Senior Project Manager

Costain Group PLC; Whitehaven; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in smart infrastructure solutions is seeking a Senior Project Manager to oversee the delivery of complex projects within the Sellafield Portfolio in Whitehaven. This role involves strategic management, team leadership, and implementing best practices to enhance project performance and safety in the Nuclear sector.

Qualifications

• Experienced operational leader with a strong delivery focus.
• Knowledge of construction contract law.
• Ability to build relationships with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop high-performing project teams.
• Promote a culture of efficiency and continuous improvement.
• Ensure successful delivery of projects through multiple phases.

Skills

Leadership

Design Management

Communication

Project Delivery

Tools

Primavera software

MS Word

Excel

Job description

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Job Description

The Senior Project Manager will support the delivery of planned work across the Sellafield Portfolio, supporting the Contract Lead with strategic management of the project delivery function. The role will require experience in design management, people management and the delivery of Nuclear Projects with the successful individual responsible for the delivery of a portfolio of projects/Tasks.

Job Description

The Senior Project Manager will support the delivery of planned work across the Sellafield Portfolio, supporting the Contract Lead with strategic management of the project delivery function. The role will require experience in design management, people management and the delivery of Nuclear Projects with the successful individual responsible for the delivery of a portfolio of projects/Tasks.

Responsibilities

• Select, lead, direct, and develop a high-performing team of project managers & project/area delivery team(s) within your portfolio of projects
• Supporting the development of pre-construction planning for new scope of works
• Establish excellent relationships with Costain and Sellafield teams
• As an operational leader, promote a culture of efficiency and continuous improvement, both within your team and across the framework service
• Provide whole life oversight and accountability for the successful delivery of projects and services, through design, procurement, assembly, commissioning, and handover as required
• Actively champion wellbeing, safety and environment performance, compliance, and continuous improvement across the project portfolio and throughout your team
• Provide leadership to create a safety culture to ensure Zero LTI and RIDDOR Incidents
• Work closely with the commercial & supply chain team, ensuring engagement from tender through to delivery to achieve commercial performance requirements
• Champion the use of our performance and operational data and digital tools available to drive operational decisions and performance
  
  

Qualifications

• Experienced operational, delivery focused leader
• Significant amount of practical experience where you have successfully managed and delivered a framework of multiple projects of a complex or critical nature, on major UK infrastructure schemes (preferably in the Nuclear sector)
• Strong track record of delivery of project programmes
• Knowledge and understanding of construction contract law and forms of contract through experience and formal training
• Ability to build trusted relationships with key client stakeholders, within your team and across the Framework & Costain group
• Computer competence (MS Word, Excel, Document control system, Primavera software, CEMAR
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Relevant CSCS card
  
  

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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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Project Management and Information Technology

• Industries

  Civil Engineering

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