Project Manager

Mitie; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

JCA, a multi-faceted engineering services and construction business, seeks an experienced contract and project manager in the UK. You will oversee a portfolio of contracts, delivering on time and cost effectively while ensuring compliance with statutory and contractual obligations.

You will lead cross-functional teams, manage the supply chain, and drive opportunities to maximise revenue and margin across the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Proven MEP project delivery experience essential.
• Experience managing complex engineering projects from design through handover.
• Experience in secure or mission-critical environments advantageous.
• Technical/building services qualifications listed above.
• Driving licence required.

Responsibilities

• Take financial and delivery responsibility for a portfolio of contracts.
• Lead opportunity management, enquiry to quote, pre/post-contract phases.
• Deliver projects in line with contractual requirements and standards.
• Manage resources, supply chain, logistics to complete contracts.
• Forecast, report cost, sales, gross profit and risks.
• Maintain records and client relationships to maximise revenue.

Skills

MEP delivery experience

Project delivery leadership

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Contract lifecycle management

Cost control

Excel

CRM

SharePoint

Dynamics

Asta Powerproject

Anaplan

Driving licence

Education

ONC/HND or Degree in Mechanical/Electrical Building Services or Construction

M&E Project Management Qualification

SMSTS site management safety training

CSCS card holder

Tools

SharePoint

Dynamics

Asta Powerproject

Excel

Anaplan

Job description

Please note that the role requires the candidate to hold and maintain Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance for access to sensitive UK Government projects, information, and assets.

Job Overview

• Take full financial and delivery responsibility for a portfolio of contracts ensuring that JCA cost effectively deliver contracted services as well as additional services, within legislative and contractual obligations.
• Manage all activities necessary, as required to achieve success at all contract life cycle phases, including lead generation, opportunity management, enquiry to quote process, pre-contract phase, post contract phase and defects and liability period.
• Deliver projects in accordance with contracted requirements. Ensure that contracts are correctly administered in accordance with the relevant legal framework.
• Manage direct and indirect resources, supply chain, plant, materials and logistics necessary to ensure successful contract completion.
• To carry out financial forecasting and reporting of cost, sales, gross profit, and risk associated with all projects assigned to you.
• Ensure that statutory obligations are met in full and ensure that the business is not exposed to undue risks.
• Ensure that records, data and systems are maintained up to date and in accordance with standards, policies and procedures.
• Maintain excellent client relationships, develop and maximise opportunities for additional revenue and margin and contract retention.
• Work with all stakeholders to identify opportunities in line with business strategy.

Main Duties

• Manage an assigned portfolio of contracts, ensuring that the works are delivered with the contractual obligation and cost effectively.
• Manage the portfolio of contracts achieving a minimum gross margin as specified by the Company KPI.
• Using the available systems and processes, implement a self-auditing regime in order to validate that works are being completed in accordance with the Contract Execution Plan.
• Generate additional works opportunities on the portfolio of contracts to achieve an additional contract value as set out in specific objectives.
• Where additional work opportunities are awarded ensure that works are expedited in a timely and efficient manner, delivering the works as cost effectively as is possible.
• Ensure that all company-wide processes and procedures are fully deployed in delivering the services associated with contracted and additional works.
• Ensure that additional work opportunities are financially closed out in the month of work completion.
• Manage contract works in accordance with the contract execution plan. Ensure contract execution plan is updated and maintained for the life cycle of the contract.
• Generate pre-contract and contract specific deliverables in accordance with the contract execution plan.
• Manage contract delivery teams ensuring that resources are efficiently allocated to contracts for the contract duration.
• Manage supply chain and sub-contractor performance in respect of the delivery of contract specific services and in
• accordance with internal supply chain KPI protocols.
• Identify change requirements and expedite opportunities to maximise revenue and to de-risk contract delivery.
• Report on contract performance in accordance with company KPI protocols.
• Manage financial application, job costing, and forecasting update processes for contract sales.
• Manage close out of defects and liability periods including release of retention accounts for contract sales.

What we are looking for

• Must have qualifications in one of the following:
• Proven MEP (Mechanical, Electrical & Public Health) project delivery experience is essential.
• Strong experience managing complex engineering/construction projects from design through installation, commissioning, and handover.
• Experience operating within secure, regulated or mission-critical environments would be advantageous.
• Construction and / or Engineering Qualification (ONC, HND or Degree Level in Mechanical, Electrical, Building Services or Construction)
• M&E Project Management Qualification
• Technical Qualification
• SMSTS site management safety training qualification
• CSCS card holder relevant to role
• First aid at work
• Ideally would have a recognised project management qualification.
• Can demonstrate leadership and management style in keeping with JCA's brand image.
• Can demonstrate excellent analytical skills and has experience of Document Management Systems, Sharepoint, Dynamics
• CRM, Asta Powerproject, Excel, Anaplan or similar/equivalent packages.
• Has experience of working in an SME and can demonstrate an understanding of the need to have a broad business understanding.
• Knowledge of the construction and engineering industry's statutory requirements, methods and processes.
• Driving licence holder

About us

JCA is a multi-faceted engineering services and construction business. Our core expertise is in the development of buildings and facilities with business critical engineering systems.

We deliver a comprehensive range of services to meet the needs of commercial property owners operating in a number of industry sectors. From design and construction to fit-out and maintenance, JCA provides a bespoke solution to every client project.

JCA offers clients a first-class service at all times, operating with transparency and integrity. We are proud to provide excellence as standard and it's our mission to be recognised as leading our industry in service and innovation through engineering and business excellence.

Our defining quality is our ability to manage projects by keeping our clients' needs at the heart of everything we do. We take a collaborative and integrated approach to each of our four core business areas: