Mechanical Project Manager

Purpose:

The management of projects to meet contractual obligations, project milestones and deadlines.

Principal Duties:

• All financial aspects of the project to ensure the required profit levels are achieved.
• To manage all phases of the project from the award of the contract through to eventual client acceptance. The Project Manager will be responsible for all aspects of design, procurement, construction and commissioning.
• The direction and performance management of all project resources allocated to projects being managed including vendors and sub-contractors.
• Ensure compliance to contract through effective project management techniques and delegated responsibility to Project Engineers.
• Plan and agree the resources to be allocated to projects with appropriate functional and discipline managers.
• To regulate, negotiate and approve variations to contract in association with the client and internal departments.
• To effect project planning, review, cost control, hand-over and acceptance procedures to meet the terms of the contract.
• To manage and ensure effective two-way communication within the project management team, and between vendors, sub-contractors and the client. This should include formal project meetings where key project milestones are achieved.
• Authorise the placement of order, and ensure that applications for payment are correctly administered.
• Through Project Engineers and Site Managers, ensure the cost-effective management of resources and delegation of key responsibilities.
• Ensure adherence to company procedures, engineering standards, functional specifications and management controls, including QA and environmental standards.

Performance Measures:

• The financial and technical performance of projects managed using available project data, programmes, PSRs (Project Summary Reports) Hours Reports and databases.
• Cost-effective utilisation of resources, the control of labour, purchasing costs and sub-contracts.
• Conformance to contract, including achievement of project milestones.
• Effectiveness of two-way communication of project progress, project reports, programmes, early warning of problems and demonstrable, preventative and remedial action at project review phase.
• Quality of client relationship during the following project.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Appropriate Project Management knowledge with over 5 year's relevant experience.
• Health and Safety training
• Health and Safety training - holding a valid CSCS safety card.