Senior Project Manager - ESD
Glasgow
An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Project Manager to join the team at Galliford Try within our Environment Business at ESD in Scotland. Ideally, you will be based in the Central Belt of Scotland and will have the opportunity to travel across multiple sites/projects in the Region.
You will work on our Water Frameworks within our Environment Business and should be experienced in successfully delivering schemes of varying sizes, predominately to the Water Industry, across both Treatment Waste and Water schemes, delivering both Design and Build.
What you will be doing:
* Assuming responsibility for the management of project delivery outputs including subordinates, programme, financial position, health safety, environmental performance and progress for all allocated schemes.
* Demonstrating a proven track record of managing staff at varying levels, providing leadership, staff development and retention of key personnel, interviewing and recruitment, and mentoring of more junior staff.
* Interacting in a professional manner with senior representatives of our clients.
* Having a good understanding of NEC contract conditions and an astute commercial awareness.
* Managing multiple concurrent projects across the Framework to ensure the successful delivery of the projects against the project KPI’s and PI’s.
* Ensuring that all projects are delivered in accordance with current Health & Safety regulations, including CDM regulations, & Environmental legislation.
* Ensuring compliance with all company safety, environmental and quality systems.
* Liaising with client’s staff to ensure KPI’s are met or exceeded within budget constraints.
* Managing the project team ensuring that each member has a clear set of objectives to follow and clear roles and responsibilities.
* Assisting the Operations Manager with the utilisation of the direct labour resources where possible across the projects.
* Assuming responsibility for the financial performance of the portfolio of projects with overall responsibility for Profit/Loss on contracts under your control.
* Producing project performance reports and participating in monthly financial/programme reviews for all schemes with the Commercial Manager, Head of Construction and Regional Operations Manager.
* Ensuring compliance with all company commercial and financial procedures.
* Completing contract documentation.
* Establishing and agreeing price variations and final accounts.
* Preparing estimates and quotations & providing tender vetting for governance stages of the projects.
* Ensuring a detailed project programme, in conjunction with the project planner, is maintained to drive the project to key deliverable milestones.
* Closely liaising with other departments, such as tendering and design, to ensure resources are correctly allocated and client requirements are fully achieved.
* Taking an active role in developing new opportunities within the Framework and taking lead in pre-construction tenders to ensure project delivery has input into the tender process.
* Coordinating and liaising with suppliers, specialist sub-contractors, in-house functions, site installations and construction teams.
* Ensuring that Procurement of plant, materials and specialist subcontractors is carried out in a timely manner and best value is achieved.
* Ensuring that project resources are made available to attend/undertake factory site and works testing, commissioning and client training.
* Attending internal and external review and progress meetings.
* Attending site visits/meetings.
* Ensuring all contract documentation such as “As built” drawings, Commissioning Manuals and Operation and Maintenance Manuals are prepared in line with the client specifications and Galliford Try/client closeout timescales.
About You:
* An industry applicable ONC/HNC/B.Eng or equivalent.
* H&S qualifications.
* IOSH or CITB 5 Day Site Safety Management (SMSTS).
* CSCS card.
* Demonstrable experience working with NEC suite of contracts.
* Demonstrable experience of working within the water and/or sewage industries.
* Working knowledge of Microsoft packages.
* Strong team player but also able to work as an individual.
* Ability to prioritise a varied workload and demonstrate good time management to comply with deadlines.
* Able to work in a busy environment under pressure.
* Excellent communication skills (email/phone/face to face).
* Possess a “can do” attitude and provide support to other members of the team as required.
* Ability to review options and be comfortable making the required decisions for the project success.
* Desire to understand and promote the Company purpose, vision, values and culture.
* Organised, structured and professional, with a passion for excellence, striving to deliver the best.
* Flexibility, resilience and the ability to influence and build relationships with key stakeholders, demonstrating strong ethical standards with openness and honesty.
* Commitment to the provision of excellent customer service, passionate, committed and enthusiastic in all that you do.
What We Can Offer in Return:
With an impressive order book of over £3.8 billion, we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long-held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we’re poised for further growth and success, so if you’re committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.
We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people through our ‘Be Well’ programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.
We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.
Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.
Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.
Our benefits:
* Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays.
* A wide range of corporate discounts.
* Cycle to Work schemes.
* Comprehensive pension plan.
* Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme.
* Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it.
* Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role.
About us:
Named Contractor of the Year by the Water Industry Awards, Galliford Try is one of the UK’s leading construction businesses with a vision to continuously be a people-orientated, progressive business, driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in.
Our purpose is to improve people’s lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.
We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long-term value.
For more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our ESD Joint Venture please contact Ryan De Stadler on ryan.destadler@gallifordtry.co.uk.
Additional Information:
Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, reduced hours or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.
We encourage you and would be grateful if you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.
Don’t meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Galliford Try are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sectors of the community.
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