BMS Project Manager

Equans UK & Ireland; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5% bonus

Life cover

2 paid volunteering days a year

Cycle to work scheme

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

A leading energy services provider in Newcastle upon Tyne is looking for an experienced Project Manager to oversee critical upgrades to Building Management Systems (BMS). The role involves managing multi-stakeholder projects ranging from £200k to £3m and requires strong project management qualifications and experience with public sector clients. This is a full-time position offering benefits including a 5% bonus, life cover, and volunteering days.

Qualifications

• Experience managing projects for public sector clients.
• Proven ability to manage contract variations and budgets.
• Experience deploying standardized project management processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and guidance to project engineering teams.
• Manage stakeholder engagement and project outcomes.
• Supervise project delivery against schedules and budgets.

Skills

Project management experience

Contract variations management

Budget/scope management

Stakeholder engagement

Change management

Education

APMP / APM(PMQ) / Prince2 or equivalent

NVQ Level 5, HNC / HND in a construction or engineering discipline

Job description

Overview

Equans is looking for a Project Manager to join our Equans Digital Business on a permanent, full-time basis to deliver critical system upgrades / improvements to the Building Management System (BMS) Infrastructure for our clients in the UK. The role also aims to prime sites to become ‘Smart enabled’, enabling further value across sites via IoT solutions, delivering social, economic and environmental benefits to portfolios and to the people operating and living within them.

In relation to scale, individual projects will range from £200k to £3m worth of works with multiple projects ‘live’ at any point in time.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, direction, guidance, constructive challenge and coaching to Project Engineering and supporting project team roles in relation to project approach, activities, risks, issues and general management to ensure each task is delivered on time and on budget as a minimum.
• Manage multi-stakeholder engagement to deliver the agreed project outcome, while adhering to our customer and end user policy and procedures.
• Act as key client and end user point of escalation, being the senior person responsible for project delivery.
• Supervise delivery of benefits against the business case and ensure appropriate approvals and assurance plans are in place.
• Hold team members accountable to key dates, quality and safety standards.
• Identify and set appropriate project controls, tracking and reporting delivery against milestones and budgets.
• Schedule and run project resources and manage project partners, connecting with them at all levels.
• Identify and supervise project risks and issues and ensure effective change management processes exist.
• Develop and maintain clear communication channels with key stakeholders across all levels.
• Maintain awareness of data lifecycle including data ethics and applicable legislation/standards (e.g., GDPR, BS, ISO).
• Apply industry best practice for project management and demonstrate experience with public sector / central government clients; manage contract variations and budget/scope changes; deployment of standardised processes.
• Demonstrate project management qualifications (APMP / APM(PMQ) / Prince2 or equivalent) and recognised construction qualifications (NVQ Level 5, HNC / HND or higher in a construction, infrastructure or engineering related discipline).

Qualifications

• Project management experience for public sector / central government clients.
• Contract variations and budget/scope management.
• Deployment of standardised processes.
• Project Management qualification such as APMP / APM(PMQ) / Prince2 or equivalent.
• Recognised construction qualification (NVQ Level 5, HNC / HND or higher in a Construction, Infrastructure or engineering related discipline).

Our Benefits

• 5% bonus
• Life cover
• 2 paid volunteering days a year
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance programme

Who are we?

EQUANS is a world leader in energy services with nearly 100,000 employees in over 50 countries and an annual turnover of more than €17 billion. In the UK & Ireland, EQUANS provides technical, FM, regeneration and energy services with capabilities in smart buildings, green mobility, district & embedded energy and decentralised renewables. Our 13,500 UK & Ireland employees help organisations embrace the energy transition towards net zero and the digital/industrial transitions shaping how we move, work and live. EQUANS is a Bouygues group company.

What’s next?

If this role is of interest, please click below to register, apply, and track your progress. A member of our Resourcing Team will review your application and be in touch. We encourage applications from women, ethnically diverse individuals and people with disabilities, along with all candidates who identify with protected characteristic groups under the Equality Act 2010. We will consider applications that do not meet all technical requirements if candidates can demonstrate transferable skills for delivering the remit in a flexible working environment.

At Equans we’re committed to a culture where everyone’s voice is heard and supported. Diversity and inclusion are core to what we do, and joining Equans provides a welcoming workplace with access to employee networks such as AccessAbility, Encompass, RISE, Veterans & Reservists, WOMEN TOGETHER, Working Parents and Young Professionals.