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Sector: Project and Program Management
Role: Senior Executive
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our strategy site.
The project:
This is a unique opportunity for an experienced senior project manager to join our project team in delivering a state-of-the-art children's hospital in the East of England, which will provide a new and transformational way of caring for children and young people. This is a client-facing role requiring regular presence on site. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading other junior team members and managing wider consultant teams and project stakeholders, while working with the project director as the project progresses into construction delivery.
The successful candidate will join our established healthcare sector, which is experiencing an exciting and sustained period of growth, providing great opportunities for development. If you have a passion for delivery, strong project management skills and a solutions-based mindset when managing complex projects, we want to hear from you.
Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey, they are:
Safety first - Going home safe and well:
* You will promote Mace's value of safety first, exhibiting visible safety behaviours, sharing lessons learned and using safety moments and Mace's HSW framework to support the safety and wellbeing of all Mace staff.
* You will possess technical expertise in local health and safety rules and regulations relevant to project portfolio.
* You will promote a diverse and inclusive working environment and understand the importance of the wellbeing of the people in your team.
Client focus - Deliver on our promise:
* You will ensure robust quality systems are in place, and suitably managed in line with service excellence.
* You will manage delivery from project inception/brief, through design development and planning, contractor procurement and construction phase in accordance with the overall delivery program and agreed project milestones.
* You will manage tasks and associated deliverables in support of the associate director and other senior leaders, alongside the wider project and client teams, to ensure the timely and accurate delivery of the project.
* Manages intermediate level tasks and associated deliverables and/or support the associate director with activities to ensure the timely and accurate delivery of project and program management operations, whilst working alongside the wider project team comprising the client, design team and other consultants and contractor.
* Provides subject matter expertise to support team/s across broad business projects and business units, ensuring the best project outcome.
* Manages design and wider consultant team/s and project stakeholders to ensure effective completion of responsibilities, including project brief/scope, fees, processing claims, deliverable and/or project variations etc.
* Produces design and authorities programme to be integrated with procurement and delivery programme.
* Delivers project objectives, leads and manages the project team/s and stakeholders to achieve strategic project key performance indicators (KPIs).
* Actively adheres to appropriate health, safety and wellbeing standards aspects across the project lifecycle.
* Prepares and modifies project plans and updates and ensures relevant over the project/s lifecycle.
* Oversees project timeframes, ensuring the success of delivery of programmes, highlighting risks, challenges and mitigations, managing project budgets, aligned to plan/agreed returns.
* Collaborates with stakeholders and ensures robust quality systems are in place, suitably managed and monitored in line with service excellence.
* Leads and records relevant meetings, providing stakeholders contextual information and analysis, including regular site walks.
* Partners with stakeholders and actively manages risk management and mitigation treatments.
* Ensures all approved handover documentation is coordinated and provided prior to practical completion.
* Promotes and drives the business priorities through construction to production, digital & data and responsible business practices.
* Works collaboratively towards the common goal of net zero carbon transition and shares responsibility for the proactive identification and management of the associated carbon emissions and reductions during the delivery of work.
Integrity - Always do the right thing:
* You will manage project budgets and highlight any risks, challenges and mitigations.
* You will support the long-term development of your function or business unit (BU), creating a sustainable business future.
* You will commit to making a positive impact for our people, our clients, and our planet, and take ownership for holding others to account who do not uphold the Mace values.
Create opportunity - For our people to excel:
* You will manage design and wider consultant teams in a collaborative manner to ensure effective completion of responsibilities.
* You will lead and manage the project team and relevant stakeholders to achieve strategic project key performance indicators (KPIs).
* You will actively network, innovate, and seek understanding of best practice, utilising the full depth of knowledge of Mace group, the centres of excellence, Mace way control centre and knowledge hub.
You'll need to have:
* Experience in delivering projects on site, ideally in the healthcare sector, under the NEC contract.
* Proven experience in project management, managing small to medium, and large sized projects.
* Developed communication, presentation and project planning and development skills.
* Developed budgetary oversight expertise.
* Advanced proficiency in communicating, coordinating activities and collaborating with stakeholders.
* Proven understanding of project management methodologies and practices.
* Display strong communication and negotiation skills to support the client/customer focus.
* Proactively manage internal budgets and fees, delivering agreed outcomes.
* Proven competency that understands construction methodologies and sequencing.
* Proficient knowledge and expertise in specific sector / market of project/role.
* Relevant technical qualification/certification for project portfolio/s.
* Sound technical expertise in health and safety executive (HSE) rules and specific sector/market regulations relevant to project portfolio.
* Knowledge of consultancy, construction, infrastructure and property sectors/markets and an understanding of estimating, scheduling, contracts administration, procurement, commercial controls and reporting.
You'll also have:
* Membership of RICS, CIOB, APM, ICE or equivalent demonstrable professional or personal development.
* Substantial experience in the successful delivery phase of projects and programmes in the public sector.
* Property or infrastructure project management expertise.
* Commercial and financial acumen.
* Experience of leading parts of projects within large, diverse teams.
* Experience of developing and forming relationships with senior stakeholders.
* Knowledge of how carbon and sustainability considerations will shape the outlook of the projects you are working on.
* Prince2 or alternative local equivalent.
* Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).
Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all of the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.
We are also open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.
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