Senior Project Manager

 

Main characteristics

Location

Hertfordshire

Company

Boden Group

Salary

£65000 - £80000/annum + benefits

Employment type

Permanent

Category

Construction / Skilled Trades

Job summary

Senior Project Manager required to help deliver a number of large scale new build and refurbishment schemes across the South East.

* 5+ years experience working on construction sites

* Ideally experience with Health care projects.

* Experience working for a UK construction consultancy is a must!

We are recruiting a Senior Project Manager to join a company founded in 2010, who specialise in the healthcare sector, our client is a construction consultancy who have experienced and effective project management teams. Working with local and national government healthcare departments, the private sector and building contractors, their accomplishments include flagship schemes such as new theatres, major refurbishments, MSCPs and Operational Projects such as office relocations and process improvement implementation.

The Senior Project Manager will join a business who work with clients mainly across London and the Home Counties to provide improved and affordable healthcare locations aligned to evolving clinical service and health care economy needs. By operating a partnership approach in all they do, the Senior Project Manager will provide both private and NHS clients with value for money through predictability of cost, in-depth expertise plus innovative, flexible and creative solutions.

This is supported by a commitment to health and safety and sustainability issues. They are a fast growing, dynamic company in search for highly energetic and motivated individuals that want to be a real part of a growth plan in shaping the future of our business. To deliver their commitment, they need people who want to perform at an industry leading standard and be part of a team that continues to develop, innovate and even exceed their greatest achievements. With projects ranging from £(phone number removed) £(phone number removed) the Senior Project Manager will be given the opportunity to gain a wealth of experience and achievement covering a number of aspects across the Operational Business, Consultancy and Construction worlds.
Role requirements

As a Senior Project Manager, you will take full responsibility for your designated projects, through budgeting, sourcing and planning the project release. Your expertise will be used to contribute specialised process improvement initiatives across the business. They will look to you to provide big-picture assistance to the Business and rely on you to manage all aspects of designated projects to assure alignment of the overall program with strategic business objectives. Working alongside their growing, committed team, you will be highly enthusiastic as you go about your day-to-day duties, with a complete desire to excel in what you do; going the extra mile every time.

Key requirements of the role are as follows:

* Ideally educated to Batchelors Degree in a related subject or to an equivalent standard and/or previous experience in a similar position

* NEC/JCT contract experience, and qualifications would be beneficial

* An understanding of the architectural and engineering requirements to enable the smooth management of design teams and project delivery.

* Confident management of teams and external agencies from a broad range of backgrounds

* Excellent verbal and written communication skills

* Reading and accurately interpreting programmes, drawings and technical specifications

* Ensuring project stakeholders understanding of drawings and technical specifications.

* Excellent decision making, analytical and problem-solving skills

* Solid organisational skills including multitasking, time management and follow up.

Main duties and responsibilities include:

* Full ownership and accountability for allocated projects. Maintaining an overall project plan identifying key milestones, timescales resource usage etc. Proposal of mitigating action plan and non-achievement of milestones to Project Director.

* Consolidating and documenting the fundamental components of projects (scope, schedule, resource requirements, budgets, risks, opportunities and issues, and quality requirements)

* Identifying, defining, evaluating, planning, tracking and realising the project benefits of programmes (and/or the projects within them)

* Managing the Commercial Teams in preparing budgets, planning and overseeing project procurement management including gaining approval of refining and updating authorisations i.e. cost reports/CEA writing and Business Case Reports. Controlling forecast and actual costs against them.

* Carefully analyse and review Monthly progress reports and identify any discrepancies or underlying trends

* Escalation to Directors when critical impacting issues arise.

* To act with a high degree of day-to-day decision-making autonomy to ensure project progress is maintained. Progress and status reporting to Directors will be expected

* Review drawings making executive decisions with Trust advisors and specialists

* Use appropriate verification techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule and costs

* Take corrective/innovative actions to improve the financial and commercial returns

* Ensuring action points from all meetings are addressed before set deadlines/next scheduled meeting.

* Proactive production of regular Progress reports weekly and monthly and as required for various projects before publication.

* Ability to work in an unpredictable construction environment with interruptions from Site Staff, colleagues and design team members often requiring immediate decisions and action.

* Budget planning and oversee project procurement management.

* Ensure standards and requirements are met through conducting quality assurance tests

* To act as a role model and ambassador for other staff members.

* Mentoring and training of junior staff with active contribution to their development and growth.

* Setting standards and adopting a process of leading by example and experience desired 5+ years Construction Project Management experience in the healthcare sector

Benefits: benefits