My Client is recruiting for a MEICA Project Manager in the Water Sector
Project Manager (MEICA)
The Role:
- Proficient technical skills in field and sector, a proven leader of staff and operatives.
- Managing and reporting operational and financial targets, programme management and supply chain management including procurement and performance.
- Leadership in Safety, Wellbeing and Inclusion and a team player, interfacing with the design team, construction team and all stakeholders.
- The ability to select & manage innovative methods, use of materials & safe systems of work.
- Effective communication with senior management, designers, consultants, clients, architects, and project teams on technical matters.
- Provide quality outputs to time, quality, and cost, that enable programmes to achieve their outcomes.
- Ensure that all staff on their projects develop their expertise to a world-class standard.
- Management of contractors and key suppliers, particularly design ensuring quality of delivery and their committed resource requirements across the projects, ensuring quality of output and value for money.
- Manage communication and engagement with project stakeholders, developing and maintaining key relationships and working in partnership to resolve problems to benefit operational policing.
- Work with local project/change teams to ensure consistency of project delivery approach.
- Build and sustain capacity and capability within the project team to deliver the programme workstream effectively and efficiently.
- Be the key point of contact between the project and the programme.
- Lead non-complex and complex projects, including set-up, management, and delivery, ensuring that the project delivers on time, cost and quality and meets all technical delivery processes, standards and reporting requirements.
- Coordinate the project its design & interdependencies, working closely with the project leads for the other projects within the programme.
- Identify, manage, and resolve risks, track, and manage costs and benefits, provide reports as required, and ensure all outputs meet programme requirements.
- Manage project related dependencies.
- Identify resource requirements and undertake related activities.
- Manage stakeholder communications and key messages for the project.
- Manage project-level resources to ensure project outputs are delivered on time, cost and quality.
Key Responsibilities:
- Overall management of your team and interdependencies across the group, with responsibilities for the management and execution of all project-related activities.
- Ability to forge positive relationships with the supply chain and subcontractors.
- Management of all related health and safety standards, reporting and escalation.
- Liaising collaboratively with the Company Group of companies.
- Reporting site progress and activities to line management & at monthly progress & commercial meetings.
- Contributing to the delivery of all work packages planned and scheduled by the project delivery team in line with programme constraints, quality standards and budgets.
- Meeting and exceeding Company MEICA and client expectations at every step of the project lifecycle.
- Contributing to and achieving relevant Project Manager related business unit and Company MEICA KPIs.
- Chairing project-related and project-specific regular safety, production, and quality meetings.
- Promoting within the team the efficient maintenance of high-quality records.
- Overseeing operations daily to ensure work is done safely, on time and within the project's allocated budget.
- Developing cost forecasts throughout the project and bringing schemes in within budget.
- Contributing to future tender activities and work winning input.
- Ensuring client specifications and requirements are met by reviewing progress and liaising with the Company MEICA and project team.
- Promoting and maintaining health & safety on all projects with the Project Manager and their teams whilst dealing with any day-to-day unexpected problems during the project.
Key Relationships
- Regional Directors, Regional Managers, Contracts Managers, Senior Project Managers and Project Managers
- Site Agents and Site team
Experience and Qualifications:
Essential
- Degree or equivalent (foundation degree HND, HNC)
- Experience operating as a Project Manager managing and delivering multiple projects of varying complexity & value within the Water Sector
- MEICA experience within the Water Sector
- Excellent communication skills harnessing the ability to effectively manage our Company MEICA team, 3rd parties and Company MEICA & Civil clients
- A team player with the ability to co-ordinate project-related activities with clients' consultants and 3rd parties
- Good organisational skills
- Methodical approach with a clear focus on client, customer, and quality.
- Strong leadership qualities and a natural problem solver
- Ability to work well within a team as well as individually
- Able to prioritise a varied workload and demonstrate good time management to comply with deadlines
- Experience operating as a Project Manager managing and delivering multiple projects of varying complexity & value within the Water Sector
- Member of the APM, APM certified or equivalent (or experience-based)
- SMSTS / SSSTS qualification
- CSCS card qualification