Project Manager - Operational Readiness
Anglo Technical Recruitment
Location
Reading, Berkshire | United Kingdom
Job description
This contract with our central government client is for a Project Manager – Operational Readiness for 12 months. The role is located in Reading and will require a minimum of 3 days per week onsite.
Responsibilities include:
- To deliver Operational Readiness management expertise, guidance and direction.
- To be responsible for functional OR & T planning, delivery, assurance and reporting, and the conduct of OR activity
- As tasked by the OR Gp Ldr, working in support of infrastructure project delivery and with the User, Capability/Project Sponsor and Project Delivery lead - provide the Operational Readiness (OR) focus.
- Generate/drive the OR philosophy/approach within projects. Ensure a focus on capability delivery.
- Develop and own the OR Plan. Ensure operational considerations are incorporated/integrated with all aspects of a comprehensive project execution plan.
- Ensure comprehensive cross lines of development/activity integration to ensure OR issues on all lines of activity to enable asset operation are identified, owned, addressed, and resolved.
- From an OR perspective - inform and assure: Concepts; Requirements; Contracts; Design; Acceptance and Handover criteria.
- Analyse, plan, corral and integrate the multiple lines of activity required to enable the asset to operate, ensuring they are synchronised with asset delivery, installation and commissioning – so that Acceptance, Transition and Operations occur as soon as practicable and enabling optimal operational start-up/ramp up.
- Assure and report on OR project planning and progress.
- Manage OR Project interfaces; Risks and Issues; Lessons.
- Lead, coach and develop the Designate Operations Team.
- Support broader project management activities (e.g., planning, recruitment, training, manpower mobilization, cost control) through project phases into operations/production.
- Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality and be a great team player.
Requirements
Minimum Requirement:
- Strong stakeholder management skills at all levels
- Ability to extract information in a variety of environments.
- Good at summarizing data
- Good at eliciting information during
- Experience project manager / project management and/or operational readiness context
- Will consider candidates with some skills not available.
- Actual project management
- Formal project management
- Defence project management
- Candidates will need to integrate several unspecified projects.
- Someone who can demonstrate FORMAL project management experience.
Essential Skills
- Extensive experience in formal project management, the delivery of large projects and a strong understand of full project lifecycle.
- Ability to understand the multiple lines of activity that collectively deliver operational readiness.
They are particularly interested in individuals with :
- Degree or equivalent in a related discipline. Membership of a relevant professional body. Evidence of project management competence e.g., APM qualifications.
- Capability Management experience.
Experience of working in regulated environments. A working knowledge of nuclear site Licence Conditions, and other relevant legislation is desirable
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