Company Introduction
Our client is a multi-disciplinary contractor with approximately 70 employees and an annual turn over £18 million in the year ending 31 May 2023. The business is made up of a FM & Small Works Team, M&E Team and a Projects delivery team.
Projects have historically made up the 50% of revenue but with recent successes, the segment is making up a greater proportion of the Company’s revenue.
They are people orientated business with colleagues who have worked with them for over 20 years, maintaining the collaborative and positive culture that these long-term relationships bring.
The Role
Role includes the monitoring and control of projects, ensuring health, safety, environmental and quality compliance is maintained whilst working within project budgets alongside the company’s procedures and objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- Programme planning
- Plan projects and ensure they are programmed to a level of detail necessary for the site team to deliver the scheme without delays.
- Ensure site team compliance with company policies and procedures.
- Attend tender handover meetings with the commercial team and plan the best delivery model for projects.
- Deliver pre-start meetings to the site team and supply chain.
- Produce and analyse progress reports to ensure monitoring against the commercial plan for a successful commercial delivery of projects.
- Commercially aware with experience of tracking project costs, variations, valuations.
- Experienced with agreeing accounts with supply chain.
- Implement the risk management process, review risk register and check risk controls during projects.
- Ensure weekly review of progress, budget resources and forward planning are carried out and lookahead programmes are in place.
- Chair and attend internal and external meetings and ensure the production of accurate records of any discussions and actions.
- Ensure timely management of design to meet the requirements of projects.
- Allocate HS&E responsibilities and duties for site personnel, check understanding and provide training as necessary.
- Oversee and ensure that HSE related documents are kept up to date and undertake site inspections, ensuring that audits and reports are produced, liaising with the necessary parties.
- Responsible for managing quality ensuring company standards are met in line with customer expectations.
- Build and maintain relationships with customers by delivering high quality projects, on time and within budget.
- Ensuring sub-contractors perform in the correct manner in respect of H&S and quality.
Person specification
- Experience of managing commercial projects including but not limited to logistics, office fit outs, healthcare, retail.
- Good working knowledge of contract conditions, CDM regulations, design management, cost control, programme, and risk management.
- Experience of Microsoft Project.
- Knowledge of JCT contracts.
- Educated as a minimum to HNC/HND/Degree level (or equivalent)
- SMSTS
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with both customer and all levels of staff.
- Problem solving skills and analytical thinking.
Desirable