Early Contractor Involvement Lead

Bilfinger; Warrington; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering services provider is seeking an ECI Lead to manage early contractor involvement activities. This role involves working closely with clients and coordinating teams to ensure project success. The ideal candidate has a strong background in project execution and construction, excellent communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple parallel projects. Candidates should be proactive and team-oriented, with strong numerical and presentation abilities, based in the UK.

Qualifications

• Experience of project execution, particularly on site.
• Construction background preferred.
• Strong written and presentation experience along with numerical and Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate ECI activities with client personnel.
• Lead ECI phase work with key clients.
• Monitor expenditure versus budget.

Skills

Excellent people skills

Communication

Ability to build networks

Manage and motivate teams

Job description

Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) Lead in Capital Project Team

Bilfinger UK is a leading engineering and maintenance provider, supporting customers across the chemical & petrochemical, nuclear, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals & biopharma, power & energy, utilities, renewables and food & beverage markets. We enhance the efficiency of assets, ensuring a high level of availability and reducing maintenance costs.

We have extensive experience in offshore and onshore facilities; specialising in asset management services throughout all life cycle phases from consulting, engineering, manufacturing, assembly, operations, maintenance, and decommissioning.

This commitment is delivered by an experienced and highly competent workforce of over 4,500 employees operating from 14 offices in strategic industrial hubs, upholding the highest standards of safety, compliance and quality.

The Role

This is a Pre-Contract Engagement position to meet, talk and present to potential clients about our early contractor involvement (ECI) approach including the benefits and experience, whilst helping develop ECI offers and estimates.

Key Responsibilities

• ECI Lead – manage, coordinate, work with commercial teams
• Lead ECI phase work with key clients – coordinate, control and organise people, activities and information
• Proactively engage with client personnel (e.g. project manager), work with them to deliver our services and provide support to their work
• Manage BUK personnel from within ECI team and wider BUK organisation to provide the agreed ECI services and create professional and value adding deliverables and inputs
• Review deliverables and activities by BUK team to ensure suitable quality, meet the agreed requirements and look appropriate / well‑structured and presented; Highlight value creation by BUK
• Support and manage development of estimates and time schedules
• Monitor expenditure vs budget and control – discussion with internal personnel and client as appropriate to ensure services delivered within budget

Key Skills

• Excellent people skills & communication
• Engage, discuss, listen to others and understand their real needs
• Ability to build networks
• Create and build trust
• Able to draw experience and knowledge out of others
• Manage, coordination and motivate a range of people, including those often more senior and experienced

Approach to Work

• Flexible and agile – able to work on several parallel projects and switch between them
• Focused on creating solutions and dealing with situations where information is limited/vague/changeable
• Able to maintain overview of all activities on project, while also working on some of the detailed areas
• Transparent, honest and able to build trust internally and externally

Experience Required

• Experience of project execution, particularly on site
• Construction background preferred
• Strong written and presentation experience along with Numerical and excel skills

This role may well suit a person with a broad initial experience of projects, with a willingness to engage and be proactive to gain experience in project management and project execution.

If you wish to speak to a member of the recruitment team, please contact 01224 246246.

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