Project Manager

Costain; Chester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK infrastructure solutions company is seeking an experienced Project Manager to oversee multi-discipline projects in Chester. The role involves project delivery within set timelines and budgets, interaction with stakeholders, and risk management. The ideal candidate will have strong team working skills, NEC3 contract experience, and a project management qualification. This is an excellent opportunity for motivated professionals looking to advance their careers.

Qualifications

• Ability to work as part of a team and communicate effectively.
• Prioritize workload efficiently for project success.
• Experience in managing risks and delivering projects on time and within budget.

Responsibilities

• Deliver projects across the full lifecycle within allocated programmes.
• Support high-performance culture in delivery metrics.
• Engage in stakeholder meetings for project delivery planning.
• Manage contracts with sub-contractors for project phases.

Skills

Project and programme delivery experience

Team working and people management skills

Stakeholder and client management

Collaborative delivery

High levels of self-motivation and drive

NEC3 contract experience

Understanding of complex project programmes

Education

APM PMQ

Job description

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Job Description

The Project Manager will be responsible for the delivering of series of multi-discipline projects, reporting to the Delivery Lead. The Project Manager will be expected to shape the end-to-end strategy for the delivery of their scopes, and look to bring efficiencies through reviewing their scopes as a whole, opposed to individual projects. This role will also interact with multiple stakeholders including client and contractors, requiring a great degree of self and time management.

The successful candidate will have the ability to work as part of a team, communicate effectively, have high levels of drive and motivation, and prioritise their workload efficiently, which will be crucial to succeeding in this role.

As a Project Manager you will ensure that the projects are delivered within the given timescales and budgets, and to the required quality, whilst identifying, managing, and mitigating risk.

Applicants are expected to achieve baseline and SC security levels and be willing to work within an integrated team at the client's premises for the programme management and delivery roles.

Responsibilities

• Responsibility for project delivery across the full project lifecycle for allocated projects in a particular area of the programme
• Engage with the team to support a high-performance culture with successful outcomes across SHE, quality, commercial and delivery metrics.
• Work with the functional teams to ensure the application of management controls.
• Monitor, report and implement change to ensure high levels of performance from the supply chain partners against the schedule.
• Support the Delivery Lead with strategic decision making, programme integration and risk management.
• Attend at stakeholder meetings, supporting forward planning in readiness and execution of project delivery.
• Lead progress meetings with both client and sub-contractors to monitor and discuss progress.
• Manage and lead the sub-contractors contracts and ensure enabling documentation is in place for projects to progress through each project phase.
• Other duties as deemed necessary to facilitate successful delivery.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Essential

• Project and programme delivery experience
• Proven team working and people management skills.
• Good stakeholder and client management skills
• Collaborative delivery.
• High levels of self-motivation and drive
• NEC3 contract experience
• Experience and understanding of complex project programmes

Desirable

• Conducting interventions into manufacturing and construction business operations
• Nuclear licence site operations

Qualifications

• APM PMQ

Desirable

• Professional qualification
• Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) Card
• NEC Contract Management accreditation
• SMSTS / IOSH / NEBOSH

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About Us

Costain helps to improve people's lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK's leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

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