Project Manager

ZipRecruiter; Stotfold; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A construction and engineering firm based in England seeks a Project Manager to oversee industrial emission and odour control projects. The role involves coordinating project activities, managing budgets, and liaising with clients and subcontractors. Ideal candidates have engineering knowledge and excellent communication skills. A valid UK driving licence is essential for site visits.

Qualifications

• Experience in engineering, mechanical, or controls highly desired.
• Construction experience in a similar environment necessary.
• Valid UK driving licence required.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple projects, ensuring completion within budget.
• Liaise with design teams, clients, and subcontractors.
• Supervise project assistants and ensure documentation is accurate.

Skills

Excellent communication

Strong organisation

Budget control

Team management

Numerical skills

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Job Description

Exeon Limited has a growing team of Project Managers who manage our Industrial Emission & Odour control projects once an order has been secured.This role involves working with our pre-construct team to finalise a design, liaising with the client for their approval, surveying and ordering all materials including ductwork and machinery, organising labour teams to complete works and then seeing the project through to completion with customer approval and commissioning.

Site visits are not subject to performance indication but regular visits will be required, to ensure detail for installation is fully prepared and accurate, to liaise with customers and labour teams to solve issues, and if necessary carry out small elements of installation to help the job through to completion. The ability to communicate at all levels is key as you will interact daily with site operatives to Director Level.

As Project Manager, you will be tasked with the responsibility to ensure our projects are managed with a premium service level, smoothly and efficiently for the benefit of both the customer and the business.This will include the initial set up of projects right through to completion and commissioning.You will need to liaise with construction sites, installers and other external parties.

Experience with engineering, mechanical and controls would be very useful for the role, although not necessarily vital. If unfamiliar, initially you will be expected to carry out a weeks’ worth of site fitting to familiarise yourself with the role.

The business uses an internal task management system of which training will be provided.

Typically, each PM would be expected to handle around 3-5 projects at any time of medium value (£300K – 800K typical, some a little larger). It is likely that each PM may have to manage multiple subcontract pairs simultaneously. It is therefore important that you are able to prioritise and organise your workload efficiently.

The ability to manage a team is very important, maintaining close relationships with the installers, the project assistant, site managers and the sales team.

Keeping close cost control of all projects to ensure budgets are kept on track is a big part of the job and will need to be managed effectively.

There is a Project assistant who is on hand assisting in the running of projects, their roles include preparation of Scope of works, RAMS, O&M documentation, placing of purchase orders, filing of paperwork, budget variance reports, invoice signing off amongst others.

Main Job Roles:

• Surveying the job on site after order, liaising with Pre-con design team on design requirements, confirming access requirements for plant
• Confirming BOMs / qualifying the need and quantity of materials to be ordered
• Liaise with sales team on the design for the job, take on design responsibility from sales team.
• Instructing purchase orders to the Project Assistant (PA)
• Instructing RAMS in conjunction with the PA and any other H&S documentation required by the client.
• Instructing / communications of invoicing and variations to the PA
• Managing the finances of the project, from orders to invoicing, to ensure budgets are met and maintained
• Diary management for subcontractors and day to day management of up to 2-3 pairs.
• Deal with reactive client queries.
• Attend upon completion of job to assist in commissioning and handover to the client in most circumstances
• Work with PA to assemble O&Ms at end of job
• Review processes, procedures and documentation, updating when required.
• Telecommunications.
• Attend weekly projects meeting and report on current status of projects
• Provide support to Aftersales, assist booking of commissioning, service and testing.
• Any other tasks required to ensure the project is completed on time and budget.

Key Role Requirements:

• Engineering, mechanical or Controls knowledge (any or all of) would be extremely useful
• Construction experience, working in a similar environment, would be necessary
• Excellent communication and written skills
• Good numerical skills
• Good IT skills & literacy, with working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word & Excel
• Full valid UK driving licence
• You will be required to hold a CSCS and/or SKILLcard (The Company are able to support the obtaining of this, if required)
• Strong organisation and time management skills
• Personable, presentable and articulate
• Excellent budget control
• Ability to work within deadlines and cope under pressure
• Strong Management skills
• Excellent ability for interpretation of drawings