Framework Lead

MWH Treatment; Bristol, Exeter, Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure solutions provider is seeking a Framework Lead based in the South West region of the UK. The role involves strategic decision-making and support for framework activities to meet targets for delivery and profitability. Responsibilities include overseeing project delivery, advising on planning, managing budgets, ensuring health and safety compliance, and providing leadership to diverse teams. Ideal candidates should have significant experience in project management and engineering disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Lead on all contract preparation and client liaison duties.
• Support framework teams from project identification to takeover.
• Oversee successful project delivery in all aspects.
• Advise on project planning and provide updates to stakeholders.
• Implement metrics for operational management.
• Review project budgets and forecasts.
• Champion health and safety and quality compliance.
• Establish and maintain financial metrics.
• Advise senior management on critical project issues.
• Ensure rigorous management of project costs.
• Manage performance against financial and operational targets.
• Review project financials with Board/Client.
• Maximise global resource sharing and technical skills.
• Provide direction and leadership to project teams.
• Act as a technical engineering leader.
• Forecast long-term resource needs.

Job description

MWH Treatment is looking to strengthen their Operational team with a Framework Lead based in the South West region. The purpose of this role is to act as Framework Lead for the South West Water Framework. Strategic and instrumental decision making, enabling framework activities to meet the targets for delivery, turnover and profitability. You will support and advise to improve business performance leading to a successful culture and effective operational service and efficiency to the frameworks.

You will report directly to the Director of UK Operation and the responsibilities will include :

• To lead on all contract preparation and associated client liaison duties
• To support all aspects of the framework, providing strategic and professional guidance to the delivery teams from project identification through to takeover.
• Oversee the successful delivery of projects to scope, target cost, quality, programme and completion encompassing design, engineering, construction, handover and commercial aspects ensuring perfect delivery is achieved
• Advise the project management team on project planning activities and initiatives and present recommendations and project delivery status updates to key customers and stakeholders
• Implement and maintain appropriate systems for measuring necessary aspects of operational, programme, project management and development
• Lead, review and challenge project budgets and forecast to ensure a consistent, challenging but deliverable approach is adopted
• Be accountable for, and deliver, high levels of performance in key areas of health and safety, environment, sustainability and quality and champion continuous improvement and best value, ensuring compliance with the quality systems which constantly support our delivery philosophy
• Establishing and maintaining financial metrics including outlooks, project / program development, project / program delivery, risk control, bidding and management of all managers and delivery teams
• Provide the senior management team with advice and expertise on critical issues regarding the projects, and implementation
• Ensure that project costs are rigorously managed and expenditure is recorded accurately at all times
• Implement the business plan for projects, managing and reviewing performance of contracts against financial and operational targets
• Meet with the Board / Client to review project financials including cost to date, procurement, change orders, predicted final profit and contingency, and margin distribution
• Work closely with the leadership team to maximise global resource sharing, optimise technical skills and ensure that project best practice is developed and used effectively
• Provide direction, motivation and leadership to both internal staff and external consultants or contractors engaged in providing technical support activities to the project
• Act as leader on technical engineering issues
• Forecast long-term resource needs based on investment programmes