Senior Project Manager - Construction

SRT Marine Systems plc; West of England; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

In-country living support

Private health insurance

Family relocation support

Job summary

SRT Marine Systems plc is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead complex delivery across Kenya and East Africa. The role requires hands-on site leadership, coordinating ICPs, consultants and internal teams to meet scope, schedule and quality commitments.

You will travel frequently, manage design coordination and ensure governance, reporting and customer outcomes while complying with local health, safety and regulatory standards. An extremely hands-on delivery mindset is essential.

Qualifications

• Extensive project management experience on complex, multi-site programmes.
• Experience with civil build, construction and design for towers/data centres is advantageous.
• Experience working internationally with in-country partners and regulatory stakeholders.
• Ability to review contractor programmes, identify schedule risks and plan recoveries.
• Expertise in design management, consultant deliverables and approvals workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects and workstreams focusing on scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk and customer outcomes.
• Maintain governance, action tracking, decision logs and customer-facing progress forums.
• Oversee integrated planning, schedules, milestones and deliverables.
• Coordinate Kenya delivery across clients, regulators and internal teams.
• Ensure health, safety, environmental and statutory compliance on site.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Travel readiness

IT literacy

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Project

Primavera P6

CAD

Job description

SRT Marine Systems plc (SRT) are a market leader in its domain of international marine surveillance technology and systems. We are respected, established and an ambitious multi-national company headquartered in the UK with a global customer base.

The company has a global impact in the marine domain by leading the next generation of Maritime Domain Awareness 'MDA' technologies, products and systems that significantly enhance, security, safety and environment protection and sustainability. Our customers are worldwide and range from the largest national coast guards to individual vessel owners.

SRT is an exciting company where high-quality results are rewarded. We are ambitious and are constantly seeking to innovate to deliver better products and services to our customers. We strive to make SRT a rewarding and challenging place to work where talented hard-working individuals have the opportunity to make a real impact across the marine world.

You as our Senior Project Manager will ideally be based in East Africa, with a primary focus on Kenya. This is an extremely hands-on, site-facing role supporting the Programme Director by leading project delivery, coordinating assigned workstreams, and controlling delivery against agreed scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk and customer commitments.

Role Overview of our Senior Project Manager

The Senior Project Manager will coordinate ICP, design consultants, subcontractors and internal SRT teams through design development, construction readiness, installation and acceptance. The role will also act as design manager/coordinator during design development, overseeing the ICP design consultant and managing design reviews, comment close-out, approvals and alignment with SRT technical requirements, customer obligations and site delivery constraints.

Responsibilities - Senior Project Manager - not exhaustive:

• Lead assigned projects and workstreams, ensuring delivery remains focused on scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk and customer outcomes
• Maintain project governance, including delivery reviews, action tracking, decision logs, escalation routes, reporting cycles and customer-facing progress forums
• Oversee integrated planning, schedules, milestones, critical paths, dependencies, RAID, change control and delivery forecasts
• Coordinate Kenya delivery across customer, government, regulatory, ICP, consultant, subcontractor and internal SRT interfaces
• Maintain a regular site presence across Kenya, travelling frequently to project locations to review progress, resolve blockers and confirm construction and installation readiness
• Act as design manager/coordinator during design development, overseeing ICP design consultant deliverables, review cycles, comment responses, approval submissions and alignment with SRT / customer requirements
• Coordinate design workshops and reviews between SRT technical teams, the Programme Director, ICP, consultants, customers and site delivery teams
• Manage design queries, technical clarifications, deviations, approvals, procurement dependencies and installation-readiness constraints
• Ensure construction and design activities comply with applicable Kenyan health, safety, environmental and statutory requirements
• Assist with tender activity, scope interpretation and delivery advice as required
  

Requirements - Senior Project Manager - not exhaustive:

• Strong, proven experience in project management and delivery of complex construction and system integration projects, including construction delivery interfaces on complex multi-site programmes
• Experience of civil build, construction and design for communication towers, data centres etc. would prove highly beneficial
• Experience of international build, construction and design knowledge would prove highly beneficial
• Experience working with in-country partners, design consultants, customer-side stakeholders, government/regulatory stakeholders and local subcontractors in East Africa or comparable international delivery environments
• Ability to review and challenge contractor programmes, identify schedule risk, support recovery planning and translate programme issues into practical site actions
• Strong capability in managing design clarifications, technical deviations, approval dependencies, procurement interfaces and installation-readiness constraints
• Experience acting as a design manager, design coordinator or client-side design lead, including management of consultant deliverables, design review trackers, technical queries, comment close-out and approval workflows
• Strong working knowledge of project governance, integrated planning, RAID management, change control, progress reporting, stakeholder management and commercial delivery awareness
• Experience supporting a Programme Director or equivalent senior delivery leader by consolidating delivery reporting, escalating risks and ensuring project execution remains aligned to programme objectives
• Comfortable operating in an extremely hands-on, site-based capacity, with the flexibility to travel regularly across East Africa for extended periods as project delivery requires
• IT Literate (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Project Schedule software including P6 and MSP, CAD)
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to adjust communication style to suit customers, partners and internal teams

Benefits

• Market-leading benefits package supporting in-country living and regular travel
• Private health and travel insurance
• Support provided if your family wishes to join you in-country
  

SRT Marine Systems plc is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and welcome applications from all backgrounds.