Senior Project Manager - Fire & Security

JA1142 – Senior Project Manager

Location Glasgow

Type Full–time – Permanent

Salary – GBPCompetitive

Overview:

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Project Manager for our client s Fire & Security business based in Central Scotland.

• To deliver projects to a high standard for the fire and security operations business for Multi–Technical Services

• To take projects from design and costing stage to client handover, ensuring works are delivered on time, safely and within budget, meeting the clients requirements

• To contribute effectively to assisting team members and colleagues secure long–term growth by attracting and retaining customers through engineering–led solutions and excellence in project delivery

• To deliver safe, compliant, and quality products and services at all times

Aims & Objectives:

• Contribute effectively to the operational financial targets through effective project management
• Provide a high–level commitment to managing and delivering projects to a high standard meeting Company objectives and the customer s expectations
• To foster and develop excellent customer relations at all levels through pro–active communications and excellence in project delivery
• Support work winning strategies through effective contribution to tendering and key account liaison

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities:

• Achieve set/agreed targets for the products and services of the Company including Invoiced Production at the required GM/EBIT/CASH levels in line with annual budgets
• Deliver projects assigned to you; on time; on budget; complaint and safe
• Achieve/exceed project margins
• Maximise opportunities for additional works and cost reduction to enhance margins
• Identify and mitigate project risks
• Actively engage with clients in identifying new business opportunities
• Assist in work winning strategies by applying value–engineering to increase our competitive edge
• Actively engage in the Design to Ops Handover process and support design colleagues in securing true net costs and correct product choice for margin enhancement and system performance
• Support, guide and train team members in knowledge transfer and personal development
• Work closely with colleagues within the team to provide support, engineering cover, project management cover working together effectively as a complete business unit
• Maintain close working relationships with MTS colleagues thus ensuring cohesion
• Promote the Company brand and the business profile in the marketplace
• Carry out any reasonable tasks required by line management in a manner that is conducive to good business practice
• Support and maintain external customer communications through the full project process including:

1. creation / identification of new opportunities
2. pre–letting
3. pre–start
4. project mobilisation
5. project delivery
6. project handover
7. project completion after–care
8. securing maintenance opportunities

• Support and maintain internal communications through the full project delivery process including:

1. internal handover involving commercial / BD/ design
2. liaison with procurement as required
3. liaison with HS&E business partner as required
4. liaison with QA business partner as required
5. liaison with commercial team as required for valuations, contract reviews, contractual matters, opportunities, and risk mitigation
6. liaison with interdepartmental colleagues as required

Skills & Experience:

Essential

• Proven project management capability on managing multiple/diverse fire and security projects concurrently
• Robust track record in delivering profitable projects on time, on budget
• Experience on large scale, complex fire and security projects working with contractors, consultants, customers, and sub–contractors
• Good commercial awareness – budgetary control and reporting
• Pro–actively identifying and maximising contract opportunities
• Good level of contractual awareness anticipating and mitigating contract risks
• Fully conversant with all statutory, regulatory and industry codes of practice and standards for compliance
• Attention to detail in reading, interpreting, and understanding specifications, quotations, tenders, drawings, and associated documentation
• Strong numeracy skills
• Resource planning – proactively identifying and forecasting resources
• Work streams strong co–ordination and organisational skills
• Technical competence in all fire and security disciplines
• Fire and security product training
• MS Office Suite, Outlook, and MS Project
• Ability under pressure and able to meet critical deadlines
• Dealing with conflict and site challenges
• Flexible work ethic and good time management
• Deployment of tasks using own initiative

Desirable

• Recognised engineering qualification electrical bias
• Personable nature
• Negotiation skills
• Communication skills