Lead Project Co-Ordinator

Ipsum; Barnham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading project management organization is looking for a Lead Project Coordinator to oversee project delivery in Barnham. You will manage customer inquiries, oversee multiple projects, and ensure efficient resource utilization. Ideal candidates will have Line Management experience, strong financial awareness, and familiarity with Utilities. Join us for a career with robust support and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

24 annual leave plus bank holidays

Group Personal Pension Plan

Career development and progression

24/7 access to virtual GP

Cycle to Work scheme

Life assurance cover

Enhanced Maternity Pay

Regular social events

Qualifications

• Previous experience in Line Management within the Utilities sector.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities efficiently.
• Proven experience in relationship management.

Responsibilities

• Oversee project delivery and manage customer inquiries.
• Assist project managers and create relevant reports.
• Monitor and ensure financial performance and KPI targets.

Skills

Line Management

Relationship Management

Networking Skills

Commercial Knowledge

Financial Awareness

Education

ILM Level 3 or working towards ILM Level 5

Project Management Prince 2

Tools

MS Office - Excel

Job description

What's in it for you

We believe in looking after our people, and it shows. When you join Ipsum, you're not just taking a job - you're starting a career with real support behind it.

24 annual leave plus bank holidays with the option to buy more

Group Personal Pension Plan

Career development & progression with the opportunity to earn professional qualifications

24/7 access to a virtual GP and Mental health support & counselling services

Cycle to Work scheme

Discount club - supermarkets, phone bills, gyms & more!

Life assurance cover

Enhanced Maternity Pay

Long service recognition

Active local social committees

Regular social events

Paid volunteering opportunities in your community

About the role

The purpose of a Lead Project Coordinator is to is to be the focal point for all Coordination tasks as well as being main point of contact for all customer service enquiries on the DNP&P contract. Dealing with problems and customer enquiries, ensuring clear and concise information is relayed to relevant department and to support the Project Managers with all administrative tasks to ensure all works are compliant to project delivery timescales.

Previous experience in Line Management and leading a team within a fast paced business (ideally within the Utilities sector) as you will be overseeing projects ensuring smooth delivery, managing multiple priorities and managing key objectives. A good level of commercial knowledge is required and proven experience in relationship management, and good networking skills. A good financial awareness is key for this role as you will be forecasting/ Delivery / Targets to ensure continuous improvement - BMoCS (Broad Measure of Customer Service as per the OFGEM requirements).PO process and maintenance, EGS contract requirements.

As a Lead Project Coordinator you will be

Assisting project managers on planned outages, and UKPN scrap management and create relevant reports and taking minutes for meetings with the client. Oversee the labour scheduling function, and ensuring that work is scheduled in a timely and efficient manner, driving resource utilisation and profitability of the work.

Ensure the output from our directly employed teams is maximised and profitable while meeting the requirements of the client's programme of work and the programme is delivered, making sure any disruption to the programme is managed in the most cost-effective way. Pro-actively tracking on a daily basis the expected and actual output of all teams. To continually monitor deviations to plan and to implement improvement measures to prevent re-occurrence to achieve target utilisation / revenue generation levels for our teams.

To schedule teams optimally to meet the programme requirements of Project Managers and minimise unproductive time. Liaise with Project coordinators(s) to issue for quoting and oversee the PO process Commercial support to the Project Managers and the Commercial department.

KPI Performance monitoring of the work programme to ensure efficient delivery of the plan and reporting of process management data. Reporting - Customer Feedback and create reports for the client performance meetings

About you

Previous experience in Line Management and leading a team within a fast paced business (ideally within the Utilities sector) as you will be overseeing projects ensuring smooth delivery, managing multiple priorities and managing key objectives. A good level of commercial knowledge is required and proven experience in relationship management, and good networking skills. A good financial awareness is key for this role as you will be forecasting/ Delivery / Targets to ensure continuous improvement

Qualifications

ILM Level 3 or working towards ILM Level 5 / or Project Management Prince 2

MS Office - Excel

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