Project Manager

Job Description

Our client is looking to appoint a Project Manager to their team on a full-time, permanent and hybrid basis. As the Project Manager, you will be required to deliver projects successfully to meet the time, quality, and cost targets, realising measurable benefitsand thereby ensuring satisfied customers and providing a foundation for repeat business.Key Responsibilities:• Embrace and role model the desired behaviours to exemplify the company values, promoting an ethical, positive company culture.• To maintain consistent and documented compliance with all relevant Safety, Health and Environmental (SHE), quality and best practice requirements.Projects• To manage and deliver projects according to the agreed asset and resource plans, contracted deliverables, and the agreed scope.• To oversee the management of activities of the project delivery teams, supporting technical leads to ensure clear roles, responsibilities and objectives are defined, planned and represent the customer ensuring deliverables are being completed to definedexpectations (within the base-lined cost and time plan), first time to successfully deliver the contracted scope.• To maintain frequent and detailed communication with all members of the team to always ensure clarity.• To manage deviations from plans with customers and delivery teams without unduly affecting the stated objectives and benefits and maintain clarity.• To proactively manage foreseen project risks and mitigate issues as they arise, implementing corrective actions.• To take on Project Support tasks, as and when necessary.• To motivate the project team and provide direction.• To execute the project lessons learnt process to maximise learning from all projects during and after the execution, carrying out an internal review with the delivery team and actively seeking feedback from the customer; implement any corrective actionsto ensure continuous improvement. Seek repeat business from customers as part of the closure and review process.• To manage project administration tasks. Create and maintain the project stage document.• To undertake any other project management duties as required.Customer• To manage and develop customer/partner relationships from project authorisation and initiation through to project closure acting as the primary point of contact and ensuring regular communication and reporting of project progress versus the delivery contract.• To raise, manage, and record variations and updating the business case to support continued business justification for the project providing quotes for requested variations. To raise invoices promptly upon achievement of milestones and deliverables andconfirming payment.• To act as assurance for all reporting to the customer to ensure consistency and high quality.Finance, reporting, and business support• To manage the financial performance of projects, utilising regular financial reports to monitor actual spending versus the quotation and forecast; Resolve spending anomalies and identify corrective actions to maintain profitability.• To contribute to the operation of the Project and Business Management teams, supporting the continuous development and improvement of project management processes.• To support business development activities such as bid writing, contract agreement, and customer visits.• To proactively support line management and the rest of the management team in the execution of their responsibilities.• To provide regular and timely reporting of project progress to the project sponsors and stakeholders.• To provide accurate input into the reviews established by the line management to ensure the successful operation of the Business.• To comply with company procedures, including all safety and ISO9000 requirements.Special Features• Projects encompass a broad range of process technologies and novel measurement and analytical techniques and this is reflected in the diversity of customers and their expertise. It is favourable for the job holder to be knowledgeable across one or moreof these range of technologies in order to engage with the customers at the correct level and to develop strong business relationships.• An understanding of the process, measurement science and/or NPI development and how various factors influence the structure, duration, and delivery of projects together with the associated risk factors and the challenges facing the delivery teams.• A good appreciation of commercial aspects is required to usefully contribute to project scope definition and control, quoting, contract agreements and change control.• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are essential for the job holder to establish a good rapport with customers from an early stage and to develop a strong and constructive relationship with the delivery team.• Resilience is required during the pressures of project delivery and in such cases as conflicting priorities or where customer satisfaction is proving difficult.• The compliant delivery of public funded projects and the financial management of projects requires thorough reporting and attention to detail and the job holder must also maintain a detailed understanding of each project’s requirements.Essential Education / Qualifications:Educated to Degree level (or equivalent) in an Engineering/Science or Business-related subject with relevant experienceOrHas significant experience within a project management role and understands the fundamentals of project management.Knowledge and Experience:Be able to demonstrate a technical background with experience of managing multiple project-based activities.• Be adept at managing and mitigating risk and have prior knowledge of project management best practice.• Managed projects using Microsoft Project.• Good people management skills and a "can-do" attitude are essential to deliver the job fully.This vacancy is being advertised on behalf of Gem Partnership Ltd who are operating as an employment agency.