Senior Project Manager

Job Type - Permanent

Location – Central London

My client is currently recruiting a Senior Project Managerwith Rail/Station/HS2 experience to join their team on a major HS2 station project in London.

The successful Senior Project Manager will be responsible for:

• To support and report to the Area Lead, managing the strategy and delivery of a large part of the programme.
• Responsible for the co-ordination between the construction, design, procurement, and commercial departments to ensure the sub-contractors can progress work on site in accordance with the schedule of works.
• Oversee project timeframes and project budgets, and ensures budgets are managed diligently and highlights any risks, challenges, and mitigations.
• Prepares and modifies where necessary project plans and keeps them updated and relevant over the course of the project/s.
• To ensure that client requirements are met, ensuring that all quality, assurance, and compliance documentation is provided in a timely manner, collaborating with relevant parties/stakeholders.
• Lead the successful delivery of the project in line with all stakeholders’ expectations communicating strategies to the wider client/ consultant/contractor team.
• Ensure works are monitored to achieve right first-time workmanship and undertaking lessons learnt reviews to promote continuous improvement, while maintaining daily records.
• To support the construction team with the technical and engineering aspects of the works, in particular method statements, ITPs, construction process, engineering specifications, set out and measurement and quality control, certificate and compliance.
• To promote, champion and implement all best practice, safety management and safety initiatives across all aspect of design and site delivery, to lead a safe and healthy working environment for all.
• Directly responsible of all support functions from a project perspective and work with Function Leads to ensure sufficient subject matter expert support is in place to meet project demands.
• Develop and manage effective communication and liaise with all relevant internal and external stakeholders to ensure that requirements are identified, assessed, and appropriately integrated into the project.
• Supervise and develop a high performing team that strives for quality, safety, cost, and schedule improvements at every opportunity with all delivery partners, challenging and seeking to improve the project deliverables.
• Coordinate, plan, and manage internal and external meetings concerning the project.
• Drive the procurement of services and works required to deliver the project.
• Responsible for both short form and long form report outlining the progress of the works, actual cost, forecast and highlighting any problems and issues for resolution.
• Promote and deliver a collaborative environment throughout all members of the team including stakeholders and the supply chain. Establish and maintain site organisation and facilitate effective communications between the Employers’ representatives.
• To develop and manage readiness planning for commencing works including ensuring all control measures are in place before commencing activities.
• To assist a high performing team through the setting of clear SMART targets via the team plan and complying with the performance management process for all team members.
• Carry out investigations with appropriate personnel into accidents or incidents that occur on site and report findings and recommendations to the Area Lead and Project Director.
• Produce design and authorities programme to be integrated with procurement and delivery programme.
• My client requires the Senior Project Manager to have:

• Degree or equivalent in Engineering or similar
• MCIOB/MAPM/MRICS/MICE
• NEC contract experience
• Experience in Rail/HS2/Station Builds/HS2 with proven track record in the successful construction delivery phase of projects and programmes
• Be commercially astute with experience of project controls and delivery to budget
• Previous experience of operating for major infrastructure clients typically, NR and other UK or International organisations
• Experience of managing interfaces with other contractors and Network Rail Projects

If this is of interest, please apply now and we will be in contact to discuss further.

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