Project Director

ALTEN; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Healthcare

Life Insurance

Travel Insurance

Pension scheme 6%

Breakfast Tuesdays

Thirsty Thursdays

Pizza on last Thursday of each month

Job summary

ALTEN is seeking a senior Engineering/Project Lead in London to drive technical responsibility on large-scale, fixed-price programs. You will manage customer expectations, organize project resources, and ensure delivery within Time Cost Quality constraints, while coaching teams and coordinating with external committees.

Candidates should have 10+ years in engineering and a strong technical project management background, with willingness to obtain BPSS/Security Clearance as part of onboarding.

Qualifications

• Energy industry background essential.
• Technical project management experience.
• Demonstrated leadership and stakeholder management.
• Coaching and leading project teams autonomously.

Responsibilities

• Manage customer relationships and ensure delivery against time, cost and quality objectives.
• Lead and coach project teams; validate resources and training needs.
• Support project leader with planning, risk, and delivery scheduling; approve plans and processes.
• Oversee production and estimation in project forms; manage margins and monthly reports.

Skills

Energy industry

Technical project management

Leadership & stakeholder management

Team coaching & leadership

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering

Job description

ALTEN are a leading Engineering and IT services consultancy operating across 30 countries, making waves in all sectors: Aeronautics, Space, Defence, Security and naval, Automotive, Rail and mobility, Energy and environment, Life Sciences and health, Industrial Equipment and electronics, Telecoms, Banking, Finance & Insurance, Retail, Services & Medias, Public Services & Government.

With a team of passionate, diligent, and agile Engineers, we are united by a common purpose: building tomorrow’s world today. Day by day, we support our customers' development strategies as well as their technological and sustainability transformation.

Technical responsibility of fixed price projects on large, complex perimeters (typically 80 to 120 Engineers) including the responsibility to ensure the project activities are undertaken in accordance with the agreed quality, cost and delivery objectives, as well as ensuring compliance with customer requirements.

Customer Management

• Validate the ALTEN offer during the Bid and any modification afterwards
• Answer to the technical requirements of the customer
• Responsible for the validation of delivery acceptance notes
• Responsible for the organization of the external committees
• Accountable for the customer to respect the delivery Time Cost Quality
• Monitor delivery progress with the customer

People Management

• Consulted for the PL nomination (shared responsibility with the Business Manager)
• Validates the adequacy of the resources and the project needs
• Monitors the technical skills of the team and ensures that appropriate technical/project training is available
• Responsible for the project organisation/service delivery in order to be compliant with customer requirements
• Responsible for pre-validation of team members involved in relevant activities

Project Management

• Support the Project Leader in the Project Management activities (resources, risks, delivery schedule, quality, etc.)
• Decide the activities to be nearshored/offshored, if any
• Prepare the external committees with the Project Leader
• Define and maintain the organisation, roles and responsibilities of each colleague within the organisation
• Approve the project plans and processes

Other Internal Responsibilities

• Validate ALTEN technical offer and any modifications
• Validate production and estimation to completion in project form
• Manage the margin for the project (shared responsibility with BM)
• Report operational situation during monthly review

Qualifications

• Bachelors or master's degree in Engineering
• 10+ years of experience as Engineer, Senior Engineer, Technical Lead, Lead Engineer or integrated Project Lead
• Must have Energy industry background
• Technical Project Management background: estimation, project planning, risk management
• Demonstrable experience in coaching and leading teams, and managing autonomously relevant projects, being a key actor in client meetings
• Experience working independently, being result oriented, having an entrepreneurial mindset, strong communication and interpersonal skills in stakeholder management and natural leadership

This role will require you to have or be willing to go through BPSS and Security Clearance. As part of the onboarding process candidates will be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard; details of the evidence required to apply may be found on the government website Gov.UK. If you are unable to meet this and any associated criteria, then your employment may be delayed, or rejected. Details of this will be discussed with you at interview.

What we offer:

• Company benefits including Private Medical Healthcare, Life Insurance and Travel Insurance
• Competitive base salary plus potential eligibility for a performance-related bonus
• Pension scheme with company contributions up to 6%
• A challenging position in a fast-growing company with a quick career development path for its best talents
• Social for London Office – Breakfast Tuesdays, Thirsty Thursdays and Pizza on the last Thursday of each month.

Any doubts?

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