Role Overview:
The PMO will be responsible for ensuring rigorous adherence to project governance, stage gates, and reporting requirements. This role demands exceptional attention to detail, impeccable organisational skills, and a proactive approach to project management, someone who takes full ownership, never misses a deadline, and ensures all actions are delivered.
Key Responsibilities:
Governance & Project Management:
* Strictly enforce project governance, stage gates, and compliance processes across all projects.
* Lead weekly project status meetings with clients, ensuring clear communication of progress, risks, and actions.
* Oversee project close-out meetings, ensuring all deliverables are met, lessons learned are captured and documentation is completed.
* Own and manage project budgets, tracking costs, forecasts, and financial performance against plan.
* Maintain risk registers and ensure escalations follow the correct governance processes.
Operational Planning & Resource Management:
* Develop and maintain detailed project plans, including milestones, dependencies, and deadlines.
* Allocate and schedule resources including surveyors, QC teams, and other specialists, ensuring full utilisation and adherence to deadlines.
* Set clear targets and KPIs for all project contributors, including client approval deadlines.
* Track performance against plans, providing regular reports on resource allocation, progress, and risks.
Contract Mobilisation & Execution:
* Lead mobilisation of new contracts, ensuring all elements are in place from scope definition to operational execution.
* Arrange and coordinate site access, implementing clear escalation and access processes.
* Ensure full surveyor induction and training, including compliance with safety and operational protocols.
* Oversee management of all resources, ensuring project milestones are met in line with client expectations.
Key Skills & Experience Required:
* Extensive experience in a PMO role within an asset management or M&E environment.
* Strong governance expertise, ensuring strict adherence to processes, controls, and reporting structures.
* Highly organised and deadline driven, with a track record of delivering projects on time and to scope.
* Exceptional attention to detail, ensuring no action is missed and all deliverables are accounted for.
* Confident in running client-facing project status meetings, reporting on progress, risks, and budgets.
* Experience in budget management, financial tracking, and forecasting within projects.
* Ability to allocate and schedule resources effectively, ensuring surveyors, QC teams, and other staff are fully optimised.
* Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, both written and verbal.
What We Offer:
* The opportunity to play a key role in a growing and dynamic business.
* A fast-paced, highly organised environment where attention to detail and strong governance are valued.
* Competitive salary and benefits package.