Project Lead in Tonbridge, Kent, United Kingdom
Project Lead
Location: Tonbridge, Kent
Salary: Competitive
Purpose of the Role
To lead the safe delivery of projects/jobs to achieve the required cost, time, delivery and quality objectives within corporate guidelines. Develop appropriate delivery and supply strategies and plans for specific projects/jobs ensuring that alliance principals are maintained.
Key Success Measures
- Safety - Support the implementation of the Colas Rail Limited Safety, Health, Environment and Quality (SHEQ) strategy, associated actions and resulting initiatives, to deliver continuous improvement in all areas.
- Profitability - Ensure work is carried out with a continuous view to profitability and efficiency and look after our shareholders by guaranteeing that they see value for money and a profitable business.
- Quality - Quality is key to competitiveness. Take responsibility for delivering on time and on budget a high quality product or service, which Colas Rail can take pride in.
- Respect - Demonstrate respect for colleagues, our clients and the environment in all areas of work.
Key Areas of Responsibility & Accountability
- As you will expect the organisation may change from time to time and you will be expected to meet the operational requirements.
- Any other reasonable duties as required from time to time.
- Ensuring that jobs are managed effectively to ensure safe delivery to client expectations
- Apply the principles of sound Project Management taking overall accountability for Cost, Quality and Timeliness in collaboration with the Project Manager/clients for each of your jobs/projects
- Responsible for overall cost effective delivery in line with the budget for the job. This includes the procurement of labour, plant and materials in line with the target estimate and capturing any variation to the estimate and ensured this is managed effectively and if necessary the change request made to the Production Manager.
- Take overall accountability for the formation of target cost estimates for the projects/jobs.
- Provide a professional, first class, consistent and effective project management service to the clients, including project monitoring and reporting systems in accordance with Railway Group, Network Rail company standards and guidelines.
- Participate in the development of supply strategies and framework contracts.
Person Specification
- Relevant successful experience in Project Management
- Demonstrable successful construction management experience
- Relevant experience for the specialist area of construction management being undertaken and ability to plan and lead jobs/projects
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Detailed knowledge of safety regulations, particularly CDM
- Team leader capable of motivating the team
- Commercial and financial understanding and knowledge
Behavioral Skills
- Energy - 'Get up and go' attitude of a leader
- Energise - Lead, manage and inspire my team
- Edge - Maximise my personal edge
- Execute - Make things happen
- Engage - Stay close to the client
Colas Rail in the United Kingdom values and encourages diversity in our workforce, regardless of background, disability or gender. As part of our aim to deliver quality services, we are committed to promoting equality and eliminating discrimination.
Recruitment agencies
Colas Rail currently works with a number of approved recruitment suppliers. We will therefore not consider CVs or speculative proposals from any other agencies. Recruitment agencies not currently approved as preferred suppliers are kindly requested not to submit speculative CVs to any part of Colas Rail.
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