Ideal candidate will have contractor and some consultancy experience and be degree qualified in civil or electrical engineering. Substation and HV experience/exposure is also essential for this major framework stretching from West London to Swindon.
Responsibilities:
- Ensure that the scope of works is delivered in a safe manner, on time, to the required quality standards, meeting the acceptance criteria and achieving the expected financial outcomes.
- Sets the overall standard on the project/contract, ensuring consistency across projects and in line with standards policies and procedures.
- Build and develop the wider operational and project management team to build management capability and deliver all aspects of the project/contract requirements.
- Line management of Project Managers that are accountable for the operational delivery of the project, chairing regular project team meetings, ensuring actions are recorded and closed out.
- Manage the fit to start process to ensure that we mobilise in a controlled and timely manner to facilitate the timely delivery of the project scope.
- Ensure there is an effective, comprehensive, and formal handover from the work winning team to the delivery team.
- Develop and maintain effective communication and collaborative relationships with the Client and other project stakeholders.
- Provide strategic updates and develop strategic plans.
- Contributes to work winning at a strategic level.
- Lead the development of a detailed cost forecast for the project, ensuring it is reviewed and updated regularly.
- Lead the development of resource forecasts (staff, labour, key plant and materials), ensuring they are aligned and coordinated with the programme.
- Will be expected to resolve all operational and some strategic issues.
- Support the Business Unit MD in developing strategic plans.
- Support the procurement of suppliers and sub-contractors.
- Lead the development and implementation of improvement actions where necessary to ensure the financial objectives are achieved / bettered.
- Build, organise and lead bid teams for key tenders.
- Lead the development and implementation of tender strategy / win themes.
Experience/qualifications:
- Experience in delivering HV Transmission projects within 132kV to 400kV
- Experience within a Project Director or Senior Managerial role
- HNC / HND in civil or electrical engineering
- Strong commercial and contractual awareness.
- Experience of working on complex multi-discipline
- Enhancing projects, delivering within programme and cost controls
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, able to develop close working relationships with clients and subcontractors.
- Expertise in the use and interpretation of project controls to review the status of a project.
- A true leader with passion for people development, can do attitude and a flare for innovation.
This is a key role on a major framework with a client who are moving towards EPC status in the next 3 to 5 years. Would suit an ambitious and driven candidate who is looking to further their career with a forward thinking employer. Contact Jimmy Holly at Danny Sullivan Group for more details.