Description
Construction Project Manager
Portsmouth - 6 months - £23.15ph Ltd
An opportunity has arisen for Construction Project Manager based at Portsmouth to join Buildings & Infrastructure Services.
The successful candidate will help strengthen the existing construction project management team with responsibility for day-to-day management of small infrastructure projects whilst supporting a senior project manager with infrastructure project elements/sub-projects of larger projects at air bases, naval ports, military installations and infrastructure assets throughout the UK and internationally. As a result, there is a requirement to travel as part of this role and candidates should expect to spend time away from home as projects require.
This is an excellent opportunity for an individual who is looking for a different business focus to develop or expand on their construction project management experience in a very challenging and fast paced expanding business environment.
Key Responsibilities
1. Co-ordinate the customer's Statement of Requirement and the corresponding Buildings & Infrastructure Services Statement of Work.
2. Prepare costed bid-proposals to exceed customer need, with an appropriate viable delivery solution, underpinned by an appropriate MS Project schedule.
3. Develop project management plans, systems and procedures to support project requirements, including WBS/OBS/RAM integrated into cost performance measurement.
4. Establish Risk & Opportunity registers and reviews, ensuring both are linked to financial performance for defined work packages to support effective management and minimisation of risk and exploitation of opportunity.
5. Participate in developing resource plans to ensure that staff of the required capability can be secured to meet project needs.
6. Establish, collate and integrate various project reporting metrics & KPIs for project reporting of Safety, Quality, Finance, Programme performance, risks and opportunity and team/stakeholder performance to facilitate the achievement of project objectives.
7. Co-ordinate and manage activities on projects to ensure delivery to plan, monitor performance against plan and take action to ensure issues and problems are addressed in an effective and timely manner.
8. Address customer issues and concerns to ensure they are not just resolved but that we "go the extra mile".
9. Apply scheduling techniques to ensure projects meet key dates and objectives.
10. Manage assigned relationships with small/medium-sized suppliers and sub-contractors to ensure all contracts are delivered and that issues are addressed and resolved in a timely manner.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
* Honours degree or equivalent in an appropriate construction related subject
OR HNC/equivalent and substantial relevant experience or equivalent
* Project management qualification (APM Member) preferred or achievable within 2 years.
* Appropriate project management training records
* Experience of running elements of a larger project.
* Experience of one major project (in terms of value, numbers of people and organisations involved and technical and business complexity)
* Experience of leading small teams.
* Experience of delivering a small projects
* Experience of delivering to customers and the concepts of Customer Service Excellence.
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