      

Experience & Knowledge

Project Management experience working in a Nuclear environment (>5 years relevant experience); additional experience in industrial and/or white goods environment is advantageous.

Working knowledge of, Project Planning principles and requirements; commercial contract conditions including NEC ECC contract forms.

Working knowledge of Project Risk Management and its application throughout ‘live’ projects

Experience of leading and managing complex projects; implementing effective communications and performance management