Job Title: Project Manager
Location:
London - Covering Projects in both East and Central London
The Role:
The Project Manager is responsible for delivering multiple ongoing projects to the specified quality, within the required programme, and achieving maximum commercial performance. The role involves close collaboration with the Estimating Department, engineers, and surveyors to ensure projects are completed safely while maintaining or exceeding customer requirements and expectations.
Key Responsibilities:
- General management: Produce financial forecasts, monitor and control project costs, generate monthly reports to the Contracts Manager on project performance, team efficiency, and labour organisation.
- Project delivery: Manage projects from design to completion, including all handover documentation.
- Progress review: Monitor progress, budget, resources, and plan ahead.
- Work scope: Review work packages to ensure clarity and understanding.
- Meetings: Chair weekly site meetings, maintaining accurate records of discussions and actions.
- Relationship management: Build and maintain good relationships with customers, suppliers, and design consultants.
- Construction planning: Develop and maintain construction programmes with staff.
- Site investigations: Coordinate during ongoing construction.
- Engineering solutions: Develop cost-effective solutions that meet client requirements.
- Project documentation: Ensure production and implementation of project plans, risk assessments, method statements, waste management plans, and procurement procedures.
- Cost management: Maintain commercial tension to control costs, prepare estimates for additional work, and assist with tenders.
- Business development: Chase potential new clients.
Health, Safety, and Environmental:
- Set high standards of HS&E leadership, ensuring compliance with procedures and legal obligations.
- Keep all HSE documents up to date and produce monthly reports.
- Assign HSE responsibilities, provide training, and ensure subcontractor compliance.
- Maintain waste management and environmental risk assessments.
- Ensure regulatory compliance and lead safety briefings.
Quality:
- Manage and produce Inspection Test Plans (ITPs), ensure QA files are maintained, and resolve technical queries.
- Ensure submission of as-builts and O&M manuals upon project completion.
Key Measures & Targets:
- Timely reporting and project completion.
- Adherence to business objectives and KPIs.
Key Relationships:
- Customers, stakeholders, subcontractors, suppliers, site team members, and clients.
Person Specification:
The ideal candidate will have extensive experience managing civil, water, rail, or process environment projects, including MEICA installation, and meet the following criteria:
- Knowledge of contract conditions, CDM regulations, design management, programme and risk management, and cost control.
- Proficiency in Primavera P6 or equivalent software.
- Degree or HNC in Civil Engineering or equivalent.
- Relevant certifications such as CSCS managers card, SMSTS, NEBOSH Construction Certificate.
- Knowledge of NEC contracts, excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage projects independently and challenge designs effectively.