Project Manager (NEC)

Strata Construction Consulting; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading design consultancy in London is seeking a Project Manager to oversee innovative infrastructure consultancy projects. You will manage detailed project plans, advise on contract strategies, and lead cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate has 5-8 years of project management experience, particularly in NEC contracts, and a passion for enhancing infrastructure. Competitive offering with a focus on project governance and client success.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years experience in project management.
• Experience in managing contractual and commercial risk.
• A passion for improving infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Advise the Project Director on contract strategy.
• Manage consultancy commissions in line with NEC3/4 PSC.
• Produce weekly/monthly reports including project programmes.

Skills

Excellent communication and organisational skills

Experience of NEC suite of contracts

Contractual experience in the infrastructure sector

Understanding of commercial considerations

Education

Degree qualified in a relevant discipline

Tools

PowerBI

Job description

Role Overview

We’re looking for an ambitious Project Manager with 5-8 years experience and a keen interest in the delivery of innovative advisory/consultancy projects. You will be responsible for administering and managing projects for our Infrastructure Performance Consultancy (IPC) team – who provide engineering-led strategic advice to many leading infrastructure clients; improving capital programmes, saving cost and carbon. You will manage consultancy commissions in line with NEC3/4 PSC contract terms and achieve the aims set by the Project Director.

Key responsibilities

• Advising the Project Director and GCM at the project conception stage on contract strategy and approaches that can be adopted to successfully achieve the project goals.
• Lead on developing the overall success criteria of the project
• Project planning: ensuring a detailed project plan is produced with the support of the Project Director.
• Advising on the procurement and management of Sub-consultants. Drafting agreements in accordance with services and contractual obligations.
• Establishing effective project governance, processes and systems to manage the internal team and sub-consultant resource in line with forecasts and Project programme.
• Manage the change control process
• Monitor and advising on project finances including managing invoicing.
• Produce weekly/monthly reports including project programmes and risk registers in line with contractual requirements, and then support the Project Director/Manager with internal financial /commercial reporting
• Manage the transfer of project information between the team and the client.
• Challenge the status quo and work efficiently and effectively in a fast paced agile environment.
• Participation in cross-trust activities, including B Corp initiatives.

Who are we

This client is an award winning, certified B Corp, professional design consultancy whopractices driving change in the built environment throughout the group.

The company help major infrastructure and construction clients improve the performance of their capital programmes and asset portfolios.

Their strategic approach is fuelled by a passion for enhancing efficiency and effectiveness, saving resources, and successfully implementing new processes and technology.

We adopt ideas at the forefront of innovation that helps us unlock greater value for clients, such as improved productivity, cost, programme and carbon.

This approach means we have successfully implemented and delivered for TfL, National Highways, HS2, Network Rail, the Environment Agency, Sizewell C, East-West Rail. Rolls-Royce, Hinkley, and many more.

Qualifications, Skills and expertise

Essential:

• Degree qualified in a relevant discipline
• Experience of NEC suite of contracts, particularly NEC3/4 PSC
• Experience in managing NEC4 for small/medium consultancy/advisory commissions
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• Contractual experience in the infrastructure sector and/or fundamental knowledge of Construction industries and understanding of commercial considerations.
• Experience in managing contractual and commercial risk, ideally for consultancy/advisory commissions
• A passion for improving infrastructure in the UK and beyond.

Desirable (one or more from the following):

• Professionally qualified with at least one of the following qualifications: Chartered Civil Engineer/Accredited NEC Project Manager/PRINCE2/APM
• Experience of working in the infrastructure sector with demonstrated experience of Project Management for Consultancy commissions, focussed on client advisory innovation and or continuous improvement work.
• Digitally adept with a knowledge of technological tools to improve workflow, AI, PowerBI etc
• Wider knowledge of contract law
• The successful candidate may also have a greater depth of technical knowledge in one or more areas of civil engineering asset management, design and/or construction

Personal attributes

• Committed and proactive approach, with a passion for creating a better built environment in line with the Trust’s values.
• Flexible and adaptable, to work in an SME organisation with a fast moving and growing workpipeline
• Interpersonal skills to build relationships with key stakeholders.

To Apply

We are an Employment Agency specialising in the placement of contract and permanent staff in construction companies and design engineering consultancies across the UK. For further details please visit our website.

If this advertised position does not interest you, please consider our other opportunities by sending your updated CV outlining your achievements and your personal requisites, i.e. job roles, location, salary to us. We also operate a referral scheme, of which further details can be found on our website (search "Strata Construction Consulting").

Due to the sheer volume of applications we receive, we will only contact successful applications. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 10 working days, please deem your application as unsuccessful. Candidates must be eligible to work and live in the UK.