Project Manager

Position Type - Full Time
Location - London (Hybrid / Flexible Work)
Job Category - Engineering / Security
Salary Package - 60,000 per year

We are looking for a Project Manager. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a company that excels in commercial security systems and is making a name for itself both throughout the UK and globally.

We strive to find the right kind of people who embrace our core values. Our culture and team are our strongest assets, and we want to recruit new staff that bring a happy disposition and a positive, energetic attitude to their work and work environment.

The ideal candidate will be a customer-focused, leadership professional who appreciates a challenge and thrives on accountability and being responsible for delivery excellence.

The mission of the Project Manager is to ensure all system installations are delivered on schedule and to the client's standards. The Project Manager facilitates successful delivery through the life of the project, while maintaining standards and processes.

The successful candidate will be client-focused, self-motivated, and possess strong project management experience, supported by an obvious technical aptitude, and will be responsible for managing multiple projects, typically ranging from 20,000 to 500,000.

1. Managing relationships between Clients, Sales, and Operations
2. Managing project delivery
3. Site assessment including health and safety
4. Understanding of installation process
5. Maintaining documentation and standards

• Manage the day-to-day client relationship ensuring that Sales and Operations are kept informed of developments involving them in any decisions that may significantly affect the relationship.
• Ensure a good partnership-based working relationship.
• Attend project meetings as required, including production and distribution of minutes.

• Receive commercial project handover from the Sales Consultants.
• Supervise the technical/design handover between Sales and Operations.
• Take full responsibility for the project programme and key dates.
• Manage progress on site to schedule.
• Ensure client dependencies are fulfilled and that impacts on programme are formally notified as appropriate.
• Provide accurate monthly forecast information including overall percentage completion, and predicted cost/time under and overspends in accordance with established processes.
• Identify, price, and agree variation orders through to billing and payment.
• Coordinate with Finance on the submission of valuations, payment applications, and/or invoices as dictated by the contract ensuring agreed dates.
• Ensure the integrity of subcontract arrangements to minimise risk.
• Attend regular project meetings with the project team.

• Work closely with the operations team and engineers to ensure the integrity of system designs.
• Produce and manage health and safety documentation including method statements, risk assessments, health and safety plans in accordance with HSE guidance, current legislation, and CDM regulations.
• Run toolbox talks during projects.

• Gain sufficient understanding of the technical aspects and risks in a project to ensure successful delivery.
• Organise pre-installation visits to review site and provide the operations list of requirements.

• Manage system testing and commissioning including associated documentation.
• Complete and submit operation and maintenance manuals.
• Manage the handover(s) to the support department on project or key stage completion.
• Complete documentation complying with ISO 9001:2015 policy and procedures.

• Time-management and ability to meet deadlines.
• IT literacy, MS Office, and ideally proficient in MS Project.
• A proven problem solver and a can-do attitude.
• Self-improvement, the ability, and aptitude to learn new systems.
• Good communication skills with the ability to build rapport and trust quickly.
• Effective planning to achieve results, taking a proactive approach, finding solutions to problems.
• An understanding of operational requirements and how they relate to project delivery.
• An ability to produce and amend detailed project plans with linked/dependent tasks.
• Competence in budget control and a strategic approach to margin protection.
• Commercially aware with experience and understanding of the features and risks of commercial contracts.
• Experience of producing and disseminating health and safety documentation.
• The ability to learn quickly and understand new technologies.
• Demonstrable technical aptitude and able to understand schematics, connection diagrams, and site plans.

1. Self-motivated and dynamic with a good understanding of project management processes.
2. Willingness to travel and work out of hours where necessary to achieve results.
3. Minimum of 4 years' industry experience working within fire and security installations.
4. Previously worked in a fire and security systems project engineer or project manager role.
5. A working knowledge of commonly used contracts such as NEC/JCT etc.
6. Experience of managed integrated system projects including IP integration.
7. Experience of working for a CDM principal contractor or in a CDM environment.
8. IOSH Managing Safely qualified or similar (e.g., SSSTS or SMSTS).
9. ECS certified or ability to acquire certification.
10. Previous experience of working within an ISO 9001 and NSI standards company.
11. Full UK car driving license.