Senior Project Manager

COSTAIN GROUP; Dunfermline; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK infrastructure solutions company is seeking a work package manager for Dock and Berthing systems. The role involves planning and executing projects while ensuring safety and quality compliance. Ideal candidates will have chartered engineering qualifications and experience managing complex infrastructure projects. You will be responsible for team management and driving project performance against key metrics. This position is based in Dunfermline, Scotland.

Qualifications

• Chartered professional status or working towards it.
• Deep understanding of construction methodologies.
• Experience implementing structured change control processes.

Responsibilities

• Oversee Dock and Berthing activities and supply chain.
• Coordinate interfaces between supply chain and other teams.
• Manage change control processes for their area.

Skills

Ability to analyse multifaceted technical challenges

Decision making under pressure

Managing multiple workstreams

Clear communication of complex information

Team dynamics awareness

Education

Chartered IMechE / Chartered Engineer CEng

NEC qualification or equivalent

Job description

Job Description

To act as work package manager for all Dock and Berthing, MEP, communication, services and electrical systems plus submarines overside services. This post is responsible for planning, monitoring and managing projects and supply chain from initiation through to completion in alignment with the PEP and regulatory requirements. Results are primarily achieved through the work of others and typically depend on the manager's ability to influence both within and outside of their team and supply chain. They secure the supply chain required resources and use formal processes and tools to manage resources, budgets, risks and changes. Responsible for managing teams and supply chain to ensure on-time completion according to specifications and within budgeted costs.

Responsibilities

• Oversee key Dock and Berthing, MEP, communication, services and electrical systems plus submarines overside services activities, and supply chain ensuring alignment with safety, quality, and schedule
• Ensure that engineering and design outputs are translated effectively into project deliverables.
• Coordinate interfaces between supply chain and other teams
• Responsible for project KPIs for schedule, cost, quality, and safety performance for areas managed.
• Maintain and act on a live register of delivery risks and issues, for project and supply chain escalating where necessary.
• Manage change control processes for their area.
• Help manage nuclear safety and quality standards throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Ensure effective coordination with the supply chain.
• Accountable for managing all Dock and Berthing, MEP, communication, services and electrical systems plus submarines overside services supply chain setting direction and deploying resource where needed.
• Accountable for combined project performance for Dock and Berthing, MEP, communication and electrical systems plus submarines overside services.
• Accountable for the development of project plans ensuring alignment with the Project Execution Plan (PEP) and programme strategy.
• Accountable for achieving key physical milestones, including enabling works, construction phases, and readiness for commissioning in relation to Dock and Berthing, MEP, communication, services and electrical systems plus submarines overside services.
• Ensures effective coordination between design, construction, commissioning, supply chain and between projects
• Ensures delivery risks are identified for their project remit, and supply chain escalating critical risks and ensuring mitigation plans are in place.
• Ensures that all changes to project scope, schedule, or cost are controlled and aligned with programme governance.
• Leads a team and supply chain, ensuring appropriate resourcing, mobilisation, and performance.
• Ensures delivery activities comply with nuclear safety, quality, and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure timely assurance delivery
• Provides accurate and timely delivery updates to his/her supervisor

Qualifications

Essential

• Chartered IMechE /Chartered Engineer CEng/Chartered MAPM or equivalent professional status or working to
• NVQ
• NEC qualification or equivalent
• NOTC1-4, & 7
• Ability to analyse multifaceted technical, logistical challenges and develop practical, risk-informed solutions.
• Anticipates downstream impacts of decisions and integrates long-term considerations into short-term actions.
• Makes sound decisions under pressure, often with incomplete or evolving information.
• Balances competing priorities such as safety, cost, schedule, and stakeholder expectations.
• Effectively manages multiple workstreams, deadlines, and stakeholder demands in a high-pressure environment.
• Focuses attention on critical path activities and high-impact issues
• Clearly conveys complex technical and programme information to diverse audiences
• Works effectively across multidisciplinary teams, fostering a cooperative and inclusive environment.
• Demonstrates awareness of team dynamics and individual needs, supporting team morale and wellbeing.
• Builds trust through transparency, consistency, and integrity in all interactions.
• Actively listens to concerns, feedback, and ideas from team members and stakeholders.
• Able to manage multiple supply chains

Desirable

• Proven experience in delivering large-scale, complex infrastructure projects ideally in nuclear structures (Cat A)
• Deep understanding of construction methodologies, sequencing, and commissioning processes.
• Skilled in managing design-to-delivery transitions and resolving technical interface issues.
• Experience in delivery assurance, quality control, and performance reporting.
• Ideally an understanding of nuclear safety principles, construction safety, and quality assurance standards.
• Experience implementing structured change control processes in high-assurance environments.
• Understanding of configuration management and technical baselining.

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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